Ask a simple question...

[dianec42]

So at the party Friday night, one of the random hotel guys asked if this was the only gig the band plays. I said yes, this is the only thing we do together... some of the guys have other things they do, but this is the only thing we do as a group.

So I started thinking... right now, this is the only thing I'm doing. Which is ridiculous, once I start thinking about it. It's an insane amount of effort and stress, for the meager output of 1 hour of live music per year.

So... I don't know what I want to do, other than that I want to do SOMETHING. I want to play with other people, maybe even in front of other people, more often. I want to visit my musical Happy Place more than once annually.

Hence the social engineering question. If you found yourself in a strange place, knowing almost nobody, and wanted to play rock or blues music with like-minded people, where would you start looking for them?

I'm repeating the question 'cause I *know* I must know SOMEBODY who's better at meeting people than I am, besides just gvdub (who has made a number of helpful suggestions).

Comments

[dieppe.livejournal.com]

Well I wouldn't know about the rock and blues aspect, but from a social engineering aspect I've been happy with the local SCA group thus far. Lots of nice people, and I've gotten together with a few of them to jam. Well, I play accordion and other play guitar, cello, flute, and other things as well. (A large number of the local folks play instruments or sing. The local "baron" is a bard, and sings and plays guitar and other instruments as well.)


I guess if playing the bass or WoW is the only thing ya do... then I got nothin'. :) Well you go to cons, right? What about doing a gig at one?