How to be a good bandmate

Published: July 8, 2008, 5:08 pm

I’ve been thinking about my experience getting back into a band lately and what makes up a good bandmate. Subjective, I realize, but there are definite traits which make someone harder to get along with in a group setting. Rather than focus on the negatives, let’s review and hopefully discuss in the comments below some positive tips. When I was originally invited to jam with three other guys I wasn’t expecting to be invited back but it was a good feeling when that happened. The initial jam session was one of those less than formal things, awkward for the first five minutes perhaps, but as I’ve returned to jam over the last couple months I’ve collected a list of things our band needed that we didn’t have and slowly filled in those gaps. Hey wait, what if I can’t find a band to play with? Finding other musicians that enjoy the same types of music isn’t easy. While I wasn’t really looking to being in a band before being invited to

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