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Tonight, I'll be rehearsing with JoS for the first time in a week. Actually, tonight will be the first time in a week that I have played at all. I took a week off from playing just to try and regroup a bit.
I've started to get bored with what I'm doing. JoS plays lots of different songs from a number of genres, but they're not always the most challenging of things to play (1-4-5, with the occasional 2 or 6 thrown in for grins). I understand why we play what we play there (it's what the people want), but it doesn't make it all that much more enjoyable. I'm starting to not play as well as I know I can, and I think it's because I'm starting not to care about what I'm doing. Playing Blink-182 songs over and over again is not quite my dream job.
A&S is also starting to not be as much fun as it used to be. It's fun enough, but it seems that the originals are stuck in a rut -- Key of F, Phrygian mode, three stop breaks (on or about 1:15, 2:40 and 4:05) and about 102 bpm. I was hoping to learn more unusual things, like Arabic scales, Persian rhythmic patterns and the like. I do enjoy what we are doing, I just wish it was more.
And then there's NGB. They are probably going to have a decent amount of success. One of my goals musically is to tour with a successful band. This would seem likely to fit that bill, but I'm balking. The music that they play is pretty good, but not much from a bass point of view (lots of straight sixteenth notes).
I think I might need to find something new for inspiration.
Posted by Casper at March 17, 2004 10:56 AMWhat would be the ideal music situation for yourself? If you are bored, what are you going to do for yourself to change it?
Posted by: someone at March 17, 2004 11:26 AMThe quick answer to the latter question is not enough. As far as the former one, let me think on that for a bit. I'll probably write it up later as it's own post.
Posted by: Casper at March 17, 2004 02:09 PM