I just can't seem to stop making mistakes...

[michla]

sometimes expecting yourself to "make mistakes" is a self-fulfilling prophecy ...think of it this way: "where the brain goes the body follows".
We all make mistakes but the best performers are those that know how to recover or even mask the mistake quickly. With experience, you'll figure out how to do that too

 

[SCOTT_GROVE]

Just keep on getting new drummers until your problem seems to go away.

 

[brainiac]

Was listening back to a couple of recent recordings we made from shows...

Bottom line is a lot of stuff I'm playing really well on, but I can't seem to stop making some mistakes more often than I'd like to, and this is even on tunes that I've spent a considerable amount of time practicing.

Tips for getting some of this stuff more ingrained?

Stop smoking that medical grade gage on every break! Of course, the gigs probably won't be as much fun.

 

[glocke1]

Stop smoking that medical grade gage on every break! Of course, the gigs probably won't be as much fun.

LOL...Yeah thats probably part of the problem. I get bored easily in the hour or two before a gig after we are setup and during breaks. I try not to puff, but it's everywhere and is unavoidable. That probably leads to some of the problems. I try to exercise more self control but usually end up failing.

Good advice in this thread. I'll have to start working more with a metronome on some of these tunes instead of just playing along to the album.

As for the song in question, its Sugar Magnolia, this specific part:
"
"B A E D A E B
I take me out and I wander around,
A E B
I walk around."

Not that difficult at all but somehow i always seem to have a decent chance of blowing it when it comes around. Whats really funny is that there are certainly much more challenging tunes by this band that I can play well (Help on the Way/Slipknot, Touch of Gray for example), but this simple change usually leaves me stumbling around.

 

[zachoff]

Switch to punk rock?

 

[OogieWaWa]

Key change. Edit: key change hidden in a bridge, yeah, that'll screw you up.

 

[Kinky Afro]

Actual practise = Less mistakes.

 

[pappabass]

1. Practice, 2. Stay focused when performing, my mind wanders, watching a game on the big screen, watching some chick walk by, listening to some weirdo chick who thinks she can sing ruin a song,
I am a neck watcher, our guitar player is a capo junkie, he will be in a G position and be 1 or 2 frets up. After wandering thoughts & you glance back, see the G position, so you play a G.
Funny, some easy repetitive songs I will miss note after note, other stuff that is hard with a 10 different chords, I will not miss a note. I tell everyone I play with that ' I will miss a note' they usually miss a couple too. Funny, my son who plays acoustic, never misses a note. He plays alternative stuff, dave Matthews, neil young, etc.