A question for the UKMGers...

Hey folks.

Over the past few months I've recorded about 6 tunes and posted about them on UKMG, and recieved some nice comments from various UKMGers. Not only that, I took them into our Music Project class, where we've recently been picking bands to shortlist for our college record label's second release. Again, the class was complimentary on my music, and the only reason it wasn't put on the release shortlist was because it was all done by me and I don't have a band out gigging and making a fanbase, which is fair enough.

If I get a band together, which is looking possible (got a drummer and a probable bassist), should I or we take steps towards recording an album, probably using the stuff I've already written and recorded as a start? Or even make it a 'solo' project and perhaps put together a CD on MP3.com and write new stuff with whoever I get together with?

And whatever I end up deciding to do, would some of the UKMGers be interested in purchasing it?

Be careful putting a band together to do 'your' songs. I say this from experience where I was in the band doind someone else's songs and got alot of flak for not playing how 'he' wanted. By all means take your songs with you, but be open minded towards ideas your bandmates have.

I think we all love a diverse range of music here so you can be sure of some sales :O)

Good luck - I am missing being in a band more and more..

There are two sides to this. If you're putting a band together explicitly _to do your stuff_, then that's fine - but you need to make it clear. The last couple of years before I came up to Manchester, I had a band for which I wrote all the material, and wrote all the parts (even down to charting the kick drums). Everyone was fine with that - that was what they'd signed up for. If you'd joined that band on that basis and then not played how I wanted, you'd certainly get a lot of flack - and you'd deserve it.

On the other hand, if it's a band formed on a more usual basis, even if you're the main or even sole writer, you _do_ need to be open to other people's ideas.

- rfb

Drummer...joke...overload...must...resist....

JK

'Walking the fine line between 'kick' and 'dont kick''