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I think I am. Or least I'm not afraid to make a fool of myself. From listening to my material in my profile, do you think I am. Or do I still need to study my craft more.(My material is all made up) I can also jam on the spot (fill in)
do you think I'm ready? Or as Cain said,"Master how will I know when I'm ready?) to join or try out for a band?

My 3 year old said "what's that?" When I played your songs. "Is that guy trying to play music?" To be honest with you from your music posted I would not ask you to play in a band with me. Just keep playing. You have improved. What are you trying to do in a band? Play leads on the keys? Or chords? Maybe you should get some chords together that accompany a cover and record that so you can know if that is doable. best of luck!

Wisdom form the mouth of babes- you can't beat it! LOL
So then I will go back to the drawing board, and add some more chords and scales to my repetoire, and redouble my efforts bud. Another question, while I have you ear; which songs so I keep, and which ones should I scrape?

Thanks

Presently I see myself playing lead in a jam, thats just the type of personality I have. I can fake it, and I can make people notice. I see a 2 or three man/woman band. Where you just go out there and jam, and do what feels good. I have done this sort of thing once. Once, with a guy who played the kanagas:) (bongos) He had a studio at his house. We were just having fun. But we sounded funky and were able to mesh. I'll give myself 2 or 3 more months.

Presently however, I am teaching myself chords. I have lewrned all the major chords, and know how to calculate the 1rt and 2nd ones from the root. (slowly, very slowly~)

One way to find out if you're ready is to find out if you're ready to find out that you're ready.

Play chords with your keyboard beat to nail down your rhythm. Play along with the stereo too. As far as which tracks to keep. I don't really know. They all seem about the same. Work on some chord repetition. Try to play 4 chords in a row and repeat them with a beat. Keep at it! It's good for the soul! Good luck!

Man, the best way to get ready is to be ready.
I am not a pro level musician on par with my peers here on Bandmix.
But with my band in tow, I have the confidence to do what I know, and continue to learn what I dont.
Nothing pushes the envelope like doing the actual task.
If you want to know how to fight, you got to take some butt kickins.
You cant learn to skydive if you dont jump out of an airplane.
If you want to play out, well you got to play out.
That being said, dont set yourself up to fail either. Work stategically within the confines of your ability, and learn baby learn.

Yo fisherman bob- talk about the proverbial tripple ripple in the pond, and a reflection triad-what you saying Buddy.I read your statement several times, and even gave it a Socrates Bypass, and tried to find a corner in a round room-but I'm lost like Moses-knowing you, it must be me-break it down-way down:)

Neandrathal- to me Royal Speedway, is good for the hip generation

Defying the Odds-Good for Any

And finally I Try So Hard-I went to the guts for this one. It's about a man pleading with his woman, but nothing he does seems to satisfy her. I'm sure you know what I'm talking about The others, I can see what your son is talking about. And I am willing to scrape those. What do you think?

In a lot off ways I'm like you. About the parachute and all that is. But I relate my own experience to a diving board. You can't learn to swim unless you dive in. Which I did. And it work for me, but it didn't for my brother, when I gave him the same advice. He almost drowned me, but now he's an eagle scout, a special agent, and a retired Ltc. But he can't dance or do da funk!

Writer,

Just do like the rest ous have done

When I started I basically played 3 chord punk rock or something similiar, I evolved into blues based rock with a little metal

I played some bluegrass religious music, then religious rock for a while

The some prog material

Now Im right back where I started 3 chord punk

What Im trying to say is just keep going, if you can play with other folks that will progress you along quicker and if you cna get in some sort of group and do a gig or two, well thats worth 100 practices for me.

Thats on hard name to spell- I know what it mean (caveman) but have a hard time spelling it.

I'll take your advice and heed. I already know 4 chords comfortably.

C Major

D Major (which I call the Afternoon Delight Chord) because it helps me remember thier notes. d,f#and an a note.
(doesn't make sense does it LOL)
F Major
and

cheating now while I refer to notes

And I forgot the G Chord-which is" Good Boys Don't" or "DO" whichever is your persuasion.

and the E Major- I probably could of fiquared it out anyway

that G flat Major (damn that sounds strange,rare, or hybredic or somethin

Okay, I'd work on getting some more chords, if I were you. Learn some minors, if you want to rock. Work on your scales, from which all your leads flow. Learn to improv by playing with recordings - where can you go that the original ppl didn't, while staying within the confines of the chord structure? Does it sound forced or awkward? How comfortable are you with your chosen tones, & do you apply them in pleasant ways?

There's a lot involved. You can do it, if you have the ear for it, & the drive to learn & apply that which you've learned. I was out with a band after 2 months of playing in my basement, but I was 16 at the time...these days, after picking up a new instrument, I'm a lot more careful about how I sound, & perhaps I shouldn't be, but I have a rep to consider. (LOL)

You should prolly try playing some cover leads note for note, to get your chops up, too, while you're working on things.

Good luck. I'm glad to see that you're taking things a bit more seriously. Keep at it.

jw123-as not embarass myself I am going to take your advice about learning a few chords jamming with a few other guys ds fluently, and playing for fun. And philbymon, thanks for getting down so hard on me at first. You basiccally said in Army/Marine talk (NOT IN MY BACK YARD, YOU DON'T ) Iam also going to do what you said. While at first playing a few chords on various songs, I am going to continue to learn the major and minor, and the inversions.
Thats the cool thing about music-it's like an amebia swimming in mercury-it's ever evolving, and overlapping. Out of the knowledge of real music one can dissect electronic music. But electronic music cannot dissect real music , because it is birthed from the real music.