Dublin based band (with record/management/etc) seeks Bassist

Black Cow wrote: »

You talk big - where's your samples?

Right - so is it about the music, or is this X-Factor?

You're fooling yourself if you think it's only xfactor that cares about how bands are packaged. Any business with a lick of sense will carefully package a product (music INDUSTRY remember) before it goes to market. This isn't cynical, it's being competitive. Most musicians have no chance is hell, and one of the main reasons is they think they can look down their nose at the business side of things... guess what, you can't be in the business and decry it, at least 99% of people can't initially.

As for samples, I, like a large percentage of people on Boards, don't post them publicly. Deal with it.

Malice wrote: »

I'd be kind of curious myself as to what a musician should look like since most musicians I know are far scruffier than the sparkly displays shown on tv.

To be very clear...

I think scruffy is much closer to what is being advertised for than xfactor glitz.

You know, when you see someone on the street and say, "I bet that person is a musician"... that's the kinda minimum level we're talking about here.

But c'mon... you see a lot of people on here who say, "I'm ready to be in a massive band" then they show up and are hugely obese (for example) and just wouldn't be marketable, in almost any band.

Record labels, at least big ones, are essentially banks. If you want them to lend you money (i.e. sign you to a contract of any description) they have to believe they'll get a return on their investment.

It's a loan-vestment.



So... If I walk into a meeting with Warner, and I have a bunch of fat slobs in their 60s, none of which can play music, and then get all angry when they don't give me a contract, much less a GOOD contract, I'm delusional.

This is also an attempt to control the situation. At this point, we don't need a bassist to do business, but if we find one that we like and can make us better we avoid having a bassist forced on us by the label.. And all that that implies.

discobeaker wrote: »

I gotta say that im in agreement with boneitis.
Image is one of the biggest factors when it comes to getting signed up. The guys have to be at least someway cool and cant be walking into a meeting looking like a scumbag,they want the near finished artical before the record company take them on board and let their people style and mould the band.

Anyway.i guess i will throw my name into the hat. PM on the way

PM received and replied to.

Luna Great Tablecloth wrote: »

I know exactly what you mean, and I have to agree with everything you have posted in this thread.
You want somebody with the "indie" look; cons, jeans, t-shirt/check shirt, maybe a stylish jacket, around 3 weeks of a beard and hair around an inch or two longer than average, who plays a fender bass

the coronas are a perfect example!


just realised, I almost described what Im currently wearing!

hahaha... you're not a bassist are you?

That's exactly right... we just have to be realistic...

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To everyone else, thanks for all the replies and for the most part positive responses.

We'd much rather be honest and avoid wasting people's time.

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Splinters wrote: »

I thought it was worth mentioning, boneitis sent me on a link to one of their recordings. Its clear from the recording this is very much a professional band with a lot of potential. Its a great track, very catchy and well recorded. Best of luck with the search!!

ahhh thanks!

There's many roads to success, but a LOT more roads to failure. If you wanna convince people you're serious you can't just say you're serious you have to actually BE serious. In the case of the entertainment industry (let's not fool ourselves) you have to, at a bare minimum, look like someone that fits into SOME slot.

It's nice to think we can all be Kurt Cobain, but we can't. Kurt Cobain couldn't even deal with it.

It's much more important to be honest, have a good team, have a decent plan, and most importantly have really strong material and a distinctive vocalist. We've got it all, minus the bassist.