So for the last couple of years I’ve been trying to find a band to play in with limited success. Every month or so I’d sort through the musicians ads on craigslist to see if any bands popped out to me. I’d send out a few responses and went to some auditions but none of them really worked out for me.

At first I was upset with all these bands for rejecting me. A lot of them I wasn’t even that into myself but that made the rejection even worse. For the most part my playing is fucking solid and I have a pretty laid back attitude but I guess they just couldn’t stand to even think about giving me a shot in their terrible band. As a result I became incredibly bitter and decided to put the whole thing on hold.

Fast forward to this week. Lately I’ve made it a little pet project to sell everything I own on craigslist and am used to throwing up ads for whatever I’m trying to unload on people. I started thinking that maybe I should just let people come to me instead of me constantly responding to ads that never work out.

The results were staggering, after sometimes not even getting a response when I replied to a band posting I was overwhelmed by the amount of people who responded to me. It’s like I’m queen for the day! Instead of facing rejection I’m now trying to schedule about 5 different auditions with more on the way.

So basically what I’ve learned from this whole experience is to just put yourself out there and let everything come to you. My narcissism is finally paying off.