Making silly mistakes

lloyd

At rehearsals last night I was fine (after my hands warmed up...bloody freezing) played all our tunes, of which I've written 90% of my parts. But one section of a song I just couldn't get one riff to sound right, it's not a difficult piece to play, I wrote it and have played it a million times-at home, rehearsals and have gigged it. It's the only bit I screwed up all evening, no biggie just not the right timing exactly....Why would that happen, or is it just one of those things? Anyone else experience it?

Teetonetal

Yeah, I put it down to over familiarity, sometimes you play something so much that it goes on auto pilot, but then for no reason at all that auto pilot breaks and you screw up - then it's hard to remember how the damn thing really goes as subtle change takes place over time....

randomhandclaps

Teetonetal said:

Yeah, I put it down to over familiarity,

Yes, this.... or early onset dementia.

jd0272

Yeah, sometimes the fingers just 'forget' even half way through a tune.

We're only human after all.

lloyd

I blame it on the green pick @jd0272 haha, I did get one, but too stiff for me for some songs-I liked it for others though...will keep experimenting

jd0272

Greens rule dude....

hobbio

I went to join in with a sound-effect type part, just a low rumble in D for an evil character and got no sound. Checked volume, leads, switch etc and all was fine.

Looked down - tuner was still on. At least I know it was a D I was playing...

nickp

I recon, rightly or wrongly, that I only own songs after I've gigged them a few times - something to do with some internal confidence thing

before then anything can happen 

red plectrums rule.  it is a known fact.  almost goes without sayin'

EricTheWeary

Silly mistakes?
You called ?

PolarityMan

What I think is most shocking is this almost magical obsession with certain colours of picks, especially when it's so clear that black ones are best.

meltedbuzzbox

PolarityMan said:

What I think is most shocking is this almost magical obsession with certain colours of picks, especially when it's so clear that black ones are best.

you mean white

mistakes happen. I usually find if I am having to think about what I need to do next that is when I will fuck it all up. 

It happens, dont let it get to you

mike_l

I don't make mistakes.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Believe that, you'll believe anything 

MatthewShreddery

That's live music. Don't beat yourself up about it.

lloyd

Nah I'm not beating myself up about it, I make mistakes all the time! Just wondering why that one in particular-it probably is overfamiliarity, I'll try and unlearn it!

PolarityMan

meltedbuzzbox said:

PolarityMan said:

What I think is most shocking is this almost magical obsession with certain colours of picks, especially when it's so clear that black ones are best.

you mean white

Join the dark side!

Rocker

Tortoiseshell colour picks rule. Other colors are Chinese made fakes

GavRichList

Everyone makes them. easily done, especially if it's a repetitive part with subtle changes.... Same concept as red light recording syndrome, or RLRS.

lloyd

I get the red light fever.....

jd0272

MatthewShreddery;480380" said:

That's live music. Don't beat yourself up about it.

We're doing a Biker Gig tomorrow eve, might be some big hairy blokes doing the beating for me..

midlifecrisis

mistakes !  isn't that how jazz was invented

midlifecrisis

I don't make mistakes, I just take tonal detours.