Members Lee Flier Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 So what on earth makes us want to be in a band? Is it purely practical - we play in a musical style that requires other musicians to be able to flesh it out? Or are there other deeper reasons? Why do we bother? Discuss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 Because we can't do it all live ourselves. We dig that interaction, that unholy noise that's made after the drummer clicks four on his sticks. We're gluttons for punishment. Being married to one person isn't enough, we want to argue, as if we were married, to three or four other people. Because...hmmm...it's the best high anyone ever invented... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THB Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 Nothing left to do for me. I {censored}ed everything else up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 Originally posted by THB Nothing left to do for me. I {censored}ed everything else up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 To play good music with good people. Being part of something which is greater han the sum of the parts is highly rewarding, and good fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THX1138 Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 When I was a wee lil chap I used to turn off all the lights in my bedroom, turn on some old christmas lights my parents had, and then listen to Kiss Alive II through headphones while staring at the pictures on the album til my eyes glossed over. Just imagining what it must be like to have all those people going completely berserk over your band... not to mention the God-factor of all that power coming from the stage and being washed in all those lights... what a spectacle. It deeply engrained in me a strong need to be a rockstar. I've spent the rest of my life tryin to feed that inner child's wishes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xonetruedesirex Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 Because it's fun, and playing shows is a much better way to spend my evenings than sitting at home doing nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members KHAN Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 As a guitarist, it's my solemn duty to inflict my disease on 3 or 4 other guys, and as many audiences as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orfalot Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 Mainly because its fun. I question as I approach 50 if my motivation is shifting from the fun of playing, period, to the love of performing. We've just started our tenth year together and stay a little busier than we'd probably like but its just such a rush to get a club hopping even if it is with covers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members caveman Posted July 30, 2005 Members Share Posted July 30, 2005 Because that's what I do. Who would have thought that back in 1953 when I was picking out my first recognizable melodies that all those years of gigging would follow. I quit a couple of years ago because of my heart. I've got that patched up and now I'm back after it again. Years ago I used to joke with my old bass player that we'd end up in nursing homes playing for geriatric hippies. Nowadays that doesn't seem so far fetched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members THB_bassman Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 Originally posted by THB Nothing left to do for me. I {censored}ed everything else up. As did I...and THB needed a bass player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Will Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 i make too much money in my day job and needed some way to get rid of the excess . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members slugball Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 two bands -- one for artistic expression that makes me happy (and sometimes fans too). one that pays pretty well and makes bar crowds happy -- I enjoy that too. one way of the other, it's about connecting with other musicians and crowds for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Dave Martin Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 I play in a band because very few people want to hire a bass player doing a solo gig. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LateGreats Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 I'm in a band because I'm too lousy a guitarist to play solo. If I didn't have good friends in the band, I'd probably do it anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Help!I'maRock! Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 because i can't write lyrics. if i was even able to finish a verse, i'd just do it all myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BLAH Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 Im in a band because..... Practice is awesome we drink have a laugh and generally arse around, while making some great music Talking about it is good to other people and band mates. Being in a band is cool. And last but not least theres the chance that one day i'll be mad famous and rich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members forceman Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 I play music with other musicians because I am a masochist. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Brian Krashpad Posted July 31, 2005 Members Share Posted July 31, 2005 It's fun. Being onstage is a great high. Plus you get to make music (in my case, almost all the music both bands do is original) and meet cool people. Plus by being in a band I bankroll making a record every few years. All the money from my main band goes into a merch/recording fund. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members JTbaddog Posted August 1, 2005 Members Share Posted August 1, 2005 TruthAs a teen I was so deathly shy and afraid to talk to girls that I HAD to think of another way to get noticed by them. I loved rock music, esp. guitar, so I got my ma to by me a tiesco ( is that right ?) and a cheapy amp. Whaddaya know, after about three months I was starting to get the hang of it ( had exactly one lesson, then my teacher quit - my ego wasn't sure how to take that ) and I graduated to a tele copy and a better amp. At a year I got my first real Fender Stratocaster, black w/white accesories like Claptons' Blackie. I still have it ( 30 years later ) , though it's been through a lot of changes, just like me. And I got in my first band. And I GOT LAID for the first time ! My plan worked ! Over and over again ! THAT'S why I got in a band. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeoSK Posted August 1, 2005 Members Share Posted August 1, 2005 I play in a band, because I like it. I consider the band my family and we spend a lot of time together. I really like that. And also all of us listen to all kinds of music what makes our sound somehow different (well really, when ppl asked me what it's like what we play, I couldn't really tell exactly what it's like). And I think all of us enjoy what we're doing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Badside Posted August 1, 2005 Members Share Posted August 1, 2005 Save for our drummer, we've been together since high-school, that's almost 15 years! I couldn't see myself living any other way. I feel more at home on a stage than.. at home! Give me a Gibson plugged into a Marshall, an audience, and these 3 guys and I become another person. I'm kinda like a werewolf, and I prefer being a wolf! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted August 1, 2005 Members Share Posted August 1, 2005 Originally posted by Faber To play good music with good people. Being part of something which is greater han the sum of the parts is highly rewarding, and good fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Fr!tz Posted August 1, 2005 Members Share Posted August 1, 2005 Because I play drums and drums don't always sound good by themselves.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GWS5987 Posted August 1, 2005 Members Share Posted August 1, 2005 It's exactly the same three reasons for all singers, musicians, dancers, actors, actress', politicians, etc. "LOOK AT ME" "LOOK AT ME" "LOOK AT ME" And everything that then goes with it. Any other reason is pure BS. George Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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