Hi There,
I;ve been in musician forums for years, and through my experience, it is rather difficult to find suitable players in forum, you will be meeting all sort of funny personal. let me give you a few example and my past experiences.
You will meet strange people of all sort
1) those that arrange a meet up at a studio but cancel the appointment at the very last minute, because they already "dream" of playing in a band
2) those that describe themselve as guitar/bass hero, they can play this and that and all what you have songlist, but turn up at studio with no instrument of their own, and uses House guitar, but will complain that the house guitar is lousy and so they can't play..
3) those that play very well on 1 or two songs, and make you impress, song they normally show you "hotel california and Rock Steady", they will jump into the Lead guitar part (cos this the part they've being practicing since they were baby) and you cannot play your drum too loud, else they will stare at you and expect you to tone down, so they can do Lead solo like the Guitar Hero.
4) those come in unwash shirt, bermuda and slippers, and you will suspect whether they were the rag and bone man, happen to bump into you at the right place, at the right time. This group, wow- you got to be prepared... they will normally stay in the toilet or walk up to buy a drink when it comes to Paying for the Studio time...its actually $16 for an hour, and the poor you are expecting to split among say 4 person, with each coming out with $4.00. However, they will not fail to disappoint you, end up you big time sucker... pay the full $16.00
5) this one is classic.this guy, brag that he can play this and that, perform at pub, do endless gigs and super experience in music... he showed up, he's botak, he's acted strangely, and yes, thruout the whole jam session, he was playing his guitar closing his eyes and facing the wall and trust me, he was like standing, facing the wall only an inch between himself and the wall. He was the weirdest guy i ever met and sadly, though he closes his eyes and play like he got full of of feeling for the song, but no, he closes his eyes cos he also cant stand what the guitar is producing,.... all trash and rubbish, totally out of key and wrong notes...
so fellow forummer and potential musicians, please give up looking for band here, buy a CD or download from the internet the minus track, (if you are a drummer, download the "minus drumtrack song list) and play yourself thy kingdom comes... I have long given up on looking to form a band. and Yes I am a drummer, just a moderate one, neither good nor bad, and I dont play with my eyes close...