Sight Reading Exercises, Learn To Sight Read on Guitar and Not be Bored While Learning! |
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Sight Reading Exercises, Learn To Sight Read on Guitar and Not be Bored While Learning! |
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Jan 15 2013, 06:21 PM |
It definitely depends on your personality ... and what you can stomach . I'm fortunate in that it doesn't bother me to play not so inspiring music with not so inspiring musicians - sometimes. You know, guitar in hand. I have plenty of creative output musically. Plus I have a 3 year old running around at home - trust me, that can be very 'creative', lol!
I like playing covers. Not so much Top 40 per se but specialized covers like 50s and 60s, funk and soul, classic rock, all bossa nova, etc. I know some guys hate doing any of that. That's cool. I just happen to be OK with it. I chalk it up to my individual personality. It's easy for me to not pay too much attention to a not so great gig - you know, tomorrow's another day and whatever. I know a lot of really great musicians who can't stomach it. If it impacts your other musical journey's then by all means don't subject yourself to it. But to take this back to the OP - reading music ... One of the positive by-products of being a decent reader is that "you just go do the mediocre gig". No rehearsing, no sweat, no hassle, no stress. Nobody wants to rehearse for and worry about a Top 40 wedding gig - all those bands have 'books', or they should so it's easy on the players and it keeps the band 'overhead' down. You get paid (usually pretty well), you go home, you work on your own thing. *Many times you also meet other great players. This post has been edited by klasaine: Jan 15 2013, 11:40 PM -------------------- - Ken Lasaine
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