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Originally Posted by flyman
thanks for your input man....every little bit helps.
and thanx for listenin'
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Not a problem.
Here's a nugget someone told me about 20 years ago that has everything to do with having the utmost confidence in what you play, be it your music or someone elses. I won't tell you who told me this because you'll either think it is bullshit or that I'm some caddy name dropper.
It doesn't matter if you play to 20,000 or 20 people, rehearsing or just jamming, or if you are sitting in your home alone practising. ALWAYS play to the best of your ability and make it sound as good as it can sound.
What happens when you adopt this mentality is that your listening to the overall sound either alone or with others becomes acutely trained to the point where inadequacies stand out like a sore thumb on your part or others. You will become a tighter player, a more professional sounding player and others, if they are listening will fed off of that also, making everything sound better. Confidence goes way up if things always sound good. And the interesting thing too is that once you start that, you can't stop it. It becomes you.
If you already know that then that's great. If I didn't get that advice when I did, who knows, I could be driving a cab now or something other than what I am doing. Hope it helps you or anyone else reading this.