It looks like you're new here. If you want to get involved, click one of these buttons!
Subscribe to our Patreon, and get image uploads with no ads on the site!
Base theme by DesignModo & ported to Powered by Vanilla by Chris Ireland, modified by the "theFB" team.
Comments
Depending on where in the country you are, I might know a few places worth a visit.
Pretty easy going as to skill levels (no one has shot me yet).
The situation is 2 guitar amps, a bass amp and a small drum kit.
Usually one of the guitarists sings (not always).
Paul who runs the night will tell you when you're up to play. Usually it's 2/3 song sets, depending on player numbers.
Having a few common songs learnt will help (see the single progression songs for jam nights thread for a bunch of them).
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
I have been to another busy open jam at a local music festival where they had listed players by instrument and simply pulled folks up in order from the lists and gave them 10 minutes to play, so for the most part it was generally 4 or 5 folks who had never played together on stage. It was a bit hit & miss as you might imagine.
I organised the house band and we provided full PA and back line. I took names on a sheet and asked what they wanted to do.Sometimes they wanted to get up with just the house band, or a couple of mates, or sometimes it was a whole band that turned up to use the opportunity as a rehearsal in front of an audience.
I limited it to three songs per person/group and if there was time left at the end would get people back up if they wanted to.
It's OK to turn up and expect to use the backline and kit, or bring your own gear if you arrive early to set up, but it's a definite no no to turn up and expect to use a guitar, but it still used to happen!
In my experience, no one gets judged, and it's a good vibe. If you have the balls to turn up and play, then they have the balls to listen.
Get on it !
Rob.
Supportact said: [my style is] probably more an accumulation of limitations and bad habits than a 'style'.
the reason for house instruments was along lines of you don't always want to drag good guitars out if your having a drink or want to go out somewhere else afterwards. So have some house stuff ready to go if people want to join in or do their own solo work...
it works quite well if we know song we can back up a singer. If they play and sing we can easy back them if if not 100% a song we do. Or they can play sing and out bass/drummer can play along. Or they can grab acoustic and do their own solo stint. Lots of options.
also have plenty guitarists sit in for night or sit in for some songs of style they are wanting to play etc. I do think for modern music the band jam works a lot better than a simple open mic... For folky stuff I think an everyone turns up and all join in works well. But in this day a pure open mic is harder to make work as needs a lot of people who can play/sing solo.
this open mic which was failing and now turned into full band jam has got me back playing and kinda running it so hopefully if can keep it busy enough we can keep going.
defo sort of event I'd be looking for locally as its great for learning and improving if you can sit in here and there.
Aren't 'jam nights' just where pub landlords get muppets to give their punters some free entertainment ? ;-)
This thread prompted me to search for one in my area, and I found one than runs every Wednesday night in a pub about a mile from my house, sorted.
Going to go along tonight and have a mooch