The Singer's Salon is an opportunity to sing for your peers and others, in a safe and nurturing setting. It is a place to refine your performance skills, try out new material, or just get more comfortable in front of an audience.

Hello. I'm a guitar player who is not ready to 'play out' at this point as I am a bit rusty/have not picked up the instrument regularly in a while. I very much want to get back to playing/creating again, however. I am not a songwriter, not yet anyway, and I am not looking for perfect players, as the purpose here is to have fun, be creative, laugh, let go of our egos, ( as much as is humanly possible anyway). All aspects of musicianship are welcome: songwriters, singers, yes, even tamborine playe …

Songsalive! is a non profit organization supporting and promoting songwriters and composers worldwide. In Chicago IL, we have songwriting critique workshops with guest speakers the second Saturday of each month. We also have a songwriters showcase on the fourth Thursday of every other month.  www.songsalive.org/group/chicago for more details. Our official website is www.songsalive.org.

This is a meet up group for people who love to sing or listen bollywood music. The purpose of the group is to bring together people with a common interest (in singing or listening hindi songs) under one roof, and also to bring forth hidden talent of each member in this great divine gift called singing.  Although this site is not just limited for the people who like to sing but it is also the place for those who like to enjoy listening to our great and rich indian music as well. So please join th …

Join this group if: You live in Chicago You are musician: singer, play an instrument, beat-maker, lyricist, band-member or are apart of the business of music in some capacity. You want to be able to specify who you are interested in collaborating with instead of having to sift through different kinds of performers.   This group is meant to be a hub for musicians in Chicago to post their projects and set-up meet-ups for those projects. I started this group because I have often found that when I …

Let's get our music together and blast the local scene to the next level with music, comedy, dance and amazing performances. Together Each Acheive More (Team) is our motto. What good would  musicals be without the actors, singers, musicians or clowns. WE NEED music organizers, so please volunteer. We can promote each other through collobration, social networks, web, radio, and TV. This group is for musical artist to develop performances and marketing campaigns. We will organize group and individ …

Visual artists, installation artist, performance artists...poets, writers, singers, performers...activists, change agents, drummers, dancers...what is your art? How does art change the world around you, the people around you? How does art change you? Perhaps in this group you will meet artists to collaborate with to bring to life that vision you have of a giant installation piece...perhaps in this group you will find others interested in joining together to form a troupe for street theater prote …

Everybody has music within, let's come together and discover fun ways of bringing it out. Learn how to loosen up, have fun, and enjoy the musical energy using your own voice and various instruments.

This group is for published, established and working writers who seek fraternity, conversation and friendship. Join if you're a published/established/working writer looking for the company of your peers, and seeking like-minded companions for talk, dining, museums, films, concerts, travel and other activities.

This group is for pickers and bluegrassers - no matter what instrument you play, just play it FAST!!! We are open to anyone who has a passion for this all American music style.   

Our group's aim is to play for people at nursing homes, hospitals, community centers - any place where we can brighten the day of people who otherwise would not be able to listen to live music. Everything we do is completely volunteer. We are simply a group of individuals who come together and share our music with a deserving audience.   Here is how a "typical" gig has worked in the past: We get a group of people together, usually around 5 or 6. We play songs from our group's songbook, or from a …

Learning to play guitar is all about two things: Practice, and playing with other people. And The Chicago Guitarists Meet-up can help do that. Let's create a fun, laid back atmosphere where we can hang out, play some songs and learn new techniques, and meet other people with the same interest. All ages and skill levels are welcome. Thanks and lets have some fun!

Do you... LOVE to sing? DISlike bars, bar rules. unfair KJs? (boo hisss!) Appreciate a classy, clean, ambient environment with SOFAS to sing and party? Here's the party space: like to sing often, every 45-60 minutes during the night? appreciate an AWESOME sound system? enjoy a good food BUFFET and OPEN BAR? like meeting new karaoke buddies? support others' vocal talents (and courage)? If you answered 'yes' to all of the above, Welcome to the Chicago Kar …

Hey everyone! We created this group simply because we love to play music and hang out. We both have a collection of over 20 instruments from around the world in our apartment and jam whenever we can with them, but we especially like being able to try new instruments that we've never tried before. Our goal with this group is to create a fun and open environment where people get together to jam with various instruments and even learn how to play new instruments they have never tried. Whether you a …

(LIVE CHAT too!) Are you a FAN of LIVE MUSIC, and want to find a place to find out about new or established bands in the Chicago area? Are you in a BAND that needs some more exposure? (but really can't afford to promote it through normal chains of advertising?)  Are you a PHOTOGRAPHER who likes to take pictures of bands? Well, seems you have all come to the right place!  Here is the place where bands can list their upcoming gigs, and fans can peruse the different bands to see if they like their …

  LIVE CHATROOM too!  The group will be aimed at LIVE music, encouraging professional musicians looking to connect, people playing in garage bands looking for additional members, and people just looking to "jam" for a night or two. The message boards will be developed more fully so that one can find equipment for sale, listings of upcoming gigs, discounted tickets, music lessons, etc. Hopefully this will make this 'new' group a thriving and exciting music vehicle on this site. Expect a lot of ch …