How to create a music group?

Creating a musical group is a complex and serious process. Let’s talk about how to create a musical group and look into it in detail. So where to start?

And it all starts with defining the concept of the future team. You need to decide on the tasks of the future team by answering some auxiliary questions. What genre will our group work in? How many band members will be needed to achieve the desired sound? What do we want to say with our music? What can surprise us (what do we have that famous performers in this genre don’t have)? I think the direction of thought is clear…

Why do you need to do this? Yes, because a group without goals will not have any achievements, and when a team does not have the results of its work, it quickly disintegrates. Creating a group of musicians is no longer an experiment, and here it is important to decide on the direction of work: either you will promote your own style, or you will write new songs, or you will create a group for custom performances with “live” music at corporate parties, weddings or just in some cafe. First you need to choose one road, because if you move in all directions at once, you may not get anywhere.

Assessing your own strengths and searching for professional musicians

Having decided on the genre direction, you should evaluate your own skills. It’s good if you have experience playing musical instruments – this will simplify communication with the band members. By the way, you can search for group members in several ways:

•  Create a music group of friends. Not a very effective way. Many friends will “burn out” in the process, some will remain at their initial musical level, becoming ballast for the group. And this inevitably threatens the musician’s “dismissal” and, as a rule, the loss of friendship.
• Post an ad on city music forums or on social networks. It is advisable to clearly describe your vision of the band and the requirements for the musicians.

Advice: in one of his books, the leader of the Time Machine, Andrei Makarevich, advises a beginner to recruit a group of musicians who are significantly superior to him in terms of professionalism. By communicating with them, it is easy to quickly learn to play, sing, arrange, build sound, etc.

How to create a musical group without the material resources and rehearsal space?

A young group needs to find where to rehearse and what to rehearse on.

• Paid method. Now in many cities there are dozens of studios that provide space and equipment for rehearsals. But all this is for a certain hourly fee.
• Relatively free method. There is always a room in your home school that you can use for rehearsals for free. How to negotiate with management? Offer them your candidacies to participate in the regular concerts of the institution.

Deciding on the musical material

Having played well-known compositions of popular groups at the first rehearsals, you can move on to your own creativity. It is better to work on compositions as a whole group. The collective creative process will definitely bring musicians closer together. If you don’t have your own repertoire, you can find the author on the same social networks.

The very first entry is “baptism of fire”

Once you feel that the composition has been worked out automatically and sounds perfect, you can safely go to record the first demo. Don’t expect quick results—be prepared for frequent mistakes and searching for options. This is a normal work process, but at the same time, the appearance of the first recorded songs is the first step towards promoting your music and PR for the group among listeners.

You should start thinking about your first concert when you have about five ready-made songs (preferably recorded). As a concert venue, it is better to choose a small club where only friends will come – with them you recently shared plans and consulted on how to create a musical group, and now you will proudly demonstrate the first results of your hobby, receive kind criticism and feed new ideas for creativity.