Well, for starters, please excuse my use of English here, but my Swedish aren't that good yet, so I think I'll be able to express myself better using English for the time being.
I've been reading the forum for quite some time now (with a little help from google translate...), but only recently did I join as a member. We are a couple of musicians from greece and we're moving to Stockholm, come February. I'm a bass player and my fiancee/sambo is a singer. We don't have any friends/acquaintances over there, but since the situation over here is... well, let's just say it's not the best for musicians, we decided to move to Sweden for a better life overall, although we'd prefer to focus mainly on music.
We're already getting some Swedish lessons, so we can at least know the basics before we come there, but still, it'd be easier for us to converse in English, at least for now.
Well, we know all the bureacracy and the procedures we have to do when we come, but I'd appreciate some help finding musicians over there. I hope our English isn't a factor for alienation and we don't plan on working only with immigrants either... We're playing rock 'n' roll, with an emphasis on hard rock/poser/glam songs. Mainly we're considering a cover band, and later on, provided we can actually establish a band we can work on some originals. Ourselves, we've been at it for years over here, and we're on a very decent level with our instruments (and vocals) and we're obviously trying to find competent musicians.
I didn't put this on the classifieds section since I'm not solely looking for band members (although that'd be quite nice) but I'm also looking for info on where it'd be best to look for musicians - other fora, rehearsal studios etc. and whether or not Swedes would have a problem being in a band with a bunch of "music immigrants", mainly considering the language barrier, if there actually is such a thing.
Once again, thanks for understanding. MANY thanks in advance!
There should be tons of rock bands around for you to play with. If not, I'm sure there are tons of rock musicians who'd like to be in a band. Start your own band if you have to!
) I do find Stockholm to be more open minded and willing to adapt to new influences than some other places. If I move back to Sweden, I think Stockholm would be a prime candidate for me even though Göteborg is my home town.
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