https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/ Guitar Noise Discussion Board en-US Thu, 04 Jun 2026 21:12:45 +0000 wpForo 60 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/paged/2/#post-318755 Sat, 17 Jan 2009 04:39:48 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Bish https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/paged/2/#post-318755 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/paged/2/#post-318079 Thu, 08 Jan 2009 05:15:55 +0000
Dan]]> Guitar Players Discussion Dan T. https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/paged/2/#post-318079 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/paged/2/#post-317996 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 10:41:29 +0000
Cat]]> Guitar Players Discussion Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/paged/2/#post-317996 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317993 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 06:42:57 +0000
yes definitely pretty standard stuff. In pretty much every situation I've been like that it was pretty much the same way. I'm usually the beginner of any group I play with and even though I know a bunch of songs it usualoly ends up that noone else knows the same ones or that they play them totally different (which for all intents makes it a different song) so it can be a bit frustrating at times.

Now I have been lucky enough to play several times with one of our resident guitar guru's Mr. Wes Inman. Thankfully he has put up with my hacking the times we have played together but the one thing Wes is always great at is getting everyone to learn new songs on the spot so the sessions aren't just everyone looking at each other wondering what to do next..OK well we still do that but not tht much.

I didn't really enjoy doing that to much, so I finally got three other guys that wanted to jam on a little more serious basis so we have been togethr about 5 months now and we all work on the same songs so when we get together it's more like a practice than just a free for all jam, but for me I prefer it that way. It gives me something to work towards.

Now that we got through that all we have to do is start agreeing on the type of music we want to play and that seems to be the hardest thing to do. I'll play pretty much anything but I do have an odd taste in music so most of the guys don't like the songs I'd liek to play. I learned to stop stressing about so we can just move on but the other three aren't quite as compromising and they all have different tastes. the drummer likes 80's metal, the other guitar player wants to play strictly classic rock and the bass player wants to do funk and blues.

So far we have a pretty good mix of a few of everyone's songs but only one of mine :roll: but as long we keep learning new songs I'm good with that.]]> Guitar Players Discussion cnev https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317993 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317988 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:26:46 +0000
We will be doing it again sometime and I'm looking forward to it. I've suggested going unplugged at some point as well. Now that I know what to expect, I'm gonna have to learn some songs up their alley. You've experienced a prime example of something it took me a few years to figure out. Most (and by most I mean 90%) people who say they "play guitar" are never motivated to progress past the point of strumming a few "cowboy chords" and singing Kum-ba-ya around a campfire. You're a pretty good ways beyond that point. So the odds are that when you get together for an informal jam, you're going to blow away most of the players in the room. They'll either worship you as a guitar goddess. or slink off with their egos severely bruised.

Accept the worship as your due reward. You've endured the pain and joy of learning to be a better than average plank spanker 8) :note2: :note2: :note1:]]> Guitar Players Discussion Moonrider https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317988 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317974 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:13:59 +0000 My brother in law taught me Tequilla. Simple enough until I got home and it was gone forever in whatever dark corner of my brain it is that steals things like that. Boy...does THAT take me back! I got a record with "Tequila", "Walk Don't Run" and "Raunchy" (was it by The Ventures???) Sooooooooooo looooooooong agoooooooooo! It was complete with the teaching prompts, too. Can't remember the year it was.

Cat]]> Guitar Players Discussion Cat https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317974 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317970 Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:05:25 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion mercury187 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317970 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317950 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:03:19 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Dan Lasley https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317950 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317941 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:44:59 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion Blueline https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317941 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317934 Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:29:35 +0000 Guitar Players Discussion rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-players-discussion/first-jam-2/#post-317934