A lot of people seem to think that bands formed as children or teenagers are a complete waste of time and think that they are all pretty stupid, this is not true at all. I am actually not in a band myself and cannot play an instrument at all, unless you want me to play London’s Burning on the recorder. So you would think because of this I would be on the side of the people, well no I am on the bands because there have been fantastic bands such as Paramore that started off this way.

 

Is there a way you can actually get people together and encourage them to play?? Well of course you can and the first thing you need to do is get over to your headmaster or dean and request to have a battle of the bands evening. This is great for bands because it allows many different types to get together and play, perhaps for the first time, in front of an audience. This is really the stage in which you get to see just how serious the bands are, they will turn up to play live if they are taking things seriously.

 

One of the most important things for me when it comes to a band is their ability to play live. No one wants to listen to someone that is rubbish on one of those guitars and I have been to my fair share of shows from bands that sound great on disc and just fail to do anything live.

 

So getpractisingas many bands have been noticed for playing in things such as battle of the bands gigs on their bass guitars and electric guitars.

So the next time you see a college band playing live why don’t you actually start taking them seriously?

 

SERIOUSLY – Only Mostly @ Brookdale Community College 091001

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