Since I want this to be an all inclusive article, we need to start from the beginning.
What are you going to add to the band?
You need to know how to create music.
Music is art for the ears.
To create music you must train your ear to truly hear sound.
This is where musicians and people who can just play an instrument are separated.
Any monkey can learn to play a song on the guitar, piano, whatever, but a musician can craft sound into something more than just noise.
The first step in creating a band is learning to play your instrument.
Whatever instrument you choose, voice, guitar, drums, you need to learn how to play.
This is probably the hardest part of creating a band.
If you want to be a singer don't think that gets you off the hook.
Most singers take years of voice lessons to hone their voice and their ear.
Singing is a difficult art and takes dedication to realize your true abilities.
No matter what your instrument maybe, ear training is essential.
To play with other musicians you must, inherently or cogently, understand music theory.
You need to understand how notes interact.
I once jammed with a guy who played saxophone.
He talked about how we should start a band.
He told me he had been playing for 2 to 3 years.
Sounded good to me.
So one Saturday night at a party, I got some of my other friends to come jam with him.
There were about 150 people at the party and they wanted to hear the live music.
We were all use to improvisational playing so it was no big deal.
We started to play and the sax came in.
I want to find out who was killing the duck.
It was the most hilarious thing I had seen.
I had to run into a corner and laugh my ass off.
This boy had no ear.
He thought that the death throws of a goose was music.
Everyone was laughing.
Very embarrassing.
Ear training allows you to interact and jam with other musicians.
It is very important to fulfilling your role in a band.
Play along with the radio and learn how to improvise.
This will make you an asset to any band.
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