Well if he writes the songs and is “the front man” it’s kinda technically his band. If he leaves do you still have material?

I was always super interested in music so i kinda can’t relate to this on some level, but when I got the internet as a kid I listened to yahoo music radio of bands I liked and genre radios and discovered a lot of stuff that way. I suspect you can do the same with Spotify playlists and pandora radio to get an idea.

What do you want your musical taste to say about you? That’s the strange thing, I used to think it meant a lot about me then I realized it just means I like a lot of stuff once I stepped out of my elitism box

I don't think there's a specific name for it. But you could try r/ifyoulikeblank and see if they can come up with any suggestions.

As a metalhead I really enjoy the phonk genre, same pounding energy and dark theme

Smells Like Teen Spirit literally started a musical revolution.

Hire a vocalist who can BE a front man. There are very very few player/singer combos who have the charisma to be a real front man. There are a ton of talented singers to get onboard all over the country, or world really.

Don't suggest taking it over. You blow up any relationship and one or both of you will crash and burn out of the band. I've been in a couple groups where this scenario played out, as a lot of singers who suck think they are great, and it always ends badly.

Get a real front man and avoid this topic in this manner.

I was about to list this one

Just tell him honestly what you think and bring up a solution. He may as well stay in the band and learn to play an instrument. Tell him to buy a 100$ synth and tell him to drone until he learns something more complicated. Or help him find a teacher. I’ve seen people learn to be in tune and loose the ability as well as they stopped practicing.

I don't miss going to music/media stores at all. While I do still collect CDs, it's just nicer that I can listen to the entire album before I decide to buy it. I can't tell you the amount of times I bought bad albums when I was a kid because I was just familiar with the artist and bought them from like...Columbia house, Walmart, best buy, fye, etc.

Oh man, we had this problem and ultimately it is a big part of why our band kinda fizzled, so I would say just be honest but as kind as possible. Not everyone is a frontman and that’s okay. Don’t do what we did, which is stick it out for 8 years at moderate success only to look back and cringe at live videos.

Ha, thanks for the kind way you in which you stated that you thought it sucked.

Plan B, start forming a side project outside of this band where you can sing and let them fade into obscurity. I don’t think you telling your lead singer they’re no good will turn out well.

I think the easy answer is yes to anything that gets played in sporting arenas as PA music

Just remember, it's far easier to play than it is to compose. Lyrics are of low value (you can write nonsense and nobody cares if it sounds good), but musical composition is what makes a song good. If you can't replace that, figure out how to make it work with him, because the songs leave with him.

Spot on…….disagree with Justin and Backstreet Boys. All the rest, on point!

There’s a few stations on serius Xm that specialize in new and or unique music. There is also online for some public radio stations, like wyep in Pittsburgh.

Oh that’s great. I do worry that even if you or the band do mention you’d rather sing lead, he would assume he would be on backup vocals. It’s a tough one. Instead of saying you’re bad at singing though, I would frame it in terms of what would be best for the band’s success.

BLOWBLOWBLOWBLOWBLOWBLOWBLOW

I far prefer the acoustic Psycho Killer on Stop Making Sense to the original version on '77.

My dad had a record store when I was a kid, I grew up as the store kid greeting the customers lol great memories 🥰

[deleted]

Jay Reatard, Blood Visions

Haha got it. I saw that episode of Family Guy too

Rollins Band - the End of Silence

As someone that used to own a record store, I miss that too. I opened a record store when I was 27. No business acumen, just a pure desire to show new music to fresh ears. I brought in bands and in-store events. Midnight record release parties and loads of other fun things. It was awesome and I had a great run until downloading killed it all. I didn’t have the smarts to figure out how to keep it alive. It was harder back then anyway as there was no marriage between digital and physical releases. Everything was just free back then. Anyway, rant over. I miss talking about music in person with like minded strangers.