worst jam session ever

K_K · May 5, 2004

now all you musicians here, and i know there are quite a few; know it's always a blessing to have a jam session with anyone who has talent. but when the jam session just plain goes bad and the people you're playing with have talent it's far from a blessing. well here goes my story.

today after i was released from school my buddy jared asks me if i want to go over to his house and have a little jam session in his garage. so we're setting up, and over walks my buddy brad, the bassist, and then jared's older more talented guitarist brother. now those of you who know me know that i play harmonica, and if you ever had a chance to hear me play (sorry you can't i got no recording stuff) you'd know that i'm pretty proficient, i've been playing it for like nine years and all. so i assumed that it'd be a blues jam, and people started off playing blues but then jared and his brother just started competing for the best soloist, and me and brad the two guys who were just wanting to jam were left sitting there instruments in hand wondering what the hell we were supposed to do as they switched to a metal style and brad was just trying to comp the both of them on his bass and here i am switching harps and keys looking for the right tone. it went from a friendly jam session to a competition for best guitarist. they would name solos from songs and play them in offset keys looking for the better sound, then play shit they made up, and in the end me and brad just went home leaving them to battle.

music isn't a competition, it's music, it's the soul of all things, it's life not a fight.

RAINBOW PONY · May 5, 2004

i can't stand highschool pukes in bands, pussy ass wannabe's

K_K · May 5, 2004

DashK said:
i can't stand highschool pukes in bands, pussy ass wannabe's

i can't stand e-thugs who try and talk shit about aspiring musicians when the only instrument they ever played, was a recorder, and the only music they have is J-pop that they can't understand.

Mushiki · May 5, 2004

Kim _Kaphwan said:
music isn't a competition, it's music, it's the soul of all things, it's life not a fight.

I understand what you mean, some people do not know how to enjoy such things. It is fine to aspire to reach a certain level of perfection, still, it is not related in any way with comparing yourself with others.

Lets Gekiga In · May 5, 2004

Kim _Kaphwan said:
now all you musicians here, and i know there are quite a few; know it's always a blessing to have a jam session with anyone who has talent. but when the jam session just plain goes bad and the people you're playing with have talent it's far from a blessing. well here goes my story.

today after i was released from school my buddy jared asks me if i want to go over to his house and have a little jam session in his garage. so we're setting up, and over walks my buddy brad, the bassist, and then jared's older more talented guitarist brother. now those of you who know me know that i play harmonica, and if you ever had a chance to hear me play (sorry you can't i got no recording stuff) you'd know that i'm pretty proficient, i've been playing it for like nine years and all. so i assumed that it'd be a blues jam, and people started off playing blues but then jared and his brother just started competing for the best soloist, and me and brad the two guys who were just wanting to jam were left sitting there instruments in hand wondering what the hell we were supposed to do as they switched to a metal style and brad was just trying to comp the both of them on his bass and here i am switching harps and keys looking for the right tone. it went from a friendly jam session to a competition for best guitarist. they would name solos from songs and play them in offset keys looking for the better sound, then play shit they made up, and in the end me and brad just went home leaving them to battle.

music isn't a competition, it's music, it's the soul of all things, it's life not a fight.

I had no idea you've been playing harmonica so long. I plan on learning to play guitar soon since I'll have a decent amount of free time this summer.

DevilRedeemed · May 6, 2004

I have had jam sessions with so many people and I can count the number of times they where enjoyable for me on one hand. Most go from catastrophic for x reasons, to just plain boring.
When you get with the right people though its fantastic.

I'm a singer/songwriter (and at times a screecher, though not for quite a few years now) and have tried out alot of stuff. The variables are chemistry, egos, and talent, and someitmes you can just smell the bullshit when you try out for a band or jam with someone you don't know.

I was in a band for about 3 years and I can tell you, if you where to hear our jam sessions you'd be wanting us to be locked up in Guantanamo bay for sound terrorism. Not only where 90% of our songs horrible, but at our best we sounded like a perpetual car crash. Everyone in their own little worlds, nothing really fusing. only thing that held us together was the fact we where excellent friends. still are. but thank god that's over.

Now I'm jamming with a couple of fellas and things are definetly better.
I conclude: friendship can ruin a band and even a jam. When you're on first name terms you know things are about to go down the shitter :make_fac:

K_K · May 6, 2004

DevilRedeemed said:
I have had jam sessions with so many people and I can count the number of times they where enjoyable for me on one hand. Most go from catastrophic for x reasons, to just plain boring.
When you get with the right people though its fantastic.

yeah man that's how me and my buddy ben are, we just synch up like it's nothing. he'll whip out a geet, i'll take out the harps and we fuse together like peanut butter and jelly. i have yet to play with anyone like ben, we haven't jammed in a while though.

worst jam session ever

K_K

Honourary Irishman.,

RAINBOW PONY

DASH DARK ANDY K,

K_K

Honourary Irishman.,

Mushiki

flaming petrosexual,

Lets Gekiga In

Neon Night Rider

DevilRedeemed

teh

K_K

Honourary Irishman.,