Forming a Garage Band Mountain View CA

1. Finding bandmates. You won't have as much fun hanging out in your garage by yourself. Finding bandmates could be as simple as convincing your musical friends of how cool it will be to form the band. But you might have to advertise as well.
   
   
   • Online. Popular websites like Craigslist are a great place to start.
     
     
   • Print. Also consider buying small classified ads in local newspapers.
     
     
   • Colleges and universities are hotbeds for budding musicians; try a college newspaper as well, or even post printout ads in heavily-trafficked places in and around campuses.
     
     
   • Target venues. Think about local live music venues. Advertise around the venues that host musical acts whose style you would like to emulate.
   
   Your advertisements should obviously provide a way for prospective bandmates to contact you in order to set up a meeting and audition.
   
   
2. So what kinds of instruments? That's a matter of taste and goal. Some opt for a bare-bones feeling to create a raw, unpolished vibe in their garage band, while others feel that the presence of a less straightforward instrument greatly adds to the band's distinctiveness (one reason why the organ is a gift to rock bands).
   
   Unless you're trying to chart new territory here (woodwind and xylophone garage band, anyone?), you'll want to include a guitarist, a bassist and a drummer. Garage rock is typically guitar-and-drum-driven, though there are exceptions. But whatever instruments you decide to include, your music shouldn't sound orchestral in any way, so don't create elaborate arrangements that require too many instruments playing at any given time. "Wall of Sound" shouldn't be your goal here.
   
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