lol, I wish! from about the age of 13 onwards I just wanted to be a famous rock star…. needless to say it didn’t happen!

……..as I got older I realised that it happens to very few people and there are thousands of musicians all over the world that never get any real recognition. I formed my first ‘proper’ band when I was 20/21 we played for a couple of years and were getting big local turnouts.. it was great fun and I realised that as long as I was playing it didn’t matter to me if it was to 50,000 people or 5 people in my local pub.

…why can’t you form a band? I’ve realise these last few years (because I’m desperate to get out playing again) that it won’t fall in your lap, you need to go out and find people and keep on trying if it doesn’t work out with them.

yeah, I know axactly what you are saying (on all points) … I’m having trouble finding the right people too. I guess at some point i’m either going to have to compromise on the type of music I want to play or on the people in the band, probably the latter as I’m hooking up with a bass player friend who really wants to do something, he’s cool but he can be a little difficult at times in a band situation, but we’ll see how that goes.

i strongly agree with Julian, i wanted to play out all the time, maybe not a rock star but be able to preform publicly at least. now a days i got a family and its hard to find time to do anything when there’s family , work, other responsibilities let alone find time to form another band.

so as long as i could find a way to make my hobby a money maker to support family, that would be awesome! like building my guitars or sum thing.

I’m 30 now and i went thrue the phase your in now at that age and it comes and goes, i wouldn’t worry about it to much.

things change a lot, ive always found that new equipment gets me creatively inspired, when i feel like im burnt out with nowhere to go. lol

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yeah, the new gear helps… but not with that… that’s just an urge to express myself… let’s hope that when i et to university and to the ther town, things’ll get better

if anyone cares… here’s my music

http://bandzone.cz/apisanteportas – the first three songs are actually very old… it’s like nothing i do now…

http://bandzone.cz/theeventhorizon

Sounds good! I dig it!

Same here! I have a lot of friends who play, but none that I mesh with enough to gig with. We jam a lot and have a great time, but not gig worthy type stuff. Most of us have been paid musicians at one point or another, but just don’t vibe.

BTW, I have always wanted to be a RockStar, but don’t think it fits into my lifestyle anymore, being a single dad. But, my daughter can be one if she wants! She is 4 and I am already getting her into guitar and drums. I didn’t start until I was 16. Hell by the time she is my age, she can be a Guitar Hero!

i really want to be in a band. i’m currently trying to start a band with my friend who sings, but he isnt really a great singer and doesnt really know what he’s doing. plus he spends all of his money on cds and dvds and then complains he doesnt have any money for a mic or any music gear. i know a lot of people who play the drums and bass, but i’ve asked every one of them if they want to put a band together, and all of them said no. i don’t want to be in a really big band and sell out stadiums, i just want to perform music live and have people listen to the music i create.

As far as I go, had 1 band that didn’t work out. Now I’m with another one, that we did a couple of rehearsals but I don’t like the drummer. On both I play bass. And finally I have this good friend who plays the guitar and we both want to make a band, or something like so, both on guitar but we need a bassist and a drummar, but there is no hurry. With this guy, oh man, all the improvs that we make are so magical.