rawk666
(west midlands)
Thursday 28 Sep 2017, 9:00am
Hi chaps,
Can I put this straight, as you all have seemed to to take 2+2 and get 7! I OP was just asking a question based on a lot of area specific ads seems to have more singers looking than West Mids (brum) that was all. I was looking around the site and found a platform to ask that. The fact that an ad hadnt long been in the mix was coincidental, it was question based on looking through the search option and noticing the lack of ads from such in the area.
The reason we are looking is simply because our current singer is about to have his first child, and obviously wants to be around, thats it. We aint starting from scratch and new to this so know what we want and what the songs needs.
We have all of what Tricky mentions, demos, footage, website etc. All professionally done, not done of someones phone. We simply hold that back until we have had initial contact and some info back to see if its worth pursuing, to save everyones time, then we diclose the bands history etc. We found previously that flooding adverts with links etc can have the opposite effect where people think "Looks to good for me" ( Not being big headed there, but based on feedback from some folks a while back) , so if someone contacts and they are 19 and are looking for their first band, if they come over well then yeah, come and have a sing and see if you fit, where as flooding the ad with all the links may well of put that person off from contacting based on the above, but they could of been the ONE!!. We have found, over the years, that the level we play at as individuals and as a band has had simliar effect to having a band that is loose and not polished, it can be a put off too.
Tricky, trust me there aint no wet wednesday in Wenesbury hahaha. Yeah, I suppose its the way of the world now, social media. I would rather have someone shake my hand and show their appreciation for what I had just done live and natter about music over a pint that 1k 'likes' from people I'll never meet, but I sure get ya point.
Thanks for the replies. Hope this finally clears things up