The core driving force of any band is its members. As we discover key aspects of starting a band, time must be spent ensuring you have a band that functions as a team. More importantly, you need to have a band in order to make music. Ideally, if you have a group of best friends that all play different instruments and mesh well together, you are set to begin creating music and a name for yourself. However, if you are so fortunate, you must learn how to find band mates.
As much as there are effective recruiting processes that companies model employee searches around, the important thing to remember is to prepare ahead of time and fully understand what you are looking for. If you are starting a band and have a few potential band mates already in mind to join your team, maybe a simple checklist to walk through will suffice. For a band starting from scratch, a full out process from advertisement to final decision may need to be mapped out.
Breakthrough Band has outlined a step by step process to assist any band in finding a new band mate; whether it is for a new guitarist, new bassist, new vocalist, or new drummer. The principles of a screening process will remain regardless of your search. At the same time, these instructions are guidelines that a band will likely modify to suit different needs, timelines, and levels of play.
You can view each aspect of the screening process by viewing the main article, Starting A Band: How To Find Band Mates. For more tips and advice for starting a band, subscribe to our RSS feed. You will also be alerted when the How To Find Band Mates mini-book comes available for download in the next few weeks.
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