That BAM thing is great, isn't it? I think a very high level of
concentration is necessary. The catch is - not putting all your
concentration onthe act of concentrating. I'm pretty good at getting the
BAM thing to kick in, butsometimes it's just a bad day for me.
Here's what I do when I've just gotten together with some guys to play
and what I'm playing doesn't feel right to me. I stop playing until I
have what I can only describe as a _need_ to play a note. Before that
happens, I always get the very uncomfortable feeling that I'm not doing
my job as bass player and that I should play along, even though I'm not
inspired to play anything specific. It seems like as soon as I shake that
feeling, I get ideas, not just things that kinda work over thechanges.
Make sense to anyone?
Maybe it's just the relief of stress from not playing when I know I'm
probably expected to. I also usually play my best solos after I've hit a
note which I didn't mean to hit. The worse the note, the better the rest
of the gig. I get emotional when I hit a wrong note or when I feel like
I'm f****ng up by not backing up the band the way I should be.
Hope you BAM today,
Luke