Re: Finding a band

John (NJ) wrote:
On Aug 25, 6:40�pm, "JoeSpareBedroom" <newstr...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
What kinds of music do you want to play?

I'm pretty open when it comes to styles, so the shorter list is what I
DON'T want to play: all the variations of metal and punk and I doubt
I'd do well in a funk or jazz band.

I offered my services to an Americana/alt-country band that was
looking for a bassist and was turned down because I was over 30

That's awful - age irrelevance is one of the hallmarks of Americana/
alt country. If Willie Nelson invented the form, then he was
an Old Guy paying for aging hippies with us whelps tagging
along.

Sometimes I don't understand the world. My interest in Red Dirt/
Americana/alt country in the '80s was that it wasn't youth
oriented.

- even
though I had played in a previous band with one of the members!

Very strange.

That's when I started really noticing the age restrictions in
Craigslist ads.

--
Les Cargill
.

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