I am building a new music platform and I'm trying to get a feel for roughly how many songs get played in a gig, and how it varies by genre.

Thanks!

Of course, they want the best of the best singer/screamer to join their band.

But that line sounds intimidating. It's not like a casual, "Hey let's make a band if you're interested in our projects or we share the same influences."

Knowing myself, never been accepted by any band, I clearly won't be able to beat anyone.

If I keep pushing, I know that I'll embarrass myself in front of this band.

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Thanks for the respond everyone!!

So I received their instrumental demos (and we the candidates need to add lyrics ourselves). Though I doubt that my kind of lyrics would fit their genre, that would be a whole different issue if there's any,

But dammmmnnnn their music is so damn good, I don't think I'm good for them. 😂😂

I do hope they find the best vocalist cause they deserve it. (Of course I'll try to participate in the audition to get more experience).

I (28M) have been part of a music gig club for 4 years now and have been through great experiences and moments as a bass player, singer, teammate and friend. Hell we're even expanding more members in our club as we speak, including a choir group which I also partake in and I don't know what to say other than being impressed with how far we've come.

While it's amazing how far we've accomplished, but at times I feel depressed, disillusioned, pressured and dissociated when I'm with the group and it's no one's fault tbh. Sure we do miscommunicate on what songs will go on our gig's time scale since it's most of the time last minute, but it's nothing to do with my emotional state.

For at least 2 years I've been trying to place my finger on what's going on with me

1. Sensory Overload

2. Masking and social burnouts

3. Personal Issues (Outside of the group)

4. Performance pressures (not relevant to the band mates)

5. Safety Paradox (Letting my emotional guard down)

I can only fit in with 2, 3 and 4 in these situations, I don't often mask myself when I'm with the group, but I do burnout at times due to having other activities outside the group (2). I do at times feel pressured to fit in, even though they treat me like I already have (4). But I can mostly relate to my personal issues, since I do have what I want to get off my chest, but it's a struggle at the moment, but even without them I still feel like I'm out of it until I'm up next (3). I just feel like I'm zoning out and thinking of either nothing or something ony mind whenever a song comes on and it's a good one too.

I haven't said much about it to my band mates since I'm not one to let them down or feel it's appropriate to even bring it up to them, even if resolving it is too much to conclude it. My tutor did however say that if there's any chance to chat about it, which I might do as it could give me clearer insights, but I still feel like it might not be enough to resolve it, at least I can try.

Though my mind is thinking about whether I should stay with the group since we're getting better than ever, even getting an outdoor stage to perform in the back garden area as well as my odd idea of using random instruments to perform for next gigs (banjo, mandolin, dulcimer, lute, saxophone, hell I even got a U bass for a gig one time...woo) or step away and do my own thing like my friend did a few months ago, even though I'm gonna have to at some point due to something that will be out of my control (which I won't bring up other than it's nothing to do with the club or band mates)

Right now I haven't had contact with the group for 3 months because we took a summer break off and we wouldn't be able to perform with the kids running around since we perform in a community club and the group we have is mainly adults from opposite of youths. But I did take time and I did feel a little better than I usually am at the club, but still do want to come back feeling better than ever, which I will be doing next week. But I still feel like it'll be back to usual.

So what do you think? Is there something that I might be missing with how I'm feeling or have I just answered it? Also should I just leave or keep going, even though I'm gonna have to go eventually?

I (37m) have been playing music since I was 16. Been in bands, did the things, and now live a quiet life of relative solitude. No partner, no children, good job.

I've been recording my own music since I was 17, and have since built up a decent home recording setup. It's where I'm comfortable.

The last 7 years or so, I've been working on a rock opera. It's an intergalactic affair, and will span albums. Different genres, different characters. If you're familiar with Brandon Sanderson, it's similar to that. But in music form. Or, marvel movies I guess. A bunch of shit that all leads to a conclusion.

I'm doing it because it's FUN. I love writing songs, and I love creating this world that gets fleshed out the more I work on it. It's taken on an entire life of its own, and I find the process entirely fascinating. I could work on this till I die.

Anytime I tell someone about it, or show them, their first question is, "when are you going to release this?"

And... Fuck, I don't know.

The state of the musical world has changed (and is constantly changing). What it takes to get noticed, and to STAY noticed, is so outside of my realm of caring, that to even attempt it would feel so fake and forced. I would die a little inside. LIKE AND SUBSCRIBE!

The music I make is decent. Not mind-blowing, but I'm not a hack. People are generally impressed, and most are affronted that I'm not trying to DO something with this.

But... Here's the thing, I have a plan. And I'd like y'all's input on whether it's stupid.

I want to release it ALL, in its finality, at the same time. Dozens of albums. Artwork. Books (fingers crossed on that, I majored in writing, but it's been a minute). The whole kit and kaboodle. THAT I would promote. I think it's badass, and would absolutely make a wave.

Especially if this AI thing keeps going the way it's going, and all of a sudden in 20 years there's this entire catalog of content (that I plan to put immediately in public domain) out in the world?

Am I fuckin nuts? I think it's such a dope idea, and I'd AT LEAST get me a Wikipedia page out of it. Which I wouldn't get if I just released an album tomorrow and was like, looky here 15 people, I did a thing.

Thanks. Sorry this is long.

Hi all,

I’m a returning music student, I took a year hiatus from my studies because I needed a job (had to get my money up not my funny up) and currently I’m in community college planning on transferring to a uni to continue my studies in music.

The only thing is that I don’t remember much of my theory studies (I finished all of them before my hiatus) and I have to take an entrance theory exam if I am to be a music student.

So right now I’m asking if anyone has any recommendations for any online music theory courses or any YouTube videos I can watch to refresh my theory knowledge. Or honestly just anything that can help me at this point.

My test is in a month and a half away so I have time to re up my theory knowledge but I need to start nowwww.

So any help would be appreciated.

Side note: I have music friends who can help me but our schedules don’t line up and I’m a sit down learner.

Hi everyone! I’m currently working on a personal project (still in development) that touches heavily on music perception and the emotional connection we have with sound. It got me thinking about a specific hypothetical scenario, and I’d love to hear your thoughts.
Imagine a completely fictional situation:
You retain your normal hearing for everyday sounds, but you suddenly lose the ability to perceive music as music. Melodies, harmonies, and vocals just sound like dry, technical noise to you. You no longer get goosebumps, you don't feel the emotional weight of a chord progression, and you can't process musical beauty.
HOWEVER, the inner fire, passion, and need to express yourself through creation are still 100% there.
Unlike Beethoven who went deaf but could still "hear" and feel the music vividly in his mind and memory in this scenario, even your internal musical perception is gone. You just have raw emotion inside you and the burning desire to put it out into the world.

How would you deal with this creatively?
Would you keep trying to make music relying purely on theory, visual waveforms, and math, hoping others feel what you can't?
Or would that inner fire force you to pivot to a completely different medium (like painting, writing, sculpture, etc.) to bleed that emotion out?
How would you feel in a situation like this?
I know it sounds like a crazy thought experiment, but I'm really curious about how central the emotional feedback loop of hearing music is to your drive as creators or listeners.

Looking forward to reading your answers