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As @Bridgehouse says it’s confidence. The first time I played in public I was so nervous I made a hash of things I’d played perfectly in rehearsals - and that was with a band I knew.
Nerves are important - they help if you learn to channel them. For example - we used to play White Wedding by Billy Idol. At home I could jam along with it ok but felt a little intimidated trying to play some of the crazy stuff Steve Stevens plays (especially live). When we got out live, the adrenaline kicked in and I’d play these crazy solos with fret tapping and all sorts of trills and flash stuff that isn’t ‘me’ normally. I couldn’t tell you what I played... but it sounded ace! That was pure nerves and adrenaline.
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I have no ambition to play on stage (at the moment). I just want to become a better guitar player by any means that I can, and the Jams are one way to do that.
I agree about channelling nerves, maybe not quite the same, but presentations to a hundred people, or having to brief the press or a Minister can see some of the same adrenaline kick in (for better or worse). Can still learn from those with more experience - every day is a school day (sic).
for the run up to the Leicester jam I practiced my 5 guitar songs a lot for a couple of months. I took my fave guitar, a simply awesome amp and an overdrive I knew would work. I used that gear a lot and stored everything else away. i knew the chord progressions and the solos. I was prepared.
On the day I seized up and had really trouble playing cowboy chords. I got better through the day but nowhere near what I can do.
For the bass songs, I got my music man out the week before and selected the challenging songs and learnt them. The easy stuff I looked at the chord charts. For the slower stuff I tried the nxt double. The day before the jam I decided not to take the mm and borrow a bass,.
I ended up busking on the double for most of the songs and apart from really cocking up 2 songs was happy with my performance.
I play guitar all the time and bass 4 times a year if that.
The difference was no nerves.
Will look forward to the spreadsheet when it comes up later. I think the Oasis songs could support a few extra bars if others want a solo?
Have you ever been to an 'All you can eat' restaurant, let's say Chinese (something rich and really tasty,...whatever you prefer) and you sit down to your 4th plate full, get 3 mouthfuls in and then think "Oh fuck" !
That's me right now that is.
Even my strat is looking at me going,.....
"Hahahahaha,.......we're doing what?........in 5 weeks?......what have you been smoking?"
@darthed1981 .....(and anyone else who's feeling the pinch of not playing much recently)...
"Q.E.D." (sometimes written "QED") is an abbreviation for the Latin phrase "quod erat demonstrandum" ("that which was to be demonstrated")
Here are the missing details for aord43 :
Name: Dave
Ability: Beginner+
Guitar: Yes, Bass: No, Drums: No, Vocals: No way!
Equipment: Roland Micro Cube practice amp
Do we have an updated song list yet?
Been so busy. I will get on it right away boss.
I bought the first 100 issues (and now buy it from time to time) and my wife wonders why I keep them all!
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OK - weekend update,
Attendees update:-
@ttbz @mike_l can you confirm if you are still coming.
@Flink_Poyd @strumjoughlamps @adampeter can you confirm ability and what instruments you play, and what equipment you want to bring.
Song list update:
I think this is about right - that's 9 songs so should a sensible length. Am happy to add in "That's Entertainment" if anyone wants to assist @spark240 on that.
We can run through these a few times if there are songs that more that two/three guitarists want to play on.
@strumjoughlamps @Pablo @adampeter @flink_poyd - you aren't down for any/many songs - can you let me know what you want to play on?
Rough structure will be 30 mins cover versions/30 mins freeform songs - repeated 3 times with 30 mins to setup at beginning and 30 mins to strip down at end. Starts at 1pm ends at 5pm.
We will add in a few more freeform jam songs - I haven't spent much time studying bigjons list (I'm about to join a new band this week so have been otherwise engaged!). Any suggestions welcome - just needs to be a basic chord sequence that people can learn and play riffs/solos basic chords over - those sessions are more about learning/watching how others approach this.
Any other questions let me know!
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I will have a look and see if I can cover bass on some of the others too.
https://open.spotify.com/user/kelvstevo/playlist/0ay50ic26IhYW3yrVVZZid?si=I38dH3ym