This page is here to help you find a bass player for your band. The bassist is by far the most elusive of all musicians. Its the same old story, five lead guitarists and no bass player. We are here to help. Start by going to the musicians forum and and creating a post. Remember, there's no need to sign for anything here, just write your ad and then the bassists can e-mail you directly.
After, try searching for a bass players for hire. Another tip is to find your town or city's local musicians forum. Posting on local sites is much more likely to be successful. Old forms of media are still useful, put an advert in your local paper or put a notice on a board in your local music shop. There is also a guitarist hire page which you may find interesting.
If you play bass then you a much sought after commodity. There are very few ads posted for a guitarist wanted because everyone wants to play guitar. If you are of a decent standard on the bass then you should be able to walk into any band you like. There are also a lot of drummer needed posts being displayed at the moment. So bass and drums are defiantly the most rare musicians at the present time.
The playing is the fun side of this work; on the other side there is business to playing the bass. The bass becomes your business and you have to keep on top of getting gigs, getting interest in your playing and contacting bands for session work, contacting the bands who need a professional bass player and also running the business side of things, the book keeping and the self employed side of the business of music!
From the bass playing perspective what is required as a player?
Be ready to play for the song and open to new ideas. A good solid bass player and working tight with the drummer works very well listen and work as a team! Be ready for rehearsals and do your homework. If you read as a musician it opens up a whole lot of work for you, however a lot of work is done by ear and non-reading music work.
As a working bass player it is a great life, you may not be playing stadiums like Paul McCartney and his bass, but you are making a living playing the bass guitar, loading your bass cab in and out of venues and clubs week after week. If the big comes in and you get a lucky break then you will have plenty of experience working out there as a bass player! I hope I have inspired you and may have given you and your bass playing some advice that you might have been looking for!
Get out there and network with other professional musicians, practice and work on your bass playing, believe in your playing and the most important thing………….have fun playing the bass guitar.
Bass Guitarist Article Author: Andy Till - View Web Site.