Pete R
Blues Newbie
Jam Session Survival
Those of you, like me, who have yet to take the BIG step and put yourself on a public stage for a jam or band performance may benefit from this article. It's a page from a yahoo jazz guitar group. The person writing the questions had a bad experience in his first jam session and wants to know what to do about the problems he experienced. The big thing I got from this article is that you can't worry about what other people think... You have to go into it with the attitude, "I have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. I'm going to make mistakes, but I'll learn from them."
It would be great if all of you who have taken the BIG step could post your lessons learned and any advice you'd like to pass along to us. I know Dave has posted some things, but maybe we could start a list under the Important Topics section of the "Gigs - ..." category.
http://jazzguitarfaq.com/FAQ00038.htm
Those of you, like me, who have yet to take the BIG step and put yourself on a public stage for a jam or band performance may benefit from this article. It's a page from a yahoo jazz guitar group. The person writing the questions had a bad experience in his first jam session and wants to know what to do about the problems he experienced. The big thing I got from this article is that you can't worry about what other people think... You have to go into it with the attitude, "I have nothing to lose, and everything to gain. I'm going to make mistakes, but I'll learn from them."
It would be great if all of you who have taken the BIG step could post your lessons learned and any advice you'd like to pass along to us. I know Dave has posted some things, but maybe we could start a list under the Important Topics section of the "Gigs - ..." category.
http://jazzguitarfaq.com/FAQ00038.htm