Do you guys ever wish you could just sit down and have a HUGE jam session with the guitarists on this site. Theres a lot of people on here who know their sh*t, and I'm itching to jam out with em, and maybe learn a thing or two.
2007-11-06 02:51:43 · 9 answers · asked by excelsiorgtr420 3 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Blues
No. Sorry.
Maybe a class or a performance by the best of the best, but not a jam. I think it would be loaded with negative energy. Sometimes this group can get brutal!
2007-11-06 03:11:59 · answer #1 · answered by Rick W 5 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Yes I do, and it IS possible! Look up "internet jam sessions" or "internet guitar", and look for the websites that allow this - there are several. You will need something that connects your guitar to a computer, and depending on how far away they are from you there will be a "lag" time that you might have to adjust for. I'm going to try this myself using a Line 6 "Guitar Port", but any interface for a computer from a guitar should work.
However... once you start adding "too many cooks" its sometimes difficult to keep things under control. If there are 20 guitar players on here at the same time, who plays the leads? Only the "Outlaws" have ever been a band that has successfully had three lead soloists going at the same time - at least, that I know of. I have been at jams where there were 6 guitarists, but it worked because we were all in the same room and could give visual clues as to who should take a solo, and when. On the internet that might be a lot trickier. There ARE internet jam sessions, but I haven't been on one yet. Contact me for more information - maybe you and I could work on it? - Paul
2007-11-06 12:11:29 · answer #2 · answered by Paul Hxyz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It would have to be a round robin type of affair.
Tapes should be made and listened to to match up who should be in the same jam with whom.
It would be nice if the spirit of the jam session could be maintained. The spirit of mutual respect for what each person knew.
When I first started playing, we would set up jams because someone licked my rhythm work and thought they could add something to it that would make us both sound good.
The objective of the jam was to sound good not to boost someones ego at the expense of others.
2007-11-10 02:55:40 · answer #3 · answered by Robert J W 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Please,
more than one, two, or three guitarists in a room is just TOO much ego to contain.
Q: How many guitar players does it take to change a lightbulb?
A: 10. One to change the bulb, and nine to say "I could've done that faster/better"
A jam session with more than two or three guitar players is worse than a damn drum circle!
2007-11-06 11:19:20 · answer #4 · answered by conchobor2 6 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Yeah , that would be neat - i'm in! let's do this! LOL! Seriously , of course we're not going to have 25 guitarists playing all at once (as a few answers were worried about) , of course i'd be open to THAT just for the sheer effect of it. Everybody would take turns sitting in , and it would be cool.
2007-11-08 20:18:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ahhh.. the logistical challenges could rival the great pyramids... BUT, I do enjoy the forum very much. I enjoy reading all the answers. I don't get out too much (my wife will attest to that : - ) so, when I come here, it's sometimes like havin' a beer at the corner bar where there are alot of guitar players. Fun because it's my favorite topic!
2007-11-06 16:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It would be nice but theirs only one problem , we would half to restrict our self's to 12bar blues . Which I find to be a major problem and some people tune their Guitars to alternate tunings
2007-11-06 23:51:32 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah...that would be very cool.
And that would be far better than a chat room.
Imagine: a jam room!
Great idea!
2007-11-06 11:47:05 · answer #8 · answered by docscholl 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i think the allmans are looking
2007-11-07 22:26:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