Got on stage for the first time for a blues jam Sunday.

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Originally Posted by lopxtc

Well this is kind of a follow-up to a posting I did two weeks ago asking for pointers prior to going to a blues jam. At that time I got intimidated and backed down from going on stage. This time around though I finally got on stage and got three songs ...

Let me tell you I wish I could say that I played three songs and brought the house down, but nervousness got me good that evening.

My rhythm and timing was spot on ... and was one of the things that everyone told after it was over was actually quite good and they could tell that I could feel the music and swing to the shuffles and other songs.

Where I blew it was the chord changes ... Im used to typical four bar pattern (I,I,I,I,IV,IV,I,I,V,V,I,V .. repeat) so when they called a shuffle in A I was totally ready. What I didnt plan on and what threw me was that at this place a typical shuffle is actually a quick IV shuffle, with a IV chord in the 2 bar ...

I should have been able to catch that as I practice this with a metronome all the time, but I think nerves just cause me to mess up.

The good news is that everyone there knew I was a beginner and this was my first time on stage (only started two years ago), and they said that my timing was great and that I just need to;

A) Get up there more and get used to the stage.
B) Get used to hearing the changes.

And that I would be doing great ....

Aaron

First off Congrats on getting up there, Had a similar experience earlier in the year. I'm from STL and am somewhat familiar with the blues scene, where did you play at?