So you have a band. Nice! Unless you hire a set of nondescript musicians (hired guns) to do each show, you probably get to know the guys (or gals) in your band pretty well. Some can even become good friends over time.

The problem playing with friends (or worse yet, family) can create is sometimes the band as a whole improves, but an individual player does not, or attitude issues crop up.

There can be a lot of reasons why you may want to replace a member of your band, but let's be honest, if you let him (or her) know their tenure is short lived, they may just up and leave the band leaving you hanging with gigs on your schedule. While continuing to play with them, because of their attitude or ability may be stressful, it still isn't as bad as trying to bring a new guy up to speed in a couple of days.

If you don't have a short list of great players waiting to join your band of merry minstrels, you'll need to go looking for a replacement player. You need to get the word out, but what if the guy you're replacing comes across your Craig's List ad with your name or email address on it? You're right back in the position you'd have been in, if you told him he is history as soon as you can find a replacement and bring said replacement up to speed. That's going to end poorly!

You need to be anonymous and still convey to potential new band mates that you're serious and that you have a serious band. You need Bandmail.Us!

With a Bandmail.Us temporary email account you can have any unused 'handle' you want (yourhandle@bandmail.us) subject to approval. For instance if you want razorwire@bandmail.us to be your temporary email address, it's all yours unless another Bandmail.Us client has snagged it.

At this time, Bandmail.Us is offering 2 different anonymity packages:

• FORWARDING PLAN
  Our Forwarding Plan simply forwards your Bandmail.Us email address to your current email address. You place your Bandmail.Us email address in any ads (both on line and print). When a potential player sends email inquiring about the position to your Bandmail.Us email address, it shows up in your regular email box whether that's a gmail account, Yahoo mail or most any other. The person applying doesn't know who you are and better yet, unless you actually put your name or your band's name in the ad (bad plan), if your 'short timer' sees the ad, he (or she) has no way of knowing it's an ad for his (or her) replacement. Please note that when you reply to an applicant using our Forwarding Package, they will then see your actual email address, so you'll want to be certain this is someone you want further communication with.

 

• INDEPENDENT PLAN
  Our Independent Plan email address can be set up in Outlook, Thunderbird or used with our convenient web based email client to establish your anonymous identity. You can send and receive email using your Bandmail.Us Independent Plan email address without the risk of the average guy knowing who you are. Ok, the NSA and other sharp computer geek types may be able to ascertain your IP address and thereby determine who you are. In this day and age, nothing on the Internet is a secret, it's just a matter of how deep some people are willing to dig.