Advice for starting a band? Spent the past year learning music theory, going to go forward soon with starting a band with me as the frontman this year. Going to start learning guitar this week. Hoping to game the spotify and social media algorithms hard. I know this sounds silly, but I do have a lot of money and time(unemployed). Wondering if anybody here has any experience/success with their ideas or whatever advice. Wondering if the general process of gigging and advertising etc from the pre-covid era are totally obsolete now? Also I wanna tour in japan and speak japanese, should I be aiming for two audiences or do I just kind of have to pick one?
>>129054339just smoke weed and live inside your fantasy, bro.
>>129054339>Spent the past year learning music theoryrip. it's over bro.
>fell for the music theory memelul
>>129054432that's the foundation for making interesting and enjoyable music.
>male thinks he's gmi
>learn theory>pander to le algorithmkek what a hack
>>129054499if that were true music schools would be producing the most interesting musicians
>oh it's so interesting>yes I am enjooooyingkek
>>129054552dumb argument
>>129054339The best advice i can give you is make demos, and make it easy for your bandmates. If this is your dream, you can't depend on them to pick up your slack. They probably will, but you can't depend on it in principle. If you can do something yourself then do it
>>129054339You haven't even started learning guitar and formed a band yet, but you're already in your mind touring japan and making marketing choices, inevitably your dream is going to crash against reality sooner or later.not trying to emulate the crab bucket mentality and crush your dream, by all means get out of the house and make some music with some people, but adjust your expectations, and wait until you get a base of 100 genuine fans or so before you even start thinking about making a career out of this.
>>129054339I've learned through experience that the music will not "flow" as quickly without one person taking the role as a creative director to inform the vision of what your music is. Someone has to tell other people what to do or nothing happens. Like >>129054605 said
>>129054339You need 2 basic perks: charisma and a decent voice. Looks help a lot but if you lack any of the former, forget about it.First step is to write songs -a lot of them- and show them to everyone. The next steps depends on whether your songs are good or not.If your songs are any good, you will attract the right people: musicians will agree to split potential earnings with you and you'll get management offers. You'll eventual success in this case will depend entirely on being properly managed, which is pretty hard in itself. In this scenario, your own ego is your worst enemy. Talented people can be incredibly hard to work with.If your songs are not good, you'll have to hire a songwriter, musicians and a manager. It's not a bad scenario because sometimes being too emotionally invested with your own songs can become a serious hindrance. You can focus more on the grind and less on creative dilemmas. Downside is you'll need a much larger investment.Touring Japan etc. will come on its own with your project if given enough time and dedication, but remember:Take a good introspective look, and ask yourself if you really have BOTH charisma and a good voice. Your success depends entirely on this.Look at Steven Wilson, the guy's a musical genius and can sing pretty good, but he has the personality of a wooden plank. He's had to do 10x the grind to become successful in a very niche genere, and for an industry defined by millions of plays he's practically a loser. Even likeable idiots with shitty songs like Post Malone have a better effort/reward ratio. So there you have it, OP my 2 cents. I wish you success with your project.
>>129054339Advice: Quit while you're ahead because you're fucking retarded and delusional. Do not use that as fuel for your "I told you so" mental spiral you fall into to prove to the imaginary strawman you construct in your head while reading this to further your pursuit of an utterly stupid and pointless exercise in futility. If you're posting this type of shit, you're never going to do a single fucking thing you've typed out here. You are looking for validation and are so god damn deep in your own bullshit you forgot that, and have no idea why you're doing what you're doing right now. You're fucked, kid. Your "band" will never get "going," whatever that means, and if it "does," you're getting nowhere, and it will implode within ~6 months. Good luck. Don't kill yourself and get a job.
>>129054339>I wanna tour in japan and speak japanese
>>129054339>Advice for starting a band?After everyone has finished dinner just sit back and wait. It generally takes about 30 minutes following consumption to fully take hold. Now you'll need to dump the bodies ASAP. Just head into the first servo you see and pull around back to the dumpster. Don't forget to check for pulses first you don't want anybody waking up a week from now when you're not a girl, not yet a woman.
>hasn't even started learning guitar>guys when can I join a band and start touring abroad?This guy thinks he's the protagonist of a band anime
>>129054339>Spent the past year learning music theory>Going to start learning guitar this week.Congratulations, you spent a year learning the difference between a half note and a quarter note and yet you probably can't consistently play a clean F chord to save your life. You definitely have your priorities straight and I expect great things from your career.
