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Hi everyone!

I’ve had this project in mind for a while now and I figured I could throw it out on this board and see if anyone’s interested.

First, let me tell how I came up with the idea. In the last two years, I have produced two albums for a singer-songwriter from Canada with pretty good results. The way it worked was he would send me worktapes of his songs along with a few comments about what kind of arrengements he heard for the song. Then I put a “virtual band” together for him, and by virtual I mean it was all done online. I did drums and percussion, then I hired a bass player who did his track on his studio, then I sent that to the guitar guy who did his tracks in his studio, then keys, etc…. then he’d take all the tracks and go to a studio in Canada to record his vocals. Once I got all the tracks I mixed everything and someone else took care of the mastering.

So basically, two whole albums were done (well, the second one is not finished yet but all the tracks are done) and the only guy I met from “the band” was the guitar player, who’s a good friend of mine. Everybody else remains a “virtual band member”. The experience was very enjoyable and I managed to find players with no ego that were willing to follow the production direction I gave them. Like I said, they came out great and even though the songs were not mine, it’s feels great to hold a CD in your hands with your name on it.

So, for the longest time I’ve thought about putting a virtual band together, co-write a few songs with the other guys, use a few songs of mine, use a few songs others bring to the table, do our own tracks in our own studios, mix it all together and put a CD out to sell on CD Baby and places like that. If the right people are involved, it could be a blast and the only money we would have to invest would be what’s needed to put the actual CD together (CD packaging, etc…).

So is anyone interested in doing such thing? I am thinking about a classic/southern rock band, maybe blues …maybe even a country/rock or old school soul…. I’m open to anything, really.

I bring to the table drums, percussion, songwriting, production and mixing and it’d be great to have other guys on board that are fairly talented, easy to get along with, with the same musical taste and the are willing to put some serious work into this thing.
So, if anyone’s interested in doing this thing, I guess we would at least need a bass player, guitar player, keyboard player and a singer.

Again, this is supposed to be fun, not an ego competition or a project that would make us rich. Is anybody interested? If so, send me an e-mail to jarecordings@bellsouth.net with links to your music and a brief description of what you can do. As for me, go to www.juanalbarran.com and www.myspace.com/juanalbarran to listen to some of my producing, mixing, drumming and songwriting.

Juan

Hey Juan,

This looks like a great project! I wish I had time to get heavily involved in something like this... At the very least I'll pass the word around to some friends on Indaba and see if we can help hook you up with the right people... Good luck!

Thanks a lot Dan! Right now it looks like we are just needing a great vocalist, drums, bass, guitar and keys seem to be covered for now.

Im in...Where do I sign?????

Got it all Wrong

That sounds like a fantastic idea. I would love to do something like that. I am a vocalist. not sure how much i can help, and i have no access to any kind of studio. let me know anyway :D

You Said it all in the one statement, no EGO"S to deal with, what in the name of sabatouge are Musicians thinking, when they add their obvious insecurity's to the Mix ! No it's not all-right to be a idiot and I'll bank that their struggles will be endless in finding the right musicians that would fall for that old phycological myth. I suggest You Get with the Times all you, jelous, bully minded musician want to be's. Where did you read, me, me, me, me, in the word "Members", it looks to me like there is 5 more letters to consider that are missing in your minds vocabulary. Enough all ready said. Sorry I had to vent my frustrations, but there have been far too many Opportunities Lost to this very word, ego. Any chance we can All Band together and elliminate this ugly human down fall, it goes against everything Music Creation stands for.

Bye the Bye, Your very pioneering method of Studio Producing is commendable and Kooto's to You. FYI my Son happenes to be a Network Engeneer and alerts me of New Technologies related to my dream quest of "Live Video Back Stage Jam's" where if the participants have the requirements needed on there Comuters, can actually all be in their own Pane Jamming Live Together, now this new technology would be of help for Your next project in the saving of time putting your works together. I'll have him Post a response later today if i can explaining the programs needed and I beleive All this is Possible Right Now Today in the Music section on www.gigbreak.com which by the way has Talent Scouts watching the Site, and your Band can Post FREE Happy Happiness Jamm'in in the Future.