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"Glambert" let me be the first to give you the middle finger.

You are a freak and I'd bet serious cash you never played with anyone at any time, but yet you still have demands etc.

In short, you are delusional.

Take down the barriers, seek out other musicians in the flesh and experiment.

Otherwise you may as well throw your keyboard in the chipper and take a flying leap because you aren't going to accomplish anything this way.

NO! The idea is to find people who share similar tastes in music and to find those who have similar goals and are still learning, and to just have fun hanging out. Not dive into the deep end of the pool, and play with people who are into genres that don't appeal to me, and make short lived friendships.

I'm looking at Craigslist Baton Rouge

http://batonrouge.craigslist.org/muc/

There are 100's of musicians that play pop and soft rock

No there AREN'T! Everybody on that site is either looking for a job, or promoting their job or in a gigging/working band and looking to fill a spot. And the most common genres on that site are blues, heavy metal, and hard rock and alternative indie and occasionally, Christian and gospel. And also there is no one on that site who is looking for a friend around the same age who simply wants to get together to work on some pop and soft rock songs together, and just hang out.

So now that you know that there aren't ANY musicians in Baton Rouge that perfectly fit your requirements what are you going to do about it? Sit there and wait until someone is born and grows up?

Here's an idea that usually works . . . try PAYING people to play what you want, you'd be surprised how many musicians play for money

"Here's an idea that usually works . . . try PAYING people to play what you want, you'd be surprised how many musicians play for money"

NO! Because then I'd be BUYING friends. and lieing about what I'm doing. I don't want to sink to the level of those people. The idea is to reach individuals who naturally show a passion for good pop and soft rock music, and who are also looking for a buddy, and may or may not have a lot of friends in general, but is like me and doesn't have a lot of friends who share his music tastes.

"Here's an idea that usually works . . . try PAYING people to play what you want, you'd be surprised how many musicians play for money"

NO! Because then I'd be BUYING friends. and lieing about what I'm doing. I don't want to sink to the level of those people. The idea is to reach individuals who naturally show a passion for good pop and soft rock music, and who are also looking for a buddy, and may or may not have a lot of friends in general, but is like me and doesn't have a lot of friends who share his music tastes.

First you were going to save the world through music and now you just want a few snuggle buddies?

I'm gonna stop talking to you in case your suicidal . . . don't want the blame for that (a lot of that is going around online these days)

"Here's an idea that usually works . . . try PAYING people to play what you want, you'd be surprised how many musicians play for money"

NO! Because then I'd be BUYING friends. and lieing about what I'm doing. I don't want to sink to the level of those people. The idea is to reach individuals who naturally show a passion for good pop and soft rock music, and who are also looking for a buddy, and may or may not have a lot of friends in general, but is like me and doesn't have a lot of friends who share his music tastes.

First you were going to save the world through music and now you just want a few snuggle buddies?

I'm gonna stop talking to you in case your suicidal . . . don't want the blame for that (a lot of that is going around online these days)

Again, snuggle buddies? Where did you get that from? Also "save the world through music"? Where did you get that idea? I am NOT ready to get out and perfomr yet, so I need to reach individuals who are ALSO still learning.

Yes, I am gay, but I'm not interested in a boyfriend, but I am a guy who wants to be loved, and it's nice to have GOOD friends by your side.

I am NOT suicidal. In fact, most guys in my position would probably drown their sorrows by going to bars and drinking, or drowning their sorrows in pot, when I do the exact opposite. I'm a guy who tries to go to other people for advice and is NOT afraid to ask around. This is EXACTLY what I'm talking about handling missudnerstandings. If something is confusing you, ASK and I will be glad to talk to you about that.

This is the exact kind of behaviors and attitudes I first encountered on Baton Rouge Rocks. People who handled missunderstandings very poorly and were WAY too quick to judge me before getting to know me as a person. They were too quick to think about things from a purely professional pserspective. And now I'm encountering it HERE as well.

I think it's best that you do stop talking to me because it seems you don't know how to handle a missunderstanding, and are quick to post your observations instead of stating them in a much nicer way or by phrasing it in the form of a question. Some of you even go so far as to thinking about what I'm looking for purely from a professional perspective, and thus are close minded and can't see this from a close friend perspective.

I have an idea! No one who is currently active on this forum right now shoudl respond any longer on this thread. Let's let Glambert keep posting the same thing over and over and over and ....

