Angus Macinnes
Senior Member
I was thinking maybe you could do the solo from My Pal Foot Foot by the Shaggs. Just kidding of course.
I'll be playing with Yolanda & her collection of uber musicians Thank goodness for that eh! Imagine solo = no friggin way man!!!
That's a tough call "on the fly" for any player!One of the first times I ever had the confidence to request a sit-in with a band at a club.
And they chose "Take 5" and asked that I take a solo.
I could do it now, but I was unfamiliar with the song. You can imagine how it went. Not well.
Thanks for chiming in Abe - miss you here...
Awesome! Do your thang, Andy. Just dont try and be Keith, or Todd, at it will sound great. Trust me.
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Subjective of course Anthony, but I very much appreciate your sage like advice & support.but you can play Andy
Very kind of you to say that. Yeah, I'm now looking forward to it (although with a healthy dose of trepidation). Yolanda uses players like Nicolas Viccaro (have you heard him go for it? = insane!). I'll never get close to that, but I'm hoping I don't have to. An early evening slot would suit me fine, y'know, before it gets "silly".You can do it Andy! Nothing virtuoso here, only plain groove, you're good at it
Very kind of you to say that. Yeah, I'm now looking forward to it (although with a healthy dose of trepidation). Yolanda uses players like Nicolas Viccaro (have you heard him go for it? = insane!). I'll never get close to that, but I'm hoping I don't have to. An early evening slot would suit me fine, y'know, before it gets "silly".
The guitar player in my blues band asked if I would be interested in drumming on a sort of re-establishing of one of his old bands. I said, "Sure!" Well, it turns out that one of the other members was a woman whom I'm a big fan of. She's very well known locally. She has a great Bonnie Raitt vibe about her. I got a text yesterday that we're all getting together for a jam this weekend. I'm a bit nervous...
Drummers being in the audience is the best reason I can think of to not over play. I'll leave that honour to everyone elsedon't try to overplay just because the audience is composed by drummers.
There's every possibility we'll be providing the kit, so that certainly won't be happening!If things go badly, you can always trash the kit on stage in a fury, then straighten up and say, "I meant to do that",