Your band Starts now
You’re Invited to our newest band drop. We believe you’ll be an incredible fit for this new group and can’t wait to connect you with your people to help you start your band.
The Maker Path
Make Your Music
The maker path is for musicians at any level who want to create music with a band of their own long term. Bands on our maker path grow in clear phases, from playing covers to writing and recording original music. Bands continue to play live shows as they progress across all stages.
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Learn Songs
Every new band, regardless of path, starts out learning and playing covers as they were written. This allows you to build chemistry with your bandmates and learn how to sound great together by creating a setlist of popular songs.
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Creative Covers
Venturing into writing and group creativity can be challenging if you’ve never done it before. We guide students through that process incrementally by focusing on making covers your own to exercise creative writing.
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Originals
At this stage, bands typically have developed their sound and are ready to explore creating their own original music. Once this phase begins, bands will be scheduled for demo sessions at our in-house studio to practice recording in a studio space.
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Record
We take bands to professional local studios and fund the production and recording of their original music. All bands retain 100% ownership of their music and we guide and support our bands with publishing and distribution steps.
Starting playlist
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We start each new band with a small setlist of songs handpicked by the bands instructor. Setlist’s will evolve over time. But this playlist will offer a general impression of the bands direction/vibe and help make the first rehearsals super productive.
Meet Your Instructor
tony irons
Guitar | Bass | Bands
Tony is a musician, bandleader, artist developer and creative mentor active throughout the Greater Boston music scene and beyond. Known for his organizational approach and professional integrity, he brings a systems-oriented mindset to live performance and artist development.
His live performance credits include Blue Man Group, Ahren Shreeve, Mint Green, Quinn Sullivan and The 1999 Live, among others.
Start Your Band
Book your enrollment call to claim your seat and start a band. Spots are offered on a first come, first served basis. If your instrument sells out we’ll put you on the waitlist and you’ll be prioritized if a spot opens up in the future as well as for new band drops.
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On average, Loudlands launches a new band every 4-6 weeks. Band drops are windows of time where we allow enrollment for new bands.
We invite members of our talent pool and community to join a band drop if it seems like a fit based on their genre interests, experience, and desired path (cover vs. maker).
If you’re invited to a band drop you’ll want to schedule your enrollment call as soon as possible.
Band spots are filled on a first come, first served basis.
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If someone else took a spot in a band you were interested in we will add you to the waitlist for this band and prioritize with early access to future band drops that you are a fit for.
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All new bands start off with a preliminary setlist of songs chosen by your instructor. These songs are meant to represent the style and direction for this particular band as well as provide base material to help guide initial rehearsals.
Once you begin rehearsals, your instructor will work with your band to develop a deeper setlist of songs that all members are excited about playing. This process of collaboration, exploration, and democracy will help you develop and better understand your bands sound.
This will come in handy when it comes time to start writing.
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New bands typically play their first show in their 4th month after starting as a new band. But, first show preparedness is unique to each band.
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