Jam Bands - How to keep one key interesting?

[Dave Muscato]

Originally Posted by Snarf

If you're playing chords in one mode, then you are staying in one key.

Naw, you play chords in the mode, and then you start sneaking in power chords, and then you groove on a single-note line doubled with the bass and the guitar, and then you start playing chords in another key with the accompanying mode, and before you know it, you've modulated

[Enden]

Play with the same people a lot. When we jam, we can just feel where each other are going. I've had half hour jams in Am. An easy way to keep it interesting is for the drummer to change the beat to a different style, so everyone is forced to play differently.