How To Find Musicians To Collaborate With Easily!

So how do you find musicians to collaborate with when you’re all alone in your room? It’s all digital now, gone the days when you had to go out in order to mingle with other likewise minded people!

How To Find Musicians To Collaborate With

Today I am gonna show you how to find musicians to collaborate with while you’re still growing as a musician yourself,

You’re ready? Let’s do this!

FINDING MUSICIANS IN ‘REAL LIFE’

I think it’s always important to interact with real people so finding musicians in real life can help a lot, so, here are few options for your next awesome meetup!

PUT UP AN AD AT YOUR LOCAL MUSIC STORE

Well since it’s possible why don’t you put an ad or a notice at your local music store? When writing a notice, be sure to be clear about what you’re looking for (drummer, bass player…) and name a few genres or bands you like so they can know what type of music you are looking for.

TAKE GROUP MUSIC LESSONS

I believe group lessons are a great way to get to know musicians who share your interests and are working on the same things you are. So joining a group of musicians that are interested in learning the same type of music with you will help a lot!

GO TO OPEN MIC NIGHTS AND JAM SESSIONS

That’s a moment to just hang out with other music enthusiasts and get to know new people interested in the same music you’re interested in. It’ll come up naturally that you’re looking to play with others more. You might run into a future band mate this way or meet someone who can introduce you to the right people.

ASK YOUR MUSIC TEACHER

Did you know that teachers love to see students excited about making music? so they’ll be happy to help!? Who knows, they might have a student or know someone else who would make a good music buddy for you.

GET YOUR OLDEST FRIENDS TOGETHER

Sometimes just meeting up with old friends can make you find your next music buddy, plus get in touch with old friends is always a good thing to do.

FINDING MUSICIANS ONLINE

Okay we have shared how to find musicians to collaborate with in person but there is also the online community where finding people can be an exciting journey, let’s have a look at few platforms that can help you find musicians to collaborate with!

FACEBOOK

Facebook has a large community of musicians that make it easier to find musicians to collaborate with. People log in to their Facebook profile daily, and guess what? All those people have hundreds of (Facebook) friends who might be a good fit for your next music collab.

 Melboss

Melboss is similar to Kompoz, SongwriterLink, and FindMySong in that musicians and singers can find one another and get to know each other before collaborating, but it takes things a step further by incorporating all kinds of music professionals.

CRAIGSLIST

It might be a hit or miss, but many people find jam buddies or band members through Craigslist. So it might be worth checking out!

VAMPR

One of the newest apps to find musicians is Vampr. It offers 50 categories you can tag yourself with or search through. Think hip-hop programmer looking for a classically-trained trombonist. The app has a clean design and offers swipe discovery (yes, like Tinder), suggesting potential collaborators based on your search preferences and of course your taste in music.

BANDHUB

Bandhub is the largest online community of musicians in the world.
We make music together online.  We support each other, and listen to each others performances.
You will find all type of musicians in Bandhub.
All skills, levels and styles are welcome in Bandhub and can find a home!

JAMSEEK (LONDON)

Jamseek is focused on beginners or hobbyists learning music, guitar and other instruments who are looking to find musicians to jam with, have fun and learn. This sets them apart from other platforms like join-my-band or bandmix that include (semi)-professional groups looking for band members.

FLINT

Flint was created by two musicians with a single goal: help you find musicians. It is set up like a dating app where both sides need to say yes, after which you can send messages, share images and upload music. What’s cool is that each profile has a play button, so you can immediately listen to someone’s music.

PROCOLLABS

ProCollabs is an online music collaboration service that gives you access to experienced and talented songwriters, musicians, audio engineers, and music producers from all around the world. It’s a place to unite, socialize, and collaborate in the writing and production of original music, all from the comfort of your own home studio.

BANDFRIEND

BandFriend is an app focused on finding musicians with your taste and interests. It was created by a team of app-developers for hire that were unhappy with the mobile options available at the time. And it shows. The app looks and feels great. You can search by music style, instrument and location, but you can also use the ‘best match’ function.

 Kompoz

Kompoz is kind of a collaborator’s free-for-all, and that’s what makes it so much fun. Anybody can upload any bit of music – a guitar chord, a bit of piano, or a killer vocal hook – and sit back and wait for others to listen to it and add their musical two cents.

 HENDRIX (US)

Built in Brooklyn, most Hendrix users are based in New York City, though there are growing communities in musical cities all across the US. Their focus is on quality. In the founder’s words: “Quality app + quality musicians = quality connections.” Their matching system gives preference to users who are more active and post higher quality content.

MELLOPLOT (FRANCE)

Melloplot is built around the idea of blind auditions. You flip through profiles like on a dating app, but your decision is purely based on the music you hear. No name, no gender, no picture. Just swipe right on music you liked and swipe left to pass. Only a match will lift the anonymity.

FLEEBER

Fleeber’s mission is to help musicians in absolutely all their needs. From finding band members, to studios, stores, luthiers, roadies, venues, or even selling tickets to a concert. They’re developing both for web and mobile in their quest of creating the ultimate tool for musicians.

MUSOLIST

Musolist has been around since 2003, making it (one of the) longest running musicians classifieds sites on the net. They have a large worldwide community of over 250,000 users, which is strongest in Australia, UK and the USA.

MEETUP.COM

Meetup.com helps you find likeminded individuals in your area. ‘Meetups’ are organised for people interested in topics such as guitar, songwriting, and most interesting to us, musicians. As you can see there are meetups for musicians all over the world, so if you’re looking to get to know some musicians in a more casual setting, you might want to check this out.

Message Other Musicians on SoundCloud

SoundCloud is where all the up-and-coming acts are showcasing their work. If there’s someone doing something you’re really interested in, send them a message. You never know what might happen; collaboration, a new friend, or a lifelong artistic partnership.

It’s a wrap guys,