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I thought it would be a good idea to start a thread that would list advise from one struggling muscian to the other, if any of you guys are in a band thats doing pretty good, help someone out with some advise...

I am currently trying to get a gig for me and my friend, we think what we will do is ask one of our friends to, at their next gig, let us come up and play a couple of numbers, the problem is he plays this acoustic, jammy, rock set and we play more of an ambient noise thing. So im thinking he might not let us play with him. How did you guys get your first gig and how were you accepted. Im thinking if we got a gig somewhere people will hate us.