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On Mar 14, 2:33?pm, Tim wrote:
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Got a call a little while ago from my guitar instructor. This guy
plays everything from classical to zydeco, and is very good. Well, his
rock band is playing a local club, told me to come by, and oh, don't
forget your guitar, it's time I got you to play to a crowd!!!! Now,
I've played quite a few years, have taken lessons a lot, and then
practiced alot, but I just never got comfortable with thinking I was
good enough to play with a DECENT band, kinda shy about it. He thinks
I'm good enough, so I'm going and I'm STOKED.

Playing with a band is much different than playing in a lone situation
and practicing.

You might get some stage fright. But that's OK, pretty soon you'll get
a groove with the rest of the band and it all works out well. can be
quite a rush actually. then you'll get the fever to be in a band
yourself.

Knock, em dead!

Yeah, that's why I've not done it, it's SO much different than sitting
in my bar/studio! By the way, I'm doing Mary Jane's Last Dance (Petty)
and Straight to Hell (Drivin' and Cryin') Good thing is, I know all of
the band pretty well. Thanks for the encouragement, I'll let you know
how bad I fall on my face!

Eh, you'll do OK. But unless they're a really great cover band, you'll
find that playing along to a cd is a whole lot different than live.

This is a phrase our bad says right before we start a gig. The guitar
guy grabs the mic and announces that "all mistakes are intentional. It
keeps you (the crowd) on your toes!"

If you screw up, you screw up. Don't think a thing about it you could
lose your whole mindset. . pick back up and Keep playing ....

I'm confident you'll have a blast.