I'm just starting out trying to get a group of people to play with and familiarize myself with the whole band setting and how to work together and all that important stuff, i'm currently 16 which makes it hard to find others willing to accept me because of my age D: and most people my age aren't taking music as serious as i am. Anybody have any tips to get started at my age? Thanks guys(:
Basically, you already know about hanging out in record stores, checking out the Bandmate Wanted ads and everything else, so I'm not going to dwell on that to any degree.
My personal advice is to not sell people your age short. It may seem that they're not taking it seriously, and the fact that they might, actually, not be taking it seriously might slow your process down a bit at first.
Ultimately, with the right group of guys and/or gals, when things start clicking and everyone is sounding good together, and there's always that moment...that FIRST song...where everyone just realizes, "Dude, we sound great!" It happens a lot when you're just screwing around with something and everyone just finds their place in a song. It's a magical thing, man. I don't even play any instruments (lead singer) and I recognized it when it first happened with us.
After that moment, everyone takes it a little bit more seriously. It's just getting people to the point where they believe they can all make good music together.
I also say this with all due respect, but don't get too big of a head. Basically, don't go thinking you're better than potential bandmates, (i.e. guys your age) because if you're sixteen, then you've got stuff to learn. Unless you're some kind of savant, you have nearly as much to learn as they do...maybe you take it more seriously...but you still have much to learn, by necessity.
I'm 27, I'll never stop learning. I'm not a world-beater as a singer as it is right now, but my lyric writing (which I have always prided myself on), you know, maybe I'm not the God of the Pen as I liked to envision myself. Most of the guys here know more than I do, so definitely read their responses.
Try to respond to me, also, so nobody thinks you're a post and disappear guy!
Anyway, I listened to your stuff. I'm not even a guitarist and you made mistakes in every song, but they were still all pretty good. "October 7th," was probably the closest to being free of mistakes, though someone may correct me on that. It seems pretty simple, though.
I think, "A Soldier's Peace," was one of the more complicated ones and I loved it. You made mistakes, but I could hear it at the same time as if without the mistakes and I think it's just amazing. Correct me if I'm wrong, but is it not about soldiers who have died and the music basically represents their journey to Heaven or whatever it is you believe is beyond this? That's what I got out of it. Excellent work, really.