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No doubt you can get kitted out easily, have far more choice of gear and record decent demos at home on your Mac - yeah, it is a great time to play guitar...
But - being in a band in 2024 is so much harder than thirty years ago. Getting signed now is almost impossible, and competition in the leisure industry (internet, gaming, phones, travel, food, nightlife, social media, etc etc) renders it very hard to make any money nor gain a reputation.
When the music press and radio play actually mattered, a couple of NME or Melody Maker reviews brought in 200 new attendees at shows and possible industry interest. Being broke was somehow a manageable (low expectations ?) choice and gave a sense of drive. The young people I know right now find it very hard to go against the grain and opt out of modern lifestyle trappings (the right phone, the right clothes etc).
Instagram and TikTok may make online access/marketing global, however that's alongside fifty billion other wannabes getting in the way.
I am not sure it so good now.
Of course that doesn't excuse my generation being moaning minnies, but I was quite ok about what we lacked back in the day. I didn't know anything else, and was determined to have an un-self conscious blast - which felt quite natural and easy to do.
Gov.UK:
A licence is not required to stage a performance of live music, or the playing of recorded music if:
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just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
I got roped in for vocals on anything that sounded remotely country ... as I can do a fairly convincing Nashville drawl ... however I nearly got us banned from one hotel when, to liven things up, I used 'alternative' lyrics to Ruby that started:
'You've painted up your tits and rolled and curled your pubic hair
Ruby are you contemplating going out somewhere?'
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Many apologies.
Yes a lot of gear was crap in those days unless you had good money to spend. Anyone remember Martin Coletti guitars? Martin and Gibson were out of resch.
part of the act
just because you do, doesn't mean you should.
To be fair though, although I was 17 years old it wasn't a teenage band, the other members were all in their 30s, so I guess they'd done all their hacking around school halls for a tenner years before I turned up.
I never actually gigged with other teenagers so don't really have any idea what that would've been like.
People in this thread have observed that there are many resources on YouTube to learn from, but that doesn't teach you ensemble playing. I'm sure the evisceration of state music education and directed ensembles therein is a big loss.
Nil Satis Nisi Optimum
Join My Band is a lot less personal!!!
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