I don't know what the hell I should do with music

Hi,
Since this is my first post, I'll be throwing in some text, just to get started.

I'm in a kind of same situation as you are, so I don't know if this helps you very much..

Fist of all, try to figure out if you want a one-man band, or start\join a group.

Main advantages for one man band are

1. You can do all your thinking by yourself

Main disadvantages:

1. You have to do all your thinking by yourself.

If you really like to start a gross-gender type band, then, first of all, try to listen to some bands who have done that already. I personally find Krautrock to be the first pick, not necessarily Can and Amon Duul, but Cluster, Kraftwerk and more of that type. Second of all, and more important by far, is to get involved with compatible people. By this I'm not saying that they have to listen to the same music as you do, but learn\share and progress in the same time, until you reach an optimum musical compatibility. In fewer words, to know what to expect from them, and viceversa. You can easily start a post-rock type band, and from there you can get all sorts of influences, ranging from Eno to Add (N) to X. And keep in mind that experimenting does not equal easy-to-do. I personally gig with another guy, a sort of post-rock-ish stoner atmospheric stuff, but I would prefer a more electronic approach. Since we're only two in the band, we don't have the possibility of creating more than 2-3 sounds (it's basically guitar and drums, and occasionally some loop on a multi-effect), but it's quite nice.

Don't know if this helps, but anyway, thank you for reading.
Btw, If you're into acid and stuff, if the music doesn't breach the boundaries of your head :),  don't sing while on drugs. :)))


Edited by voceadincapultau - July 02 2010 at 07:18

Bump. some very good advice in this topic.