The Difference Between..

playing your guitar at home all by yourself in front of the pc AND playing with a jam mate or two outside the comfort of your room.

some of you might know that saturday is the day that i embark on the journey of self-discovery, venturing through the plains of rock 'n' roll clashing steel with scandinavian rock pirates, knocking on the devil's door playing blues and go back to the 80's for some good ol heavy metal riffing. all this while carrying my un-pimped axe (guitar) around.

truth be told, today is the first time i jammed with another guitar player other than imaginary players from my computer. for fuck's sake i was having difficulty playing even simple blues licks. i have come to the realisation that experience really matters when it comes to jamming. being able to hit 20 notes per second means nothing if you're in front of someone else.

so here are a couple of things that hindered my playing today:-

1. i couldn't come up with different licks. somehow, all the licks i played sound the same. and unlike playing at home by myself, i couldn't pause or correct myself if i played a wrong note. so i stayed with playing the same bullshit over and over again..

2. my mind kept meandering around the room, mostly focusing on the lead guitar when i'm riffing. this is cause i'm so used to hearing myself play lead, i just couldn't control myself and listened to my mate play. result? i kept forgetting my riffing rhytmn, which ends with disastrous timing.

3. playing by backing tracks from my computer is fucking easy cause everything is laid out for me. and i'm so used to playing accompanied by backing tracks i even memorised the timing and all. jamming though, is a totally different thing. you have to pay attention to everyone just to be in the correct time signature.

4. ran out of fucking things to play, every chord progressions sounds the same(boredom boring its boring self into my boring skull). note to self: discuss about list of things to play before the actual day. at home, i have a vast arsenal of songs to play with. but that's not the case with jamming.

5. i'm so familiar with my tone at home to the point that i can jizz in my pants just by listening to it. at music master (the holy temple of PJ shred) where the amp is different (although better), listening to the tone i get there is like hearing a 80 years old granny moaning in ecstacy (unfuckingbearable)


CESSATION:-

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