Originally Posted by: Kasperow...And this little stint with the Punk Rock band is now officially over... Their last few gigs as a trio turned out so well that they simply decided to continue as a trio. Well, that's one less thing to worry about, and it did end on good terms, so nobody holds any grudges.

So I'm back on the "looking for band" market now... At this rate, I wonder if I'll ever manage to get anywhere... Maybe I should just focus on my technique and speed, learning a bunch of songs, and my songwriting, and then once I'm a better guitarist, go to open mics and play some stuff. There's lots of room for improvement in my playing after all, so I'm gonna keep to myself, practice as much and as efficiently as possible, and take it from there.

On the bright side, I no longer need to keep their 3 songs ready... That frees up at least 15 minutes each day, that could be spent on other things, like technique or theory...

Too bad that fell through. You've got a great idea though...just keep plugging away learning more tunes and honing your skills. Open mics is a great idea too.

I'm in the opposite situation...I had to leave my band. I should have done this when I was your age :). With a family, time became too short and working on stuff for the band started to feel like work. You'll find out soon enough...being in a band that is trying to get gig worthy is a LOT of work and takes a lot of time. Perhaps circumstances will change at some point and I'll join a band again. It's all good...I actually feel relieved at this point. In the meantime, I really have a lot of fun recording covers over backing tracks.