Looking for a Country Band!

[Alphacowboy]

I currently live in Minnesota and am looking for a local band to sing with. I dont know if any of you are in a band or not, but Just thought I would ask.



Here is a sample of a few recordings I did... on my PC for the heck of it a few months ago. Most are without music, so its just me singing. . hope I dont damage your ears too much... J/K!



http://www.midwesthomemedia.com/mattb/music/music.htm



if you are so moved to do so, feel free to comment!

 

[SOOT]

impressive!

Good Luck finding a band. Oo.

 

[MN Cummins Lvr]

Alphacowboy,



Bet it won't be long and you will be on K102 Sounds great! Sorry, don't know of any bands but good luck! Let me know if you end up playing someplace so wife and I can go see you.



Paul

 

[Alphacowboy]

Thanks guys. its kind of a dream of mine. I talked to a record producer last spring, and he would like to do a record, but I gotta pay for it... since I dont have a band, I also gotta pay for artisits, and its going to cost me ~8k or more to do it. Granted, this would be a professionally recorded CD. Plus, on top of that, I would be not working for 3 months while we layed down tracks... still thinking about it. In some ways, I would almost just rather get a group of guys together, hit a couple of clubs and play all night long once a week or somthing. I just gotta use this voice of mine... singing in the truck just aint enough :-laf

 

[Boomer II]

The music business is a tough row to hoe. Unless you just want a CD so you can say you have one, I'd pass on the 8 grand deal. You can probably do a demo a lot cheaper if you want to promote yourself to record companies. The local papers here have want ads of musicians looking for bands and such. I'd go that route for some local talent. Good luck, went down that road a long time ago.

 

[tpuig]

Nice voice

Alphacowboy, you've got a nice voice. It's a tough business out there, but if you really want to make it, you can. Not to knock the studio, but they have expenses. They'll bring in good musicians who will generally do it right the first time, and that costs. Then an engineer to make everything sound good.

And of course everyone gets a taste of the action.



Depending on your patience and skills, you can certainly do it for less and still end up with great results. If you want to do a little recording and editing on your own, check out the Mbox from digidesign.com, which is available through dealers for about $400. Runs ProTools software and allows you to record/edit with a decent computer. Also recommend an external hard drive to store all your recording sessions.

Just about all the studios are using ProTools as a standard. I'm biased, because I work there, but ask around and I think you'll see it's a great way to go.

TP

frustrated hack trumpet player with a dayjob...

 

[Alphacowboy]

again thanks... .





Nobody in a band, or wana start one?