Looking for musicians

[Spitfire]

Hey guys, i really need to get in a band.. preferably put a new one together from scratch, but id settle for joining one..

where are good places to find them?? i cant seem to find decent people anywhere..  The guitar shops seem to have little around here.. 

P.S. im in West Yorkshire if anyone happens to be looking for a guitarist on here in WY.

[rohlfo]

Surely Leeds has loads of stuff going on!? Check out all the music shops etc. since that's where people advertise.

[sgmypod]

Still struggling to find a Drummer and singer in EYorkshire

[Twinfan]

Try this website:  www.partysounds.co.uk

Best place to find local musicians IMHO.

[Spitfire]

Surely Leeds has loads of stuff going on!? Check out all the music shops etc. since that's where people advertise.

leeds has a lot of people who want to be in a metal band/indie band unfortunatley.. neither i have a particular interest in.

Im wanting to play something a little more progressive where everyone has a leading role at some point.. a lil more of the pink floyd ethos, but attempting to be fresh at the same time.

[sgmypod]

yeah finding that as well in Hull....unless I wanna join either a metal, Artic flunkies wannabe or something where I need hair styled within an inch of it's life(lostprofits, 30 seconds from mars etc)

[Crazy_Joe]

Seems to be the case in most places, down here in Hertfordshire (south east) you either get to be in a death/black metal, indie or uber breakdownz band.

I don't really care much for any of them.

[sgmypod]

Yeah I kinda like most stuff..so hard finding band members willing to try new things or already have a wide range of tastes

[MrBump]

bandmix.co.uk might be worth a look...

[kellar]

Surely Leeds has loads of stuff going on!? Check out all the music shops etc. since that's where people advertise.

leeds has a lot of people who want to be in a metal band/indie band unfortunatley.. neither i have a particular interest in.

Im wanting to play something a little more progressive where everyone has a leading role at some point.. a lil more of the pink floyd ethos, but attempting to be fresh at the same time.

That sounds right up my alley! Too bad I am in Germany. :(

[rohlfo]

here at Uni we're over-run with prog-tastic people!!! I just think they're harder to find since they're busy working on some wacky 7/8 piece with a 4/4 beat underneath whilst widdling into eternity in some fancy scale (no offence meant, I have the greatest respect for anyone who can do that!) and so are hard to get hold of? Maybe I'm wrong about that though.... I do have a mate at Hudd. uni who has your same problem, and perhaps I'm generalising just from the image I get from him....lol

[Spitfire]

who is your mate at hud uni? i live in hudds

oh and people who go out to write something in 7/8 with a 4/4 underneath are going about it all wrong.. thats like deciding you are going to build a time machine, then trying to make it work with toilet roll tubes and sticky back plastic.

one more point... people seem to have prog and shread mixed up these days... prog does not have to be dream theater... dream theater is not what i class as prog.

not trying to have a go.. but that is also a problem, nearly all the people i have met who say they like prog music think shread is prog... it has to be on a 6 string bass and have sweep picking with a MASSIVE drum kit.

[Will]

one more point... people seem to have prog and shread mixed up these days... prog does not have to be dream theater... dream theater is not what i class as prog.

I agree, I really do get confused by how that is prog.

[rohlfo]

being someone who listens to a lot of Porcupine Tree and Marillion and perhaps even in some people's view less progy things like Pink Floyd, Wishbone As, Flower Kings etc. I do feel I know the distinction...and the time signature thing was a joke. I do admit Dream Theatre have changed the way people see prog. 
My mate is called Sam Stocks.

[psy]

Try this website:  www.partysounds.co.uk

Best place to find local musicians IMHO.

I second using Partysounds.  We had a drummer quit.  I put an ad up on Partysounds & had a new drummer interested within an hour & jammed with him 2 days later.