Well, it is still, just barely, Sunday here. Today was a two-fer first. The first, first is, I played two "gigs" today. An open jam here at Guitar Center, and an open mic at Coffee Culture in Gainesville. The open mic was your standard, get up and do a few songs. But the second first was, the jam at Guitar Center was almost a band setting. We had a bass player, a drummer, and a lead guitarist, along with me. Now, I do sometimes practice at home along with one of the rhythm tracks on my Yamaha keyboard, but playing with a real live person drummer is a totally new experience. I don't know too many cover tunes. A few blues tunes, which as it turns out, neither the lead guitarist nor bass player knew. They were awesome! Of course, the drummer was really the guy who kept the rhythm for all of us, and I thought at the time I followed him pretty well. Now, as it turns out, the lead guitar player is also my guitar teacher with whom I have a lesson tomorrow. I'll be able to talk to him about how well I really did('nt). Hopefully he will be brutally honest with me.
phil g.