... it really brings you on when you start playing with others.... :D
That is SO true. :D Finding somebody else to play together made a big difference to my understanding of music, but also a HUGE boost to my motivation to keep improving.
Great to hear that it's working out well. All friends are good, but good MUSICAL friends are gold dust.
Chris
True indeed, and I suspect there's a few of us grateful for it! I know I am. I learned so much at the pub jam I used to go to - not just from joining in and playing when I could, but from watching - I learned to anticipate chord changes for unfamiliar songs from looking at other people's hands - and from listening. I still jam on a regular basis with one of the guys I met there - one week I'll bring a new song and we'll work on that, the next week he'll bring one. The only problem with the pub jam was, no one wanted to try anything new - and you can only play "Brown Eyed Girl" or "Wabash Cannonball" so many times before you get sick of them.
Playing with other people on a higher level than me tends to make me play at a higher level myself - playing with those at a similar, or lower level does exactly the same - must be the competitive streak in me!
:D :D :D
Vic
"Sometimes the beauty of music can help us all find strength to deal with all the curves life can throw us." (D. Hodge.)
glad its working out....i'm not too far out so maybe come see you sometime?
