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Hi, my name is Clifford. I'm a keyboard player who plays pop and soft rock covers for fun on his keyboard. I simply trying to find a few guys in my area who also play keyboard and enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music. I only want to reach those who play for enjoyment and may not have any music buddies himself.

Baton Rouge

Um...what is this? If you are telling me what to say in an ad, I've got that covered, although I'm VERY limited to WHERE I can post this. In fact, I'm stuck posting this at ONE music store. I can't use Craigslist anymore due to the fact that I've been banned from there.

What I DO need help with in terms of ad posting is knowing what to leave out of the ad, and cover over the phone, and how to keep the working musicians from responding, while STILL reaching the talented hobbying musicians who have a passion for pop and soft rock music.

Hi, my name is Clifford. I'm a keyboard player who plays pop and soft rock covers for fun on his keyboard. I simply trying to find a few guys in my area who also play keyboard and enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music. I only want to reach those who play for enjoyment and may not have any music buddies himself.

Baton Rouge

Um...what is this? If you are telling me what to say in an ad, I've got that covered, although I'm VERY limited to WHERE I can post this. In fact, I'm stuck posting this at ONE music store. I can't use Craigslist anymore due to the fact that I've been banned from there.

I'm not telling you nothing, YOUR doing all the telling

Hi, my name is Clifford. I'm a keyboard player who plays pop and soft rock covers for fun on his keyboard. I simply trying to find a few guys in my area who also play keyboard and enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music. I only want to reach those who play for enjoyment and may not have any music buddies himself.

Baton Rouge

Um...what is this? If you are telling me what to say in an ad, I've got that covered, although I'm VERY limited to WHERE I can post this. In fact, I'm stuck posting this at ONE music store. I can't use Craigslist anymore due to the fact that I've been banned from there.

I'm not telling you nothing, YOUR doing all the telling

Why do I keep reaching people who give me the impression that they are angry and who are reading my posts (and profile) with a bad attitude? In other words, READ and understand my posts (and what's written in my profile) from a more intimate friendship standpoint, and NOT from a highly seasoned working musician standpoint. Good friends. Those who like each other like brothers, and love doing a variety of activities together.

And just so you know, I'm not trying to force anybody to respond to anything they don't want to respond to.

On this forum, I'm trying to reach individuals who are much smarter and nicer, and don't come off as punks.

Hi, my name is Clifford. I'm a keyboard player who plays pop and soft rock covers for fun on his keyboard. I simply trying to find a few guys in my area who also play keyboard and enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music. I only want to reach those who play for enjoyment and may not have any music buddies himself.

Baton Rouge

Um...what is this? If you are telling me what to say in an ad, I've got that covered, although I'm VERY limited to WHERE I can post this. In fact, I'm stuck posting this at ONE music store. I can't use Craigslist anymore due to the fact that I've been banned from there.

I'm not telling you nothing, YOUR doing all the telling

Why do I keep reaching people who give me the impression that they are angry and who are reading my posts (and profile) with a bad attitude? In other words, READ and understand my posts (and what's written in my profile) from a more intimate friendship standpoint, and NOT from a highly seasoned working musician standpoint. Good friends. Those who like each other like brothers, and love doing a variety of activities together.

And just so you know, I'm not trying to force anybody to respond to anything they don't want to respond to.

On this forum, I'm trying to reach individuals who are much smarter and nicer, and don't come off as punks.

See, there you go again

Who's the punk?

What do you mean, "there you go again?"

If I'm saying something wrong, or if I'm striking the wrong tone, tell me in a nice way. And if I'm saying something that's confusing you, I will gladly talk to you about it and clear up the missunderstanding. This includes the stuff on my profile AND in responses to posts. Don't leave me to figure it out for myself.

I am not a punk, and I apologize if you took offense to something I said, or if HOW I'm saying things is coming off a little too strong.

By the way, I changed what I said on my profile.

What do you mean, "there you go again?"

If I'm saying something wrong, or if I'm striking the wrong tone, tell me in a nice way. And if I'm saying something that's confusing you, I will gladly talk to you about it and clear up the missunderstanding. This includes the stuff on my profile AND in responses to posts. Don't leave me to figure it out for myself.

I am not a punk, and I apologize if you took offense to something I said, or if HOW I'm saying things is coming off a little too strong.

By the way, I changed what I said on my profile.

I do not understand how you fail to see that insulting people on here is getting you nowhere. You question our moods, yet you are trying to insult people here at every turn. If you don't like it here, stop posting. You are acting like a troll. I'm not calling you a troll, but your behavior reflects that of a troll. And I'm done feeding your troll-like behaviors.

What do you mean, "there you go again?"

If I'm saying something wrong, or if I'm striking the wrong tone, tell me in a nice way. And if I'm saying something that's confusing you, I will gladly talk to you about it and clear up the missunderstanding. This includes the stuff on my profile AND in responses to posts. Don't leave me to figure it out for myself.

I am not a punk, and I apologize if you took offense to something I said, or if HOW I'm saying things is coming off a little too strong.

By the way, I changed what I said on my profile.

I do not understand how you fail to see that insulting people on here is getting you nowhere. You question our moods, yet you are trying to insult people here at every turn. If you don't like it here, stop posting. You are acting like a troll. I'm not calling you a troll, but your behavior reflects that of a troll. And I'm done feeding your troll-like behaviors.

I'm sorry if I insulted anybody or came off as trollish. This is all a product of a simple missundertanding, and dealing with people who like being difficult or who like posting for attention.

I mean well here on this forum, but I'm trying to reach a certain group of people: (see below) try to understand that without giving me a hard time about it.

If you really want to help me out, review my profile page to see what kind of music I'm into, see if it matches your music tastes, and review my music goals, from there, review some of my previous posts, which cover some of the places in the past I've searched, (both online and in person) and note some of the bad experiences I've had there.

