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BigBeatNut
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I thinking of starting to look for another band to play with.

Any recommendations for sites for networking with other musicians or finding "bass-player wanted" ads etc, etc ? Another option would be a site where I could show my music tastes, and my musical 'CV' (hah!) and just wait for the call :)

I'm sure I've come across such a thing before but I didn't bookmark it and I've no idea if it was the best one anyway.

BTW ... I'm discounting myspace, which I used to regard as a musicians networking site, but myspace seems a bit dead these days. Also, I've already put something onto 'Bass players wanted/available' on this site.

(Apologies if this is asked frequently, I find it hard to put the idea into a few words and so it's hard to do a search for it)

Thanks, Andy

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[quote name='BigBeatNut' timestamp='1318417634' post='1401785']
a site where I could show my music tastes, and my musical 'CV' (hah!) and just wait for the call :) [/quote]
[url="http://www.starnow.co.uk/"]http://www.starnow.co.uk/[/url]

Dunno if it's any good but it sort of fits the description. Also has visit-worthy sections for models, actresses, etc :)

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Over the last few months Ive had ads on gumtree, joinmyband and partysounds. Again partysounds came up trumps, its still a bit slow as it was offline for a while but in the last 2 weeks I had 4 replies to my ad and Im now in a gigging band again!! With my first gig in years on the 22nd October.

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A good selection there, thanks all.

[quote name='Ian Savage' timestamp='1318418050' post='1401794']
... and partysounds WAS but I don't know if it's still going.
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Sounds like it's a one-man show and he was out of action for a while for health reasons. See bottom of the page [url="http://www.partysounds.co.uk/blog.php"]here[/url].

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I've always found I get the most contact from JoinMyBand and Gumtree - some of the others (FormingBands and Bandmix spring to mind) want you to hand over cash before you can contact anybody, which limits your possibilities somewhat as most musicians are too skint/tight to stump up dollar just to send an email.

Oh, and I'm including myself in that last statement!

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[quote name='skankdelvar' timestamp='1318419316' post='1401827']
[url="http://www.starnow.co.uk/"]http://www.starnow.co.uk/[/url]

Dunno if it's any good but it sort of fits the description. Also has visit-worthy sections for models, actresses, etc :)
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OI YOU, behave! My daughter's got a profile on there :)

:)

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  • 1 year later...

It's been mentioned in passing earlier but I was really impressed with [url="http://www.joinmyband.co.uk/classifieds/"]http://www.joinmyban...uk/classifieds/[/url]

I guess any of these depend on your area and who is advertising but I had two contacts recently when deciding to join a more locally based 2nd band. One bloke was very nice, talked a good fight & then never called (having checked me out online saying I "looked cool and played great - just what we need") so not sure what happened there and the other mob were the lot I'm with now. Met for a pint, had a jam and it's shaping up nicely. One of my better online band member search experiences

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