Jimi75
March 26th, 2007, 07:24 AM
Okay folks, last friday we had the first rehearsal in 1,5 months with the metal band I am in. I have to say that we pre-composed 5 songs in the home studio and recorded them roughly.
On that friday I didn't hear myself very good, I felt a little uncomfortable with how my guitar hang around my neck and our drummer who came back from a 2 week surfing trip seemed to be mentally still on holiday.
Now you can say, okay it was just a bad day for rehearsing next time will be better, but it was not! I lost control over my playing and after that day I thought the follwing:
We all I guess spend quite alot of time in front of the computer making music. It's great for us, when you sit you can play the guitar the most comfortable position, if the backing track is to loud you just turn the volume down a little bit, you want this or that sound, just download the patch, if the guitar is not in tune you hear it immediately, slow down drumbeats, having a cup of fresh brewed coffee beside your desk and in case you need a tab, well I do not have to go further do I?
For the first time I felt like living off the fat of the land, but this is not what I wanted. Am I a two-faced guitar player now? someone who can play his best licks only in front of the computer...who's a good player also live, but never reaches the peak that he reaches when jamming virtually?
I rehearse twice a week and play live very often, so not enough live experience can not be the issue.
What I learned from this is that you can never exclude the human factor, I am very happy with the possibilities that we have through the whole computer thing, but there is nothing like the real live thing with a band.
On that friday I didn't hear myself very good, I felt a little uncomfortable with how my guitar hang around my neck and our drummer who came back from a 2 week surfing trip seemed to be mentally still on holiday.
Now you can say, okay it was just a bad day for rehearsing next time will be better, but it was not! I lost control over my playing and after that day I thought the follwing:
We all I guess spend quite alot of time in front of the computer making music. It's great for us, when you sit you can play the guitar the most comfortable position, if the backing track is to loud you just turn the volume down a little bit, you want this or that sound, just download the patch, if the guitar is not in tune you hear it immediately, slow down drumbeats, having a cup of fresh brewed coffee beside your desk and in case you need a tab, well I do not have to go further do I?
For the first time I felt like living off the fat of the land, but this is not what I wanted. Am I a two-faced guitar player now? someone who can play his best licks only in front of the computer...who's a good player also live, but never reaches the peak that he reaches when jamming virtually?
I rehearse twice a week and play live very often, so not enough live experience can not be the issue.
What I learned from this is that you can never exclude the human factor, I am very happy with the possibilities that we have through the whole computer thing, but there is nothing like the real live thing with a band.