Re: How does it work when people are playing together?
Originally Posted by
Sue Rieter
Sure. But thanks for mentioning it.
In the last few years, I've been lead to understand more and more that how one says something is often as important as what one says. Even more so online in an international community.
That’s all the more relevant when contrasting something written vs. the identical words spoken. Many an online misunderstanding or war of words would have been avoided had tone of voice been possible in the posted text.
Back on topic, jams are most successful and fulfilling when the players are adaptable and amenable to changing. I get emotional heartburn when something like Bob Seger’s Turn the Page gets all bluegrasses up or Janis Joplin’s/Big Mama Thornton’s Piece of My Heart is played perky! It’s painful to me to play them that way but it’s a jam and I’m not in charge so I go along for the ride. I expect everyone to play together with similar, or at least compatible, feel though as grassrootphilosopher noted, with some folks “Discussion was fruitless.” At my age I’ve experienced many 5-minute intervals in life that were seriously worse than a song I like played in a style I dislike.
A couple years in, now, and still learning!
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