From there, take some time to realize that if I say a given suggestion isn't going to work, I can back it up through experience, or there are a couple of other things you need to know about me before I can follow through on said suggestion, and that I'm not the kind of guy who makes excuses. I need to reach individuals who will be patient with me as we're discussing different options.

[quote]Hi, my name is Clifford. I'm a keyboard player who plays pop and soft rock covers for fun on his keyboard. I am simply trying to find a few guys in my area who also play keyboard and enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music. I only want to reach those who play for enjoyment and are not seasoned musicians. In other words, guys who go to college, or have a part-time job, but have a decent schedule that allows us to get together during the day to just hang out and work on songs, among doing a variety of other activities. No drugs, heavy alcohol consumption or other serious issues. You can be gay, straight or bi.

Before doing anything music related with this person, it's best if we take the time to get to know each other first, and find an ice-breaker activity to do.

You need a dating site....definately not this forum.

Hi, my name is Clifford. I'm a keyboard player who plays pop and soft rock covers for fun on his keyboard. I am simply trying to find a few guys in my area who also play keyboard and enjoy playing a wide variety of pop and soft rock music. I only want to reach those who play for enjoyment and are not seasoned musicians. In other words, guys who go to college, or have a part-time job, but have a decent schedule that allows us to get together during the day to just hang out and work on songs, among doing a variety of other activities. No drugs, heavy alcohol consumption or other serious issues. You can be gay, straight or bi.

Before doing anything music related with this person, it's best if we take the time to get to know each other first, and find an ice-breaker activity to do.

You need a dating site....definately not this forum.

Dating sites are not the answer either. Most people on those are going to be interested in looking for LOVE and SEX! And most are going to want the user to PAY for the service, and the free ones are going to be full of trashy individuals. Believe me, I've tried OKCupid and there was NOTHING on there. The profiles I came across on that site during 2010, and 2011 were either incomplete profiles, or the people were shy. The individuals who were into the kind of music I enjoy, didn't actually play music, and the individuals who did play music were either JUST starting to learn or they were into hard rock, heavy metal, and whatnot.

By the way, since I still live with my parents, I don't feel comfortable telling my parents that I met a someone on a dating site.

Now, a site like this place, but one that also helps out the amateur and intermediate level musicians who are simply looking for friends would suffice. It also needs to be one that's FREE to use most features, especially contacting. And it helps if the site has forums, but has a lot nicer and smarter individuals, instead of the ones who respond impulsively, and are not smart enough to try to understand the person they are trying to help. But I need some help finding some.

Before doing anything music related with this person, it's best if we take the time to get to know each other first, and find an ice-breaker activity to do.

Your words above......just sayin.

Before doing anything music related with this person, it's best if we take the time to get to know each other first, and find an ice-breaker activity to do.

Your words above......just sayin.

People like you are confused. I have one group of people who assume I'm looking for professional musicians to play with, and then I have another group who thinks I'm looking for a signficant other.

I am essentially looking for a few guy friends who are good solid musicians and who express their passion for playing a wide mix of pop and soft rock music, but who are essentially just looking for a few friends to hang out with.

This is hilarious. I can't believe you guys are still responding to him. Sometimes you're the fisherman and sometimes you're the fish I guess. Keep biting!

This is hilarious. I can't believe you guys are still responding to him. Sometimes you're the fisherman and sometimes you're the fish I guess. Keep biting!

This is NOT supposed to be hilarious. I really do need help here, but the people responding aren't smart enough to recognize who I need help from, and how much more beneficial it would be if they would give those guys a chance to respond.

If you really want to help, review my profile, review some of my past posts in this topic to get an idea of what I've tried in the past and WHY I was unable to find success there.

Also it helps if the person responding is a patient person and has similar tastes in music to mine, and is someone who doesn't have a lot of experience playing in other bands and isn't a career musician.

Learn to recognize those things BEFORE you respond, and if you don't fit that, don't say anything, and move on to someone else.

I am not trying to force anyone to do anything, I'm not trying to be demanding. However, I am trying to talk let people know how to post more wisely, and intelligently.

This is hilarious. I can't believe you guys are still responding to him. Sometimes you're the fisherman and sometimes you're the fish I guess. Keep biting!

This is NOT supposed to be hilarious. I really do need help here, but the people responding aren't smart enough to recognize who I need help from, and how much more beneficial it would be if they would give those guys a chance to respond.

If you really want to help, review my profile, review some of my past posts in this topic to get an idea of what I've tried in the past and WHY I was unable to find success there.

Also it helps if the person responding is a patient person and has similar tastes in music to mine, and is someone who doesn't have a lot of experience playing in other bands and isn't a career musician.

Learn to recognize those things BEFORE you respond, and if you don't fit that, don't say anything, and move on to someone else.

Funny....that is the only reason I am posting. I have read your saga. I knew you would respond, and I'm finding it all hilarious! Carry on.

If someone can help me word my profile better so that it still gets the point across without creeping out someone or confusing my viewers, that would be helpful. In fact, that is something I couldv'e used during the time when I had a somewhat wider variety of places to post, like Craigslist, Baton Rouge Rocks, and stuff. And not only that, but knowing what to leave out and discuss when the person contacts me, and a better way to interact with the audience as a whole, whether it's online or in person.


It would also be nice to know how to prevent the WORKING and GIGGING musicians as well as the beginners and guys who just discovered soft rock and pop music from responding to my ad post. Because that's also been part of the problem regardless of whether I'm posting online or in person, and whether this ad was posted on Craigslist, Baton Rouge Rocks, or physical copies at Guitar Center, or on the Baton Rouge Community College club table.