Nobody teaches you how to be in a band

[Dave Vader]

Hello chaps, long time no post. Sorry.

As usual I've just popped in to pimp a thing I've written, it's relevant for once as it's about the skills you need to be able to play with other people, and how lucky I was to know a bloke that forced me to learn them when I was a kid. Link below, thanks.

 

https://davedoesntwriteanythingever.blogspot.com/2019/10/how-eddie-and-dead-jesus-taught-me-how.html

 

Edited October 2, 2019 by Dave Vader

[hubrad]

Wow.. posted at 6 minutes to 6 in the morning!

Good stuff to read and reminisce upon.. I suppose I was lucky to grow musically with folkies,  mostly older or more experienced than me.. loads of Eddies!

Thinking about it,  when I started playing in ceilidh bands there was a commonly played 'honour your partners' chord, always by feel. Nobody counted it out loud, just everybody did it. Nowadays no bands in get to play with seem to have it any more, even after attempts to rehearse it.

 

[NickD]

I learned everything I know by reading musician autobiographies. I took a great deal of information from George, the bass player from the Artful Badgers. 😂

[Dave Vader]

1 hour ago, NickD said:

I learned everything I know by reading musician autobiographies. I took a great deal of information from George, the bass player from the Artful Badgers. 😂

Oh you star, I very much like what you did there

[mikel]

Its simple really,  play nice in both senses of the phrase.

[cheddatom]

good read, thanks. It amazes me how many people just do their own thing without listening to everyone else - and yet manage to stay in bands!