Originally Posted by: compart1Go for it..
It may be a chance of a life time.
You can not learn to swim if you don't go in the water.
The worst they could say is no. Then you go home and practice and search for another opportunity..

Good point. And if I don't embrace this opportunity, I might have to wait years for the next one to appear. And I just got a quite positive response from their guitarist. The entrance-barriers can pretty much be summarized as non-existent, so this opportunity couldn't possibly be any better for someone as new as I am! And even if their genres don't really match up 100% with what I want to play (they play hard rock, classic rock and punk rock, I want to play hard rock, classic rock and some rock ballads), playing with a rock band is a huge step towards reaching my goals as a musician.