First jam session

Wyatt · #1 04-06-2007, 10:49 AM

I am still pretty pumped up about our jam session last night. I had a blast.
I just started playing about 6 months ago. I was trying to learn what I could here and there on my own. A good friend of mine had to part ways with their bass player and asked me to take his place. So far, We had only worked on 3 or 4 cover tunes trying to get me up to speed with the rest of the group.
Last night was the first time we had gotten together in about 3 weeks (except our lead singer. she had to work). We played our usual stuff, then started working on some new covers. We ended up jamming for about 3 hours doing that. I was so pumped about it that I didn't want to quit. I had a blast doing this for the first time.
Guess it is a newbee thing, but I'm sure everyone went thru this at one point.
Just wanted to share.

Robynator · #2 04-06-2007, 10:58 AM

Awesome!!! I remember my first jam sessions were like that, not too long ago. Sadly though, I haven't really been jamming this semester, I miss it...

NeoWolf · #3 04-06-2007, 12:02 PM

I Love getting totaly lost in jams, (hahaha) its so mutch fun, eseccely when yuo play stuff you normly donte play....

fun stuff, good luck.

mike phillips · #4 04-07-2007, 06:58 AM

good for you. it sure is a good time playin with people. the other night we got together and started playin at 7 pm. we finished at 6am. it was so good it turned out bad. my hands and fingers still dont want to work.

Disco_Gee · #5 04-10-2007, 06:01 PM

Awesome! Good for you! I'm a firm believer in the importance of jamming. I've played with lots of musicians and many of them couldn't jam. They were talented guys and girls but they couldn't let loose and improvise/jam. If you can't jam I think you are really missing out on one of the most liberating and exciting elements of playing music.

Chili · #6 04-10-2007, 06:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Disco_Gee

Awesome! Good for you! I'm a firm believer in the importance of jamming. I've played with lots of musicians and many of them couldn't jam. They were talented guys and girls but they couldn't let loose and improvise/jam. If you can't jam I think you are really missing out on one of the most liberating and exciting elements of playing music.

i really couldnt agree more, thats basicly how i started playing, just jamming with people, and it seems to have done wounders for my creativity

The Crimson Eye · #7 04-10-2007, 07:32 PM

I used to have some really cool jam sessions, unfortunately the people I was jamming with moved away (though one of them is moving back in May

) and since I've been stuck with two guitarists that I hate.

Due to the fact that all of us are new to our instruments and not really doing any covers we are not progressing anywhere, and one of the guitarists just smokes pot half the time ("It increases my creativity" - Like hell, makes him sound like crap). Man, I wish I could actually get together with some people that I actually like as friends again.

Bassplayer_479 · #8 04-10-2007, 07:49 PM

Sounds a lot like my first jam...
I had been playing for about 2 years....learned some stones covers on the spot...Jammed for three hours!!!! The trio im in right now was spawned from that session..

The energy in those sessions is great...

Thankfully, our "practices" have this same energy!

nektarlee · #9 04-12-2007, 09:09 AM

One of the best songs I have on tape came out of me telling the guitar player what a Dorian scale was and we just started jammin' and the singer came up with some amazing lyrics. One of the rare times the drummer actually kept good time. I was upset that our rental time was over and we had to pack up.

Machinehead-man · #10 04-16-2007, 02:42 PM

Great stuff, Wyatt. Go for it. My first jam was so long ago I can barely remember it, but I still love jamming today. There's no substitute for making music with your friends, even if it sounds like a pile of crap.

the_fonz · #11 04-16-2007, 07:19 PM

me and my two brother's jam all the time. me on bass, older on guitar, youngest on drums. i'm trying to get the youngest to stop being a dick though, he always tries to show off and upstage everyone, but he isn't good enough yet so he just screws up and loses time. but other than that, i love it

Jezz8me · #12 04-17-2007, 03:54 AM

yea i had mine first the other day, well i was jamming the were rehersing because the guitarist, who is an awsome musician plays bass, mandolin and heaps others, allready wrote guitar and keys( we dont have a drummer yet) but i improvised basslines to the songs and it was great fun i know how you feel.

great musi requires enjoyment aswell so you headin down the right path

Rob-M · #13 04-17-2007, 02:10 PM

Me and the guitarist of my band often write the music before showing it to the other members, and I've had lots of good jam sessions with him.

However, one of the best jam sessions was before we had a drummer, and when I had no bass (My first Ibanez GSR200 was stolen!)
I jsut got up and started playing drums, which I do practice alot since my bro plays. But that was one of our msot energetic jam sessions funnily enough =]]

Scared me a lil tbh... dont wanna be a drummer =]

But I jsut recently bought a new bass... 5 days ago, a new Fender MIM Precision (I love the tone!)

So hopefully we can get an even better jam session... but with me playing bass this time =]]

**WillPlay4Food** · #14 04-17-2007, 02:16 PM

I still have a hard time falling asleep after a good practice / jam session. I just don't want to lose the feeling I get when I feel I've made some good music...

Alan 342 · #15 04-17-2007, 02:21 PM

I'm supposed to be jamming right now. I have a sinus infection though so it threw a wrench in the works, I told them I was still down to play bass but just couldn't sing. We usually kick it off at 9 in the morning or so, and I wake up at noon with no calls. So I guess it's off for today. Lame. Next one is Thurs.

I know what you're talking about Wyatt, with the fun factor. I remember when I first started jamming I really didn't want to stop. Not so much in my last 2 bands, but in this third I actually dig the sound.

To comment on some other peoples stuff. Crimson Eye, you got that right. I used to make that excuse, and that's just what it is.. an excuse. Did nothing but take away from my playing and singing.

And to Rob-M, that's the way we swing it too. I usually write the lyrics on my own and the basic way I want it to sound, then when I jam with my guitar player on our own we punch it up and get it ready for the rest of the band. He usually writes about half the music with me.

Rob-M · #16 04-17-2007, 02:50 PM

Alan - it seems to work so much better that way =]

Otherwise everyone tries to add their own stuff to the lyrics and basic layout of the song...

Its always better if we tell them what to do in a way =]

brainhii · #17 04-20-2007, 09:28 PM

yay for you i really feel happy for you,

i love jammin with my friends. that reminds me, we were supposed to play today but they couldn't

DJ-Jazzy-Jay · #18 04-22-2007, 04:12 AM

Yeah, I remember that feeling. I mean, playing with the band gets me pumped and I get a great feeling out of it, but it`s not like the "OMG THIS IS TEH KEWL!!!!!!!!!!!" feeling I used to get.