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Jam Session

October 10, 2007 at 1:19 AM

Jam Session:

no amps,
3 guitars,
upright bass,
sax,
fiddle.

such fun,strings feeding off strings !
someone says,"i need an intro"---so i do the intro w/fiddle...
someone nods in my direction,as it's my turn to play---so,i play and it is SUCH a RUSH---for me AND the others !
sax comes in,taking the tunages down to the basement of the blues,every instrument joins in-
several solos by upright bass player.
everyone does solos on their piece.
a 'song' lasts 1 hour of a jam.
we do 2 'songs' eat something
then do 2 more hour pieces.

no notation------all from the heart....

great musical, sporting adventures to be found in this genre + it's tons of fun !!!

You described a jam session very well. Aren't they great?
In fact, if I lived near you, I'd ask to be invited. ;-)
Pauline,
You are always invited !
We only invite the very best.

Trouble is,with musicians and their various temperments,tis difficult for them to comply with a just-for-fun venue-sometimes,but when they do---they have the greatest fun,as we all do !

Everyone leaves happy,knowing their performance was well done and then,all is good.

Joe and Pauline,

The thing that I absolutely love about the improvising is that you do your own thing and get to be as creative as you want. I trained classically, of course, but the improvising frees you. And once you get the hang of it, you can really take off. I've never participated in a live jam session, but I would hope to one of these days, and I know I would love it. Right now, I just jam to the cds that I have. I experiment and try new things.

Carolyn, if you have nothing to do the first weekend of November and don't mind taking a drive up to Groton Mass....there's a fiddle weekend happening at the Stagecoach Inn and Tavern. It's a great weekend of workshops and jam sessions with many fine fiddlers in attendance. It's an annual event up this way. I made it to the one they had last Dec and it was a fantastic weekend. If you would like I can give you some more info about it.