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Post by funkyjazz82 on Feb 13, 2007 12:38:51 GMT -7
I just want to say I gig at least 4 nights a week and sometimes I'm on and sometimes I'm not. Why is that? Why is it that some nights when you have the right guitar you sound perfect and love every note in your solo and then the next night you play the same guitar and you can't do what you did the night before? Or, when you are being recorded and you think you played a crappy solo but when you hear it back on tape it sounds great? Sometimes the music messes with my mind, am I going crazy? Does anyone feel this way?
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Post by Dr.T on Feb 13, 2007 12:43:20 GMT -7
When I record I change idea 10 times of what I've done...
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Post by billyguitar on Feb 13, 2007 14:07:47 GMT -7
In the 70s I played 6 nights a week for about 2 years straight. I hardly ever had a bad night playing but lost a lot of enthusiasm. After that the excitement went up but the chops went down. Usually a recorded solo sounds the same to me later, good or bad, just like it felt when it went down.
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Post by Joey Beverages on Feb 13, 2007 14:19:42 GMT -7
I just want to say I gig at least 4 nights a week and sometimes I'm on and sometimes I'm not. Why is that? Why is it that some nights when you have the right guitar you sound perfect and love every note in your solo and then the next night you play the same guitar and you can't do what you did the night before? Or, when you are being recorded and you think you played a crappy solo but when you hear it back on tape it sounds great? Sometimes the music messes with my mind, am I going crazy? Does anyone feel this way? First, gotta say you are not alone on this one. Call it what you will, but I think it's that great unknown force that encourages, teases and punishes us all and makes us keep playing (and buying Zs and guitars). While it sounds hokey - just roll with it and see what you can gain from the variety of 'good times, good tones' and the 'no-so-good'. Play on ;D
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Post by cashandkerouac on Mar 3, 2007 12:59:26 GMT -7
i agree. it is a normal experience. i remember recording a song in the studio many years ago and it felt like i was fighting with the drummer throughout the whole song (tempo-wise). we just didn't seem to be in the same groove at all. when we listened to it later it sounded just fine (pretty good actually). i was both confused and surprised. in the end i learned that perception is very subjective and it's best to stay focused and roll with it.
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Post by benttop (Steve) on Mar 3, 2007 13:05:22 GMT -7
I just want to say I gig at least 4 nights a week and sometimes I'm on and sometimes I'm not. Why is that? Why is it that some nights when you have the right guitar you sound perfect and love every note in your solo and then the next night you play the same guitar and you can't do what you did the night before? Or, when you are being recorded and you think you played a crappy solo but when you hear it back on tape it sounds great? Sometimes the music messes with my mind, am I going crazy? Does anyone feel this way? Must be going around - I just saw this exact same subject on a local forum here. I think we all experience this to one extent or another. Back in the middle '90's I took a class at work about visualization. So I started visualizing myself playing great, and having a ton of fun doing it. I would start doing the visualizations before I left for the gig, do it all the way to the gig and then just play. It made a huge difference for me. It's been a long time since I practiced it, actually, but then I stopped having really bad nights after that. Your mind has more control over this than you realize. Try it!
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Post by deltone on Mar 3, 2007 21:08:19 GMT -7
We have a saying when occasionally things don't go so well, or when someone makes a kinda obvious or big mistake, "That's God keeping you humble."
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Post by hdahs143 on Mar 3, 2007 21:47:12 GMT -7
We have a saying when occasionally things don't go so well, or when someone makes a kinda obvious or big mistake, "That's God keeping you humble." And the congregation said, Amen!
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Post by propellr on Mar 9, 2007 7:50:18 GMT -7
I think it was Miller Beer who said, "Some Days are Better than Others."
If you didn't have a critical mind, you wouldn't play guitar. Comes with the territory. Take the good with the bad. Nice to have those recordings. Put them away for a while until your nerves settle, then listen again and remain surprised.
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