How do you tell someone to "back-off" at a jam?
I regularly attend a monthly gathering of old folkies who get together in groups to jam...all types of music--you pick your song and others who wish to, can join in. I am always amazed at how the...
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There is a kid that comes to most of the jamming places I go to. He can pick lead but his rhythm sucks. Granted I haven't been playing but about a year and a half, but i have had wonderful musicians...
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Quote:That's why you need a hole in the back of your guitar, so you can reach inside, to the derringer that's pointing out your guitar's soundhole! The mounting brackets don't really affect the tone,...
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Since he is a nice guy and has been around the group a long time, he may never change his song-crashing ways. In my experience, people who do this are too accustomed to playing "at" people and not...
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There aren't enough particulars to give a more definitive answer, but...Most important: Does anyone else at the jam agree with you? Sometimes, the problem is ours. Reality checks are good things. If...
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Next time, set some ground rules before you ever start,such as. 1.Let's try to all play quietly so we can hear each other.2. If your not sure of the melody, listen a couple measures first.3. Allow the...
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Quote:Next time, set some ground rules before you ever start,such as.1.Let's try to all play quietly so we can hear each other.2. If your not sure of the melody, listen a couple measures first.3....
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A non/less-offensive way to phrase the "back-off" speech might be couched in personal-experience terms. "I can't be confident of singing on key/getting the chords right when I'm 'leading' a tune and...
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I take my clothes off and run around screaming I'm on fire and ask if Oprah can save me.Really, I always find its best to work out some order before we all start playing. Have fun and hope commonsense...
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Thanks for all of your suggestions folks. I guess another observation is that maybe I shouldn't be leading a jam with a song that I am not fully comfortable with!Richard***************Some of it's...
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Richard - Amongst friends I've an history and comfort level of jamming with we all essay tunes we're less than "adept" at. It's fun, challenging, and a way to learn plenty about ourselves, music,...
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"I take my clothes off and run around screaming I'm on fire and ask if Oprah can save me."Sheer poetry.
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1. Compliment the guy on having such a cannon of a guitar, and how it's blowing every one else away, and could he please play a little easier so you can hear the rest of the group. Massage the ego...
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The derringer's so much easier! Darrell000-28GE
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I have tried the subtle approach of posting jam etiquette lists/commandments for offenders to read. My experience has been that they find the rules, read them, laugh at funny ones and finally sit down...
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I like Darrell's idea of the derringer but that may cause you to end up in a place that don't allow guitars. How about just taking a set of wire nippers along in your back pocket and when the person...
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Tell him he's too loud, he's off key, and to throttle it down a little.I know I'd appreciate a heads up if I was coming across like a cabbage in a bowl of Cheerios.
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Quote:Tell him he's too loud, he's off key, and to throttle it down a little.Yup. That always works with me when I'm too loud, off key, or need to throttle it down a little. Shouldn't be any kind of a...
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uh oh. i'm going to my first NYC jam this weekend and i guarantee that i probably know zero songs that everyone else knows! let's put it this way - i'm considering downloading the tablature to...
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What is "Doyle Lawson Rhythm" please.PeaceGoof
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