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Equipment/Line-up
You will be surprised how unimportant this is in the grand scheme if things. You will need a guitar that works and has some strings on it, similarly with bass, and the drums need to be able to make a sound when hit hard (could be anything then), and vocals that come out. That’s it for the most part. With that, you have everything you need to get started. It’s also important to bear in mind that if being in a band is just something you want to for a laugh/hobby/girls/bet then you don’t want or need to be paying hundreds of pounds for something that you will use for a year and then sits in the attic for thirty (save that for laptops).
I am sure that if you have even entertained the idea of starting a band then you must be able to play an instrument of some sort. As long as one person knows what they are doing then it should be fine. When I first joined a band as a guitarist, I didn’t know how to play anything other than bar chords on the E string. While that hasn’t changed a whole lot, the point is I didn’t need to know much to make a start (The Sex Pistols can attest to that more than I perhaps). The other guitarist at the time told me what to do mostly and that was fine. The same goes for the bass.
This next bit is important. Just because someone can not play an instrument, do NOT stick them on drums. People assume that, even if they have no musical ability whatsoever, that if they just bash about a bit on the drums that it is the “same thing” as a real drummer playing. Evidence of this is apparent anywhere that there is a drunk person and a drum kit. Drummers have arguably the most difficult job of everyone, as they have to keep everyone together as well as doing their own thing. They also need the co-ordination of someone with loads of co-ordination and the stamina of a premiership footballer (no joke, factual evidence can be found elsewhere). This is why finding actual good drummers is really really difficult. So just because your mate fat Paul has hands that are too fat for the guitar, you will be killing him by putting him behind the kit. Because lets face it, fat Paul will be dead 7 minutes into a half hour set under hot stage lights with a bustling crowd. And trust me, putting him in shorts doesn’t get around this.
You will be surprised how unimportant this is in the grand scheme if things. You will need a guitar that works and has some strings on it, similarly with bass, and the drums need to be able to make a sound when hit hard (could be anything then), and vocals that come out. That’s it for the most part. With that, you have everything you need to get started. It’s also important to bear in mind that if being in a band is just something you want to for a laugh/hobby/girls/bet then you don’t want or need to be paying hundreds of pounds for something that you will use for a year and then sits in the attic for thirty (save that for laptops).
I am sure that if you have even entertained the idea of starting a band then you must be able to play an instrument of some sort. As long as one person knows what they are doing then it should be fine. When I first joined a band as a guitarist, I didn’t know how to play anything other than bar chords on the E string. While that hasn’t changed a whole lot, the point is I didn’t need to know much to make a start (The Sex Pistols can attest to that more than I perhaps). The other guitarist at the time told me what to do mostly and that was fine. The same goes for the bass.
This next bit is important. Just because someone can not play an instrument, do NOT stick them on drums. People assume that, even if they have no musical ability whatsoever, that if they just bash about a bit on the drums that it is the “same thing” as a real drummer playing. Evidence of this is apparent anywhere that there is a drunk person and a drum kit. Drummers have arguably the most difficult job of everyone, as they have to keep everyone together as well as doing their own thing. They also need the co-ordination of someone with loads of co-ordination and the stamina of a premiership footballer (no joke, factual evidence can be found elsewhere). This is why finding actual good drummers is really really difficult. So just because your mate fat Paul has hands that are too fat for the guitar, you will be killing him by putting him behind the kit. Because lets face it, fat Paul will be dead 7 minutes into a half hour set under hot stage lights with a bustling crowd. And trust me, putting him in shorts doesn’t get around this.