Drummer required for The South Social (indie/pop/rock)
Hi!
We’re looking for a new drummer as one of our founding members is leaving after nearly 2 years with us to look after his new baby girl.
We are The South Social, an indie/pop/rock originals band based in South London with around 12 songs written; a few more in the pipeline and one EP. Our main goal for the year is to play more gigs, write some more songs and we’ve applied to a few festivals. See if you like our stuff!
The business bit: It’s not paid, we’re all between the content will be revealed after joining, it is hidden for privacy protection from bots with day jobs so we all share rehearsal/recording costs etc and put any limited gig earnings back in. We try to rehearse weekly in Peckham Rye and book the subsequent month’s rehearsals (and any gigs) based on everyone’s availability. Our rehearsals are pretty chill and light-hearted but we do try to approach it with a degree of professionalism by being prepared for them, learning parts beforehand etc (for the most part!); we’re looking for someone who wants to commit to that. We’re all a bit leftie and a mix of backgrounds, so if you’re super brexity we’re probably not the right group of people for you!
The music bit: We’re hoping to find someone who’s up to the challenge of learning the songs we’ve already written to get an idea of our style and also contribute to the writing process with new songs, we’re up for developing our style with your input! Not being too prescriptive on your influences since you’ll get a good idea of whether you’re into the type of music we make when you listen to our songs. Great if you’re able to come up with new stuff on the fly, but also fine if you need to take an idea and work on it outside of rehearsals. We appreciate that it’s a hobby and none of us are session musicians; but we’re no slouches and we’re all bringing a level of skill alongside a consistent desire to improve as musicians and hope you will too. If you’re someone who already picks up your sticks for a session at least once a week, that’s probably a good sign
We’ll arrange auditions as people get in touch, most likely we’ll ask you to pre-learn and play two of our songs with us then we’ll play you some guitar parts from a different song and get a flavour of how we all work together coming up with something new. Know it’s a bit of an ask to spend your time and effort on it, so thanks in advance!
Look forward to hearing from you!!
Insta: @thesouthsocial
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4teOX9dTUrXBMHI3mOgPAu?si=0g4CxI-hRQ-dEnqNgjgFQQ
South London