Tonight, this was more of a knee-jerk reaction to the fact that I hadn't done a gig so far this week, and with Sam not doing the open nights this week, Katies was all I had left. Still, that doesn't mean that I didn't get anything out of it...
I ended up jamming with LC and Rob, always a pleasure. LC kicked the first one off with a funky bass line, which I followed with some choppy-choppy barre chords. Holding the chords together with LC's bass line was simple enough, but I think it's a testament to how long it's been since I've jammed properly on guitar that I kept losing my notes every time I tried to put a bit of lead work in there. I can do it on bass but for some reason not on guitar, it's something I think I should work at but then again I usually end up playing bass at this sort of thing anyway.
Next, inspired by Matt from The Fakes at band practice tonight, we had a go at She Hates Me by Puddle of Mudd. Considering I've never really played it in Eflat tuning before, and LC and Rob had never played it before at all as far as I know, we actually did quite well. I clocked a few reactions from some of the younger guys in the room tonight; it's the same with anybody over the age of 25, play them a song they grew up with and they will love it no matter how good or bad you play.
I led the next jam, this time with a funky but heavy riff. LC followed it well but what made this one interesting was the fact that I kept modulating it up a key. The riff usually remained the same so it wasn't too hard to follow but it keeps you on your toes. I enjoyed the breakdown part at the end of it!
I guess what I need to keep in mind about nights like this is that I'm always going to be playing with people who are better - or at least, do things differently - to me. I'll never be wasting my time playing with LC and Rob, and it's going to improve my playing a lot playing with some different people to the usual crowd (which, in the general context of guitar, is exclusively the Fakes these days.)
So thanks to LC for putting that on, I might be down there with Perception at the end of the month, you never know...
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