Where do you find bandmates?

I've had great success over the years using Overhear. I've had 4 responses this week alone for a drummer ad I placed a couple weeks ago.

Have found all 3 of my last bands through there.

http://www.overhear.com/

james on bass said:

I've had great success over the years using Overhear. I've had 4 responses this week alone for a drummer ad I placed a couple weeks ago.

Have found all 3 of my last bands through there.

http://www.overhear.com/

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Thanks, James! I've never heard of that site, but it looks interesting.

Can't speak to the situation in Toronto directly (I don't live there), but music instructors will sometimes connect like-minded folks.

For the last couple of bands I've played in, the connections were made in a music store. One was because I was noodling around playing blues on a tenor banjo when a guy struck up a conversation, and another because the clerk and I became friendly enough to put a band together.

Good luck.

Peace, Mooh.

It may sound weird , but in my experience , a good way to find bandmates is to have a band . When you start gigging you met a lot musicians , and it then becomes a lot easier to start another band later on .

...another excellent source:

www.toronto.communitymusician.com

-dh

check out www.bandmix.ca

lots of stuff here.

Beatles said:

check out www.bandmix.ca

lots of stuff here.

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This site is starting to grow, but I find it to be more of a spam-bot, than an actual musician classifieds like Overhear.

Coustfan'01 said:

It may sound weird , but in my experience , a good way to find bandmates is to have a band . When you start gigging you met a lot musicians , and it then becomes a lot easier to start another band later on .

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Very true, but first, you must have a band. :tongue:

james on bass said:

Very true, but first, you must have a band. :tongue:

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Haha , I skipped the sad part of the story . For me , it was starting a band with a couple of friends who couldn't play , and wreck ourselves on the first gig . Not a single person applauded , not even my girlfriend

But it's getting better ever since :rockon2:

Musolist is pretty good as well. I've gotten a decent number of responses off there, i didnt follow through on them due to differing styles(im quite picky in regards to what i dont wanna play :tongue: ) and whatnot but it worked in getting responses nonetheless

http://www.musolist.com/

Here's another one you can try

http://toronto.craigslist.org/muc/