How to Audition New Band Members

How to Audition New Band Members

Forming a band is a fun thing to do. You can create a band through friends or you can audition people for the band that you are creating. Usually this takes time. Making a band requires a lot of patience to audition the right members, in order to have that amazing chemistry to perform together and to create music.

Here are a few steps on How to Audition Potential Band Members:

1. Put an ad in the paper, posters, flyers, or through word of mouth. Before doing anything, you must first decide what type of music you want your band to play, how many members you will need and whether this is just for past time or as a career. Whether you are looking for singers, guitarists, bassists, keyboard players, drummers to form a band, putting an ad or through word of mouth is the best way for you to attract some musicians to audition for your band. You can create flyers, posters, or placing and ad in your local news paper. Post them at music stores, coffee shops, or at the walls of your school. Another way to do this is through the Internet, post your ad and create a blog so that you can invite and attract potential musicians to create your band. After posting your ads, don’t just wait for their response. Tell some friends or invite some musicians to audition for the band your creating.

2. Find the right place to rehearse and setting up the auditions. After you have talked to some of the musicians that are interested in your band, set the date for them to jam or audition with you. Give them a few songs to learn so you can use it on the day of their auditions. This is one of the best ways to find out how good they can play or whether they have the right chemistry to be in your band. You should also require each of them to have their own instruments.

3. Don’t rush things. Take your time auditioning potential players. If you want your band to come together successfully, you should have patience so that the right people will come. Let them play solos, this is one of the best ways for you to have a good idea of their skills. You should also require them to sing, since it is important for a band to have backup singers so that the music will be more enhanced.

4. Take your time to decide. After you have auditioned a set of players for your band. Take time to think and decide which one to hire. By this time it will be easier for you to decide which one to chose, since you have thoroughly examined and listened what he/she is capable of.
With these steps it would give you some insights on how to audition potential band members in forming a band. it will also make it easier for you to select the best players that can bring potential to the band that you are making. There are a lot of potential players around, but these simple steps will help you make the right decisions in finding the right players for your band.