Went to our new regular Jam night last night and I had an absolute Mare.
The Amy song that the singer and I thought we had down pat didn't work because they like to "adjust the timings and not leave so much space with just the Sax going on". Shame they didn't tell us! So that was a non starter.
After that things went from bad to worse with a predominance of Guitar only Blues and some other songs that I simply didn't know.
By the time it got to about 11pm my confidence was at an all time low and I didn't even feel able to improv on basic chords/scales. We finally left at 12.45 (I have a 5.15am alarm for a 7am start), at least my friend L had a good time with lots to do.
Today however, I wonder why I ever thought I'd be able to play Sax, I was clearly dellusional.
Does anyone else ever feel like this? I know that some of my problem is that I'm not pushy enough about material but I practise stuff on spec then get disappointed if someone else doesn't suggest we play it.
I suppose I need to do something liike develop some stock riffs in various keys/genres that I can be confident about dropping into pieces even when I don't know them.
Oh yes and we have our original fortnightly Jam night tonight, not sure that I should go tbh.
The Amy song that the singer and I thought we had down pat didn't work because they like to "adjust the timings and not leave so much space with just the Sax going on". Shame they didn't tell us! So that was a non starter.
After that things went from bad to worse with a predominance of Guitar only Blues and some other songs that I simply didn't know.
By the time it got to about 11pm my confidence was at an all time low and I didn't even feel able to improv on basic chords/scales. We finally left at 12.45 (I have a 5.15am alarm for a 7am start), at least my friend L had a good time with lots to do.
Today however, I wonder why I ever thought I'd be able to play Sax, I was clearly dellusional.
Does anyone else ever feel like this? I know that some of my problem is that I'm not pushy enough about material but I practise stuff on spec then get disappointed if someone else doesn't suggest we play it.
I suppose I need to do something liike develop some stock riffs in various keys/genres that I can be confident about dropping into pieces even when I don't know them.
Oh yes and we have our original fortnightly Jam night tonight, not sure that I should go tbh.