You're right, Robin. When I think of all the ironing out/combing through of harmonies, none of that happens with instrumentals, which I guess are deemed to be something you're to take care of on your own. I'm off to practice. It's definitely a confidence thing.
On Nov 10, 8:29 am, Robin Gravina <[email protected]> wrote: > Funny you should mention that. After realising that the excitement of > launching into a break was making me speed up and lose timing, I spent > yesterday working out and practicing breaks to some of our newer songs: It > did seem to be useful to figure out something that sounds good in context > using the various ideas that are in my head somewhere: I'm definitely not > good enough to have those ideas in my fingers, and to be able to reproduce > them on the cuff. Also, once you get confident about the learned break, it > seems to be easier to improvise off of that, or at least to develop it with > other ideas. > > But I speak as someone who is fumbling around with this! > > Also, what I realised recently is that in our group practices, we don't > really practice solos, just play them: so we started doing each solo three > times each time we play the song: I think it really helps to get that time > to play something comfortably without the pressure of creating a masterpiece > in the one moment you have available....On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Val > Mindel <[email protected]> wrote: > > Anyone have advice on working up breaks? I'm feeling lame, in a wash > > of post-gig angst on the subject. Singing is usually what I'm hired to > > do, and I do lots of songs in less-than-friendly string keys (flat > > keys, F#, like that). Obviously more practice is the ticket, but I > > don't know how to practice. Should I create a break and then memorize > > it or hope my musical vocabulary improves to the point I can spit out > > something coherent in the moment. Oddly enough, I can usually manage a > > fine or at least a passable off-the-cuff break in a jam, but when the > > crunch comes all those good ideas seem inaccessible. val > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Taterbugmando" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]<taterbugmando%[email protected]> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Taterbugmando" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/taterbugmando?hl=en.
