text: how do i start my own band? i really want to start a band... i just don't know how to get band members or anything... i want my band to be big... it will of course but still. how do i start? any advice? check bulletin boards at music stores and put up one of your own saying what you play and what musicians you're looking for, what style of music you want to play etc. that's how most bands are started.   also check the music classifieds on myspace (they are region specific and have a lot of young musicians in them) or can do a yahoo or google search for musician's classifieds, alot of them will have different pages for specific cities and some of them have young musicians too.