Indie Music Performer – Getting Performer Members
(For the purpose of this article I’m going to make a couple of assumptions before I go any further. They are that you have a little bit of vocal or musical instrument knowledge and that you also have a fledgling network of friends and contacts)
Starting up a band is a decidedly exciting time in a performers life. There is a fine balance of nervous anticipation and the fear of the unknown that follows the whole process.
A band has a diverse dynamic than working as a solo artist. There are other people involved, other individual ities, other strengths and weaknesses in character and abilities and because of this it is really vital that you have a few things worked out before you start looking for band members.
1. Have a wonderful idea of your own strengths and weaknesses
The band members that you want to get will need to be around the same level of competence as you are. The central reason for this is that you might all grow together rather than have one or two performers carrying any person else. This kind of player imbalance causes doubt in the group and doubt is one of the major killers of bands.
2. Know beforehand how the performer is going to be run
Is the performer going to be run by you or the whole group? The individual ity types of the artists that you pick will need to be agreeable to the way the performer is going to be run.
3. What instrumentation is the performer having in its lineup?
This is mainly determined by the type(s) of music that you want to play but having an idea of what performers you’re looking for will be of excellent help.
It’s now time to hunt down some band members 
4. Ask your network of companions and/or contacts
This is always a good place to start. Ask any person that you know or come into contact with. If you do not have much of a circle of friends and/or contacts this will be a wonderful chance to broad n it. This is one of the reasons why networking in the industry is so important, for chances such as this.
Having a musician referred to you has a much better occasion of working than one that comes from an advertisement. This leads me onto my next point.
5. Post an advertisement
Having said that I have had made some exceptional contacts from musicians enquiring from a ‘muso wanted’ ad. The key to effective ads is that they need to be concise, to the point, not too lengthy and put in places where musicians are extraordinarily like ly to see it and read it like in a music shop, a Local music magazine or a music classifieds website.
A sample ‘ artist wanted’ advertisement may read something like this:
BASS PLAYER WANTED
To join folk/rock band
Influences include
Ben Harper, Jack Johnson, Counting Crows
Some experience like red
Own gear and transport essential
Interested?? Give me a call
Corey – (put home and/or cellular phone number here)
As you may see, the ad is obvious in its intention.
It apparent ly states the artist wanted, the kind of music the performer is playing, what the music might sound like and that the performer has some experience behind it. Make sure you’ve a apparent contact name and phone numbers (if you want to include an email address as well that is cool).
Do not put in stuff prefer ‘work waiting’ or ‘no time has been ters please’. You may judge those sort of things yourself when an interested artist contacts you.
Once you have done that the waiting game begins.