What happened to garage bands?

Now it’s marauding bands formed in Magnet Schools for the purposes of wilding and mayhem.

Soundcloud rappers are the new garage bands

The attention span of 4-5 musicians back then, getting together for practice, actually practicing, getting frustrated, practicing more, getting the feeling for what it’s like to sound tight, enjoying that experience and seeing each other again,….. for more practice…

We had that instead of iPhones.

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Soundcloud rappers are the new garage bands

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Shortest lifespan known to man

Ironically it was the home recording app GarageBand that essentially killed garage bands.

I think like all things it's coming back though.

No kids learn to play an instrument because there are too many other distractions

ETA: there are music programs for rich kids but rich people don’t make good music because good music comes from a place of pain (except for gram parsons)

There’s plenty of local bands playing every weekend at Mid City Ballroom. Chelsea’s hosts the Monthly Harmonic Stew which features exclusively local bands of every genre and variety. A lot of these kids start off in those school of rock bands as teenagers and then form their own projects in college.

In Baton Rouge, most local bands are either shoegaze, yacht rock, hardcore, or sludge metal influenced. There’s very little one would recognize as generic “rock n roll”.

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What happened to garage bands?

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In larger cities, there's an outlet for it called School of Rock. It's a franchise. Kids starting as early as age 7, they stop when they graduate high school. They learn in a safe environment, play as a group, and perform at bars and music venues. They get the rock experience in a sanitized manner.

We did that for my son, (sent to SOR) and he's in college now, and my daughter, now 2 years out of college, but the media room above the garage is a music studio filled with guitars, bass guitars, keyboards, drum set, mixer board, recorder, mics,stands, cables, amps, speakers, launcher, lots of guitar and bass pedals, and of course, cool lights, a projector, and a PlayStation.

They bring their friends over and play upstairs, but the room is densely insulated and the door going into the room is solid wood. Unless they crank up the bass, we never hear them playing.

My daughter plays guitar, flute and piano. My son plays guitar, bass guitar, drums, trumpet and saxophone, as well as sings and writes music. He actually has real talent and has a five octave singing range, and could play professionally with the right group of players, but is studying aerodynamics and mechanical engineering. What he does after college is his business. I just want him to have that degree in his hip pocket if he decides to chase after a musical career.

HOA's

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HOA's

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And li’l bitches on the Next Door app.