Plenty of fish

Match.com

Tagged

Myspace

Craigslist

Just some places That I think would suit you better Then a website Full of real musician
Sounds like you're trying to find a husband to be

Plenty of fish

Match.com

Tagged

Myspace

Craigslist

Just some places That I think would suit you better Then a website Full of real musician
Sounds like you're trying to find a husband to be

Not looking for a boyfriend! Get that through your head. I am looking for someone who plays keyboard or guitar, but is NOT an eager professional working musician to just hang out with and have a good time working on some pop and soft rock songs together as well as doing what other college students do together.

And by the way, Plenty Of Fish is horrible. There's too much on that site. And the help system sucks. Plus, they want you to fill out an essay covering a bunch of physical attributes that are NOT important to me in people. Looking handsome IS a plus, but what matters is what's on the inside and his interests and hobbies.

Match.com is like Plenty of Fish, but with one catch: you can sign up for free, but in order to use any of the features you have to pay. And they also want you to fill out a form covering a bunch of physical attributes which a picture could show.

I got a bunch of spam from Tagged recently, so I'm not really feeling that site.

One of my first places to look for these musicians and friends was Myspace, and that became a dud once they relegated the Classifieds section to an app, and changed the whole look and feel. In fact, I think a lot of people switched to Facebook after awhile.

And well, as noted in previous posts, Craigslist is for WORKING and gigging musicians, and of course, I wouldn't even reccommend that site to people who are looking for love. There is nothing but trash within the personals section, at least that's how it is in the city of Baton Rouge.

And of course, a lot of those personals sites don't give you the option to set who should see your profile. In my case, I would want my profile to be seen ONLY by individuals in their 20s who live in Baton Rouge, and are NOT looking for a boyfriend and of course, play guitar or keyboard well, have a good solid understanding of music theory, and have a passion for a variety of pop and soft rock music spanning the 70s and/or 80s to the present.

I do appreciate what you did offer.

I have an idea! No one who is currently active on this forum right now shoudl respond any longer on this thread. Let's let Glambert keep posting the same thing over and over and over and ....

That is a REALLY bad attitude Mike, the second part at least. This whole thing couldv'e been avoided if you guys had looked at this from a friendship standpoint, and NOT a prfoessional musician OR a significant other standpoint.

I'm sorry if I gave anyone the wrong impression, and I'm also sorry for repeating myself so much.

lol I want to clone "Glambert", let them loose on a deserted island and hunt them down one by one.

Gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all..

lol I want to clone "Glambert", let them loose on a deserted island and hunt them down one by one.

Gotta catch em all, gotta catch em all..

That is NOT cute or funny, Chief Engineer Scott. In fact, that came out of nowhere and was completely unecessary. Just leave this at "good luck" and let some new faces respond. I would REALLY appreciate it.

Shut yer yap, Glambert NO ONE IS GOING TO RESPOND TO YOU...at least not to play with you.

lol "Is there not even one of you"?? (sound of crickets)

Great avatar Scotty

Shut yer yap, Glambert NO ONE IS GOING TO RESPOND TO YOU...at least not to play with you.

lol "Is there not even one of you"?? (sound of crickets)

I'm not looking for someone to play with at least not through this forum. However, I was looking for someone who could help me learn about some new music stores, and other music related venues in Baton Rouge. And more that are open during the day, rather than late at night. Also I wanted to avoid music venues that attract people who drink, and do drugs. And also in addition to gaining cognitive knowledge, it also helps to gain experiential human knowledge from people who share the same music tastes, and similar music goals as me.

And of course, I wanted to learn about some new Baton Rouge music forums in my area and as always, have a little experiential knowledge to back it up so that I'll know if I'm making the right choice.

I do appreciate what advice was offered.

Plenty of fish

Match.com

Tagged

Myspace

Craigslist

Just some places That I think would suit you better Then a website Full of real musician
Sounds like you're trying to find a husband to be

Another thing to look for on those sites is the ability to turn off the automated Matching system. It would be cool if there were a couple of sites where the matching system was done by a person instead of a program. And for those sites that have a home page and display users on the homepage, it would be nice to be able to turn that off so that I'm not seen by people outside of my city. And since I would be going on the site to look for guy friends around my age who play keyboard or guitar well, and who enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music, it would be nice to be able to as a group, hide those individuals who are looking for a significant other or sex.