I haven't been playing much with other folks for a while. And I haven't been "practicing" in the traditional sense either. I've more been learning songs and playing alone on my acoustic. As a result, I'm realizing my timing has gone to shit. I want to start practicing with a metronome again but want a routine that will maximize my limited time. Anyone have a good routine? I'm looking for actual things to play, not just eliminate the clicks on the 2 & 4 type things.
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Do you have a looper? I always find those are a really simple and easy way to work on your timing and playing w/ a beat. I always think its great to play with a drummer if you can find one. Sometimes I think playing alone can just get dull, or cause you to lose your ability to mesh all the noise/sounds/elements of having multiple people.
But at the same time, I always wish i had a lot more time to sit down for a few hours and just work on complicated pieces or to write more interesting music. I think you really need both to get good.
Yeah, looper is a good idea.
Pump some tunes on your stereo and play along.
Write a song and record the rhythm parts, play along with it!
Also: James Brown. Play lots of James Brown
Can't recommend using a metronome enough. Especially when improvising, if your time is bad, nothing else matters. Playing on the grid is the absolute most important thing.
Loopers are a great tool, provided you use a metronome or tap tempo function. No matter how good a musician you are, if you're not using a metronome of some sort to loop, you will end up looping changes in slightly not-perfect time to practice with and therefore reinforcing bad habits.
Quote from: Stecks on March 21, 2014, 02:10:36 AM
Also: James Brown. Play lots of James Brown
^ play what he sings ;)
Funky vamping is like melodic cowbell.