Band Members and How to Get Gigs

Here's a post which although aimed at musicians trying to start a band, makes a couple of points that got me thinking about band members and how to get gigs generally.

Get Your Band Together

I commented on the paragraph about "Auditions" as you can see.

The amount of times I've heard of bands recruiting a new band member only to have to get rid of them a short time later because it "didn't really work out"....

Most times this is due to not understanding in advance of the audition process EXACTLY what it is you're looking for. Not "guitarist" or "keyboard player", but as the guy who wrote the article suggests: "Time availability, commitment level, self-discipline".

If you don't find these things out sooner, they'll come and bite you later.

There's one other point later in the piece with regard to gigging. Although the writer is dead right when he says "The more you play, the more you will grow" (meaning the more you gig the better you'll get at it - both in terms of confidence and familiarity with the material).

I'd also add: "The more you play - the more gigs you'll get". Meaning, the more people who see you, the more chance you'll have of repeat work, private parties and functions etc. And of course the bigger and faster you can build your fan base or attract management or an agency.