You can try bandmix.com. You put in your zipcode and find people close to you. I was in Charlotte for a year before I posted up there, got three calls right away. First one was really promising. They were my age, had wives and kids, into Thin Lizzy and Fugazi (nice mix) and busted out a joint, and they really rocked. It was too perfect: We had a fun time and a good jam but they didn't call me back. Then I got a call from another dude, he had tunes and was also from the northeast. We were singing pretty tight harmonies right away, first time I've ever jammed with someone else who could sing well. The catch is...I don't really like the dude. Like, I don't really enjoy his company. I'm 35, he's 45 and still thinks he's gonna "make it" which just isn't on my radar. Very salesman-ish. I don't know he just rubs me the wrong way. Great example of boneheadedness:
"You know, Pete, I really respect you. I mean you got this disease (I got multiple sclerosis but am in remission)
and it's gonna kill you. I mean, you JUST KNOW it's gonna be the end of you, but you keep going." MS doesn't fucking kill you moron, why would you even say that?
My big influences are Barkmarket, Shellac. His favorite band is Styx. STYX!
Then he said he likes some of the "new stuff" like (God this hurts) Nickelback
. But with each week that passes it's harder for me to just walk away because I got nothing else going on and it's coming together musically in a way that I wouldn't expect. The songs he writes don't sound like any of the awful bands he mentions. We are reaching an area that I guess is closest to the only two bands that we kinda have in common, Alice In Chains and King's X. That's ok with me, and I'm on my bass using the Algal Bloom frequently, with sexy results. But as soon as we're done jamming every Monday I practically push him out the door.
But yeah, brother, I understand you gotta play with others. Bandmix.com. Good luck.
