How to make it in the music biz...Part 2!

Hi.

My name is Gavin Thorpe and I am one of the co-owners of Westside Music Centres.

I have a lot of experience in the music industry from being signed to a major record/publishing company to playing live in front of thousands of people. I regularly get asked "How do you get a record deal?" or "How do you get noticed?" So...here is the second of a series of tips and suggestions on how to get further along the road less travelled! Part Two: Finding a band!

So...You have learnt a load of cover songs and you are fed up of your parents moaning that you are too noisy. Now is the time to start a band.

I went to my local guitar shop and put an add up looking for fellow rock gods. I auditioned with loads of bands. Went to loads of open mic nights searching for the next bono and the next jon bonham. I suggest you play with everybody. With my Fender Stratocaster in one hand and my Fender Blues Junior in the other I went to my first jam with my new comrades within weeks of putting an advert up. The first band I was in was a strange combination of personalities but it worked. Mainly because we all wanted the same thing. We wanted to be in a band and play music night and day. It is the best feeling in the world when it all clicks into place.

Once you have a load of gigs under your belt and girls just wont leave you alone, then you are ready to do your first demo.

Next month�Part Three: No such thing as a demo!

Gav

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<p>I can never take a guitar on holiday with me because it wont fit in my case and it wont fit as hand luggage. Well, those clever guys at <a title="Tanglewood Guitars" href="<a href="http://ping.fm/06UMq">Tanglewood</a>">http://ping.fm/06UMq">Tanglewood</a></a> have come up with there own version of the Taylor Baby. A fun, high quality travel guitar and its called the <a title="See the TB Baby" href="<a href="http://ping.fm/GsnGp">TB">http://ping.fm/GsnGp">TB</a> Baby</a>. And as I am off on holiday for a few weeks, I have decided to take one with me to see how well it travels.
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