I play guitar, bass, and a little ukulele, and sometimes record original music.
It's a good question. One thing that helped was joining a church band. It got me playing in public every week, and my playing improved a lot.
Another thing was signing up for songwriting contests. I made some online friendships that led to recording together, with people I never actually met.
Due to schedule and family obligations I've always found it hard to coordinate with people in meatspace... but putting yourself in some kind of pre-existing situation can help with this.
The contests I joined, I found out about via the Jonathan Coulton forums a few years ago. One was "Masters of Song Fu," which I think is defunct now. The other was SpinTunes, http://spintunes.blogspot.com/
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[ 2.8 ms ] story [ 23.5 ms ] threadIt's a good question. One thing that helped was joining a church band. It got me playing in public every week, and my playing improved a lot.
Another thing was signing up for songwriting contests. I made some online friendships that led to recording together, with people I never actually met.
Due to schedule and family obligations I've always found it hard to coordinate with people in meatspace... but putting yourself in some kind of pre-existing situation can help with this.
I have not participated in Song Fight but know people who do -- see http://www.songfight.org/