... Where am I? Who are you people?..
 

.. and what happened to my pants?

Just another new guy joining this community of music fans and musicians. Well, a little about myself:

I feel like music is an essential part of my life. There isn't a single day that I don't listen to / play music. I'm from Michigan, 26 years old, and I play guitar. I'm not in a band but I'd like to find some people to at least jam with. The kind of stuff I like to play is instrumental rock / post-rock / experimental. Not too many people around my area who are even aware of such music which is extremely disappointing. I check Craig's List every day but all I ever see are Metal-heads, country singers and cover bands (nothing wrong with those but it's not what I'm looking for). If I'm lucky I might find someone within driving distance on this forum.

Welcome aboard!

I don't know exactly what kinds of experimental music you're into but the part of Michigan you're in certainly has some good experimental electronic stuff going on. This label for example is based there.

Thanks. I'll check them out.

This is one of the best intros ever.

Hi and welcome.

Bands! Name them. Favorites.

I still wonder who has his pants though.
The intro is, indeed, ****ing brilliant.

I checked it out and unfortunately it's not the kind of stuff I'm into. Although, earlier today I did find an independent label in Lansing that seems much more up my alley which is called Illegible Records. I apparently don't have enough posts to use links yet but if you want to check them out it's illegiblerecords[dot]com
Their vocal recordings don't exactly sound top-notch but the instruments sound good. They do have some experimental-ish stuff but the artists are a varied group- definitely not a specialized label.

Hi everyone and thanks for the welcome.

As for favorite bands, let's see-
In no particular order

Vocal ("typical/full/normal") bands:
Journey
Crosby, Stills & Nash (or as I call them "CSN and sometimes Y")
Doobie Brothers
Led Zeppelin
The Guess Who
Blues Traveler
Pearl Jam
Soundgarden
Tool
System Of A Down

-Just a short list. Most bands I only like a few of their songs including some of the above.

Instrumental bands/artists:
Ohm:
Chris Poland
Joe Satriani
Greg Howe
Buckethead
Blues Saraceno
Vinnie Moore
Terje Rypdal
Billy McLaughlin
Andy McKee
Antoine Dufour
Explosions In The Sky
Signal Hill
This Will Destroy You
Saxon Shore
El Ten Eleven

I'm late to the party as usual, but hi there!

salutations from the Ghetto Nation, Malaysia