r/NYCJam

Starting a new project “Costumes”, currently two piece Lead Vox GTR (25M) and Drums (25NB) we’re leaning towards a Sonic Youth/ Velvets / Brian Jonestown Massacre vibe.

Lead 21+ , simple riffs / strange tunings/ drony

Bass 21+ someone to hold down and idea and run with it.

Not aiming for perfection/ experience. Aiming for consistency and being able to play off one another. Practice 1/2 a week until confidence is there. Recording towards end of year.

Preferably Also someone with Fem energy, aiming for a Kim Gordon eske figure in project.

Previous iteration with current active members have played the LES circut and can readily get gigs 2/3/4 times a month at various venues across NYC EG Arlene’s, Mercury, Trans Pecos etc.

21+ but ideally 23-27.

@omarcohetero on IG or here.

We are a cover band based in Manhattan and already have two guitarist/singers, a keyboardist/singer, and a drummer. I am one of the guitarists and singers. All of us have played in bands before so we are pretty experienced players. We are all 23-25 year old males and based in Manhattan.

This band started out as Grateful Dead jam sessions so we want to cover a lot of Grateful Dead material. But we also will be covering Steely Dan, The Backseat Lovers, Wilco, The Allman Brothers, maybe ELO, and more. Kind of a mix of classic rock and indie rock with a lot of improvisation.

For background on me specifically, I am classically trained in singing and have played guitar for about 10 years. In college I played in a post-punk/post-hardcore band and a Midwest emo/indie rock band. I currently play in another indie rock band with a lot of math rock influences. My favorite bands are Radiohead, Queens of the Stone Age, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Smashing Pumpkins, The Velvet Underground, The Mars Volta, and lots of rap music.

If you are a talented bassist who loves to jam and is willing to practice about once every two weeks on weekends (not a huge time commitment) we would love to jam with you. If you can rip some jazz that’s a plus. Comment or DM if you are interested!