Subj : Life is good with a Retro
To   : jimmylogan
From : Bf2K+
Date : Mon Nov 11 2024 07:24:08

On 07 Nov 24  10:58:25 jimmylogan wrote...

JJ> -=> Nightfox wrote to jimmylogan <=- 
JJ> 
JJ>  Ni>   Re: Life is good with a Retro   By: jimmylogan to Nightfox on
JJ>  Ni> Wed Nov 06 2024 07:48 am 
JJ> 
JJ>  ji> If you have the chance, I'd find some people to jam with! To me
JJ>  ji> music is exponential. You play alone - you have some music. You
JJ>  ji> add a second person you have twice as much. But if you play
JJ>  ji> TOGETHER, you can make it sound like more than just two side by
JJ>  ji> side. Then add a third and it's not just triple, it's FULL! 
JJ> 
JJ>  ji> Again, assuming everyone is in sync... 
JJ> 
JJ>  Ni> Yeah, over the years I've thought about finding people to jam
JJ>  Ni> with, but I just haven't..  I think one of the troubles is
JJ>  Ni> ensuring everyone is in sync and can think of stuff to play
JJ>  Ni> together.  Some of my family also play instruments too, and
JJ>  Ni> sometimes we've played together, but sometimes there have been
JJ>  Ni> times when we can't think of much to play together, even though
JJ>  Ni> there might be stuff we like to play individually. 
JJ> 
JJ> Well, when I 'jam' it's usually bluegrass, but sometimes some old
JJ> country or rockabilly. Jamming Beatles songs is hard because of all
JJ> the non-standard voicings/chords.
JJ> 
JJ> If bluegrass is in any way interesting to you, you can do a lot with
JJ> G - C - D. :-)
JJ> 
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To which Bf2K+ replies...

In the 70's, I plyed in a bluegrass jam band with some friends.  We wrote
most of hte music ourselves (jamming) and never played it the same way
twice... some of our listeners thought we were very strange.  We were...


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