How Many of you are in active bands?

[Bert]

But you older guys, what are your day jobs?

The members in my band (myself included) are employed primarily in the tech industry here in Silicon Valley. We're all incredibly busy and travel frequently enough to make regular practice difficult. Still we manage to get together once every week or two on average. Not enough to get really good, but enough to make a good time of it.

[Musician78]

Fuck being in a band. I have been in several and it is always a pain in the ass.

[toddstaples]

But you older guys, what are your day jobs?

define "older" :ROTF:

[BenoA]

But you older guys, what are your day jobs?

Got a regular 9 to 5 job with some travels ocasionnaly out of the country. With the band I am right now, we manage to practice once a week or two weeks.

Next gear purchase will be a travel guitar. :idea:

[BenoA]

I just posted ads looking for people to start a Maiden tribute band, but I ain't holding my breath.

Good luck! A Maiden Tribute would be a very interesting band to play in.

[6string40]

But you older guys, what are your day jobs?

My band has a guy in insurance claims, a guy who is a drug/alcohol addictions counselor, a guy who owns several internet companies (not porn) and I'm a VP for a bank.

The internet guy does web design too...but do you think I can get him to actually do something with the band's .com site??? Fuck no!!! Lazy piece of shit...

[skorb]

Fuck being in a band. I have been in several and it is always a pain in the ass.

yeah you have to love playing to stick with it

[Jacksons Shred]

Day job?

Getting better at guitar and teaching. I don't make much money, but I don't go out much so it sort of works. I make enough to eat, play guitar, and pay my insurance on my car.

[Endrik]

Doing projects/sessions/helping friends out here and there or just jamming with good musicians constantly, not ready for serious band right now because I take "a real band" very seriously and don't have time for bullshit... always something goes wrong with "the band" so I'm enjoying more relaxed situations right now. Will not play covers but anything else I'm fine with if it's cool. It's important to play with other folks, that's the only way you can get real good and learn what music is all about.

[DRM]

I was in an active band in Anchorage before we deployed. Played a few shows, mostly 80's rock (VH, Crue, GnR, Skid Row) for the first half of our sets and originals the second.

[Sunbane]

I decided long ago that I didn't want to pursue a career in music, and I all but stopped playing. However, my GF since four years is a bassist, and she wanted to play metal. So we started a garage band for shits & giggles, and we've done a couple of gigs. We do write original songs, but live we only do covers.

My day time job? I'm currently unemployed due to the recession, but I'm a welder.

Edit: I would certainly second the opinion that playing in a band can suck big-time ass, unless everyone involved are pulling in the same direction. Our garage band is a bit different, since we have no ambitions whatsoever to "make it", and no personal prestige invested in it. We just play and have fun, which is what music should be about, IMO.

[jdr94]

i put myself down as an original band although our singer and drummer are having a baby in the next 2 months so we arent currently giggin but will be back at it soon.....i hope. I like being in a band but at the same time i'm all over the place. i like to listen to guitar oriented smooth jazz, but play metal. i'm kinda on a quest for "the tone" with a form of true expression. thats where being in a band is hard, cause we all have different life experiences and different ways to express them. so to some members its too slow to do this or too fast to do that. i feel a band is a group that helps eachother express themselves instead of be like this is my way of playing period. be open minded and feel life with me, its not a competition of whats "coolest". hell some of the greatest songs dont include blazing solos and intricate fretting. to me its all about feel.......ok i'll quit now. i feel like i'm filling in the about me section of an online dating site or somethin:ROTF:

[Jacksonguy666]

I decided long ago that I didn't want to pursue a career in music, and I all but stopped playing. However, my GF since four years is a bassist, and she wanted to play metal. So we started a garage band for shits & giggles, and we've done a couple of gigs. We do write original songs, but live we only do covers.

My day time job? I'm currently unemployed due to the recession, but I'm a welder.

Edit: I would certainly second the opinion that playing in a band can suck big-time ass, unless everyone involved are pulling in the same direction. Our garage band is a bit different, since we have no ambitions whatsoever to "make it", and no personal prestige invested in it. We just play and have fun, which is what music should be about, IMO.

I did have aspirations to be a musician, but now I'm having doubts. I am now leaning towards a psycology career. I was trying to figure out if people here could have a "real Job" and maintain a band, but your answer was the best. I want a garage band to fuck around with. No Homo

[toxikdeth]

Day job?

Getting better at guitar and teaching. I don't make much money, but I don't go out much so it sort of works. I make enough to eat, play guitar, and pay my insurance on my car.

Would about other important things like beer, drugs, hookers......oh ya and living costs

[GodWentPUNK]

But you older guys, what are your day jobs?

I work in the IT department at an University in Illinois. I am also a property manager for some apartment buildings. I also install hardwood floors so my day begins as 7am and is done by 10pm. My wife owns a liquor store but she's only there part time. Plus, I've got 3 kids that need to be shuffled here and there. My like if quite busy. I'm 47 and still going strong.

I love playing covers and being in a cover band...(I also love my family too)

joe...