Old-dog
4 posts
Jan 09, 2013
6:46 PM
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How do you know when you are it right? You know stuff that works. I do read music, do not understand a lot the theory. I have played a few times with a band, just a few times. I have had people say I did good, but I still wonder " how do you know you are getting it right?" How do you know that what you play is working with the music?
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kudzurunner
3781 posts
Jan 09, 2013
7:01 PM
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Record yourself and play it back the next morning, when you're sober.
That's my method. It works pretty well.
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JInx
371 posts
Jan 09, 2013
8:18 PM
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When people ask you to play for them. I don't mean to play with them, I mean for them, cause the want to listen.
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Sun, sun, sun
Burn, burn, burn
Soon, soon, soon
Moon, moon, moon
Last Edited by on Jan 09, 2013 8:20 PM
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FMWoodeye
533 posts
Jan 10, 2013
12:22 AM
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You know you're close when you can step out from behind the chicken wire.
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Steamrollin Stan
680 posts
Jan 10, 2013
2:23 AM
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@ Kudz, forever true, this is how i do things, just for fun.@ FM, yes, i agree, i'm still in the coop, not coming out till i know i'm sounding "pretty good".
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Old-dog
5 posts
Jan 10, 2013
11:52 AM
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I was asked up to do a little blues jam with a band the other night. I think I did ok. I know I looked nervous, but I think I played ok. Still I wonder. I want to feel like I was dead on good. Like I said I do not read music just played from the heart.
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BikerG
24 posts
Jan 10, 2013
11:57 AM
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You've got it right when
...people don't leave the room when you play.
...someone asks you to teach them harp.
...dogs don't bark when you play.
...you sit in with a band and they ask you to remain on stage.
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Kingley
2165 posts
Jan 10, 2013
11:48 AM
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I agree with Adam.
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jbone
1170 posts
Jan 12, 2013
7:57 AM
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I know I am doing good when stage mates raise an eyebrow and smile, and encourage me to take another solo.
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http://www.reverbnation.com/jawboneandjolene
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100000386839482
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa7La7yYYeE
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FMWoodeye
537 posts
Jan 12, 2013
8:26 AM
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I'll pile on with Adam and Kingley. What you think you hear when you're playing is not always what the playback reveals. It's a tool that I certainly do not use often enough.
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