Music is personal, yet we can still find like-minded individuals with the same taste. Music can be performed to a crowd, who all interact together at the same time, or can be listened to covertly through headphones, fearing that nobody else around us will be interested in listening to the same band. We shall explore the many ways of finding people who share our common musical interests and would be more than happy to share them with us.
- Social media platforms are a good place to meet up online and talk about music. Apart from Facebook, which allows you to share a variety of topics with your friends, ReverbNation is a website specifically available to novice musicians. Launched in 2006, its focus is on the independent music industry, allowing not just musicians but producers and venues to make contact with each other. Other possible sites for music-sharing interests include: SoundCloud, Bandcamp, Drooble, and Twitter.
- If you would like to randomly meet up with people who share your musical interests, why not buy a ticket to a gig for your favorite band and see who is there? Alternatively, you can agree to meet someone at the venue. Websites like TicketSmarter are a great place to purchase tickets for any gigs or concerts. Right now, the Austin City Limits Music Festival is the hottest upcoming music event. So if you’re in the area, make sure to book your tickets, get dressed up, and be ready to meet people with the same interests as you.
- Music Dating Apps is the perfect way to meet someone who shares your taste in music. Why start with an immediate disagreement, that too on your first date? Tastebuds is an App tailored for musicians with similar tastes in music. Vampr bears a similarity to Tinder, except that it is for dating musicians and music lovers. Musx can be likened to Instagram for those who love music. You can also look for dates on conventional dating apps (learn more on adult dating patrol, which is a dating site review blog) and talk to them about your music likes and dislikes before scheduling a meeting. That can help you to sort through prospective dating options based on music taste and other personality and character traits you are looking for.
- To connect with people who attend live music festivals, there are various websites that allow you to search for gigs by artists. One such site is concertbuddies.co.uk, which allows you to find a buddy who you can befriend and message prior to attending a concert with them. This person can then not only attend the one concert with you but become a life-time friend with a shared musical interest. This is a particularly good way of attending an event when you have nobody from your immediate family, or friendship group, who shares the same interests in music as you.
- For musicians and singers looking to join a band to share their musical interests, by playing and jamming together, there are various websites that allow advertisements to be placed to find members. Joinmyband.com, for instance, will allow you to place a free advertisement to find band members in your local area. Entries are listed by country or region, to find everyone from guitar and keyboard players, to singers who can front their band.
- Volunteering is a wonderful way of meeting friends with the same interest in music, whilst at the same time, helping the venue to put on a concert. There is also the possibility that what starts off as a voluntary position may turn into paid work, and that someone who starts off as a fellow volunteer then becomes a work colleague also shares a love of the same kind of music that you prefer to listen to. The advantage of volunteering initially is that you will be meeting up with people who have a real passion for music, as they will be offering their services for free. In the main, volunteering positions are likely to include roles such as: stewarding, selling tickets, and all forms of hospitality in relation to looking after the bands and their audiences. When meeting up with one of your music dates, you may want to look into a pheromones perfume or a similar product, so you can entice them not only with your music tastes but with your whole being.
With many ways of meeting someone with the same taste in music as you, the internet is a wonderful place to start to put you in touch with various people and organizations you would otherwise not have known about.