johnc
systematic
I have never been involved in jams or open mic nights for all the years I have been messing around with music. It seemed that I was just involved with a band at any given time where we had a song list to work to and learnt that material as required.
So yeah, intros, outros, all the middle bits and instrumentals in between all in their place. Now that suits me because I must admit that I prefer to have that sort of organisation and know what is next. I have been both a drummer and a guitar player in this band environment
But! I haven't played much for a few years now and only recently joined a local fledgling Blues Club to try and get out and experience some guitar playing. Now they don't really play complete songs, just mostly jam along to familiar bits of common blues songs and everyone up playing as in Guitar pickers, harp players, keyboards, singers, whatever all having a go at playing and improvising whatever.
I went along to try and improve my confidence and playing on my guitar but guess what, they have no drummers, lots of guitar pickers and harp players, one or two bass players so I was stupid enough to say that I can play drums to help them out so that seems now where I am stuck. Playing drums to lots of improvised part songs and other guitar players messing around and no opportunity it seems for me until another drummer turns up.
Anyway even if I get the opportunity, not sure whether I can take to the random jamming as I have never done it, there tends to be a lot of noise going on with multiple instruments coming in and out, seems confusing!!
I would really like to be able to get out and do a bit of guitar playing again and this seems the only potential opportunity at present
I would appreciate some advice, experiences on an approach to this sort of thing.
Thankyou in advance..
So yeah, intros, outros, all the middle bits and instrumentals in between all in their place. Now that suits me because I must admit that I prefer to have that sort of organisation and know what is next. I have been both a drummer and a guitar player in this band environment
But! I haven't played much for a few years now and only recently joined a local fledgling Blues Club to try and get out and experience some guitar playing. Now they don't really play complete songs, just mostly jam along to familiar bits of common blues songs and everyone up playing as in Guitar pickers, harp players, keyboards, singers, whatever all having a go at playing and improvising whatever.
I went along to try and improve my confidence and playing on my guitar but guess what, they have no drummers, lots of guitar pickers and harp players, one or two bass players so I was stupid enough to say that I can play drums to help them out so that seems now where I am stuck. Playing drums to lots of improvised part songs and other guitar players messing around and no opportunity it seems for me until another drummer turns up.
Anyway even if I get the opportunity, not sure whether I can take to the random jamming as I have never done it, there tends to be a lot of noise going on with multiple instruments coming in and out, seems confusing!!
I would really like to be able to get out and do a bit of guitar playing again and this seems the only potential opportunity at present
I would appreciate some advice, experiences on an approach to this sort of thing.
Thankyou in advance..