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There is no online courtship ritual for musicians. It’s 2014: Tinder and OKCupid are probably valued at more money than I’ll see in my entire life, but there aren’t any GPS apps for musicians just looking for a platonic jam session. I mean, I get it—romantic connection is a near-universal human desire, while jamming through hand-me-down amps is not quite as sought out. But musicians have to take their anonymous thirst somewhere, and with no specialized network to join (yet), they take it to Craigslist.

As well as punk dudes who are just looking to drink some beer, play some Xbox, and tell you all about Russia’s radioactive wolves.

Others only want to resurrect their heroes from cultural death.

The scare-quote craftsmen

Good luck.