Saturday 19 Apr 2025, 6:21pm
Hi all,
I'm Joe, a 26 year-old scientist that is currently living in the Leighton Buzzard area. I moved here with my partner around 6 months ago and have a serious passion for music. I frequently attend rock gigs and festivals, and have been a casual electric bass and guitar player for most of my life.
Since lockdown, I started practicing a lot more and would often jam with one of my close mates. We would regularly have a few beers and play The Chats. I would absolutely love playing music and could always see myself playing in a band one day. However, recently I have not been picking up my guitars due to a lack of confidence and local music contacts, and have been looking for a reason to get back into playing more frequently, especially as it is hard to gauge the local music scene when you move to a new area (I'm originally from Nottingham).
In terms of music choice, I am into all areas of rock (from indie to pop-punk, to metal). Some of my favourite artists are:
Muse, Queens of the Stone Age, Nothing But Thieves, Lower Than Atlantis, Boston Manor, Royal Blood, Death from Above 1979, Neck Deep, The Blue Stones, Bring Me the Horizon, Architects, Highly Suspect, Cleopatrick, Dinosaur Pile-Up, Poppy, The White Stripes, Foo Fighters, My Chemical Romance, Biffy Clyro, Bad Nerves, The Amazons, The Wombats, Arctic Monkeys, Two Door Cinema Club, Feeder, Don Broco, Twin Atlantic, Badflower, You Me At Six, Dead Poet Society, The Warning, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, Weezer, IDLES, Normandie, The Pale White, The Hives, Tigercub, Kid Kapichi, Foster The People, Arcane Roots....
...as well as many, many more!
I would be happy to play covers. My music theory isn't really up to scratch but I am always up for learning new things. I've got pretty average gear, including a pedal board with about 400 fuzz/distortion pedals, a fender strat and 3 different scale basses, as well as a 800W monster bass amp that could blow out most pub windows on the lowest setting.
So if there are any local musicians, particularly in my close area (but also happy to travel), that would be interested in jamming at some point, let me know. I am also just up for meeting likeminded individuals as myself and my partner have struggled to find people with similar hobbies to us (she is also into the same music as myself). Always up for a pint and can chat for England when it comes to music, as well as being really into football and motorsport.
Feel free to message me if interested, and thanks for reading this essay!