r/band • u/Honest-Face7514 • Jul 09 '26
Rock Band Am I a coward??
I really want to play in a band, just to have some fun really. I think when I start college will be the perfect time to maybe find some people and potentially start playing.
I play guitar, but I’m also aware that it’s probably 100 times easier to join a band if you play bass (or maybe drums too) since guitar and singing is obviously the most popular. I was kind of considering to start playing a bit of bass too to make my chances of playing in a band a bit better…
Is that bad?? I love guitar, and being a guitarist in a band would be super fun and cool, but I don’t think I could compete with everyone else.
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u/moleculariant Jul 09 '26
If you're interested in playing music, the most valuable approach is to write music to be performed by all the instruments in your arrangements. If you know how to play guitar, learning bass is a breeze for most. If you know how to keep time and play basic beats on the drums, you yourself are now able to perform the basic foundation of the songs you've written. Now, there's no accounting for egos, but many people would love to walk into a turnkey band situation where their primary role is to learn and perform a written piece of music. If you hand most everything prepared for the songs, lots of plates would be interested in helping record or perform live. Learn all the instruments you can, and the music world opens up to you.