I totally corpsed it at jam night last night but I learned a few things
i have two nights a month agreed with partner as acceptable. We have a lot on to do but she accepts that I WFH full time and need to get out of the house. I have to be back by 10 as the dogs barking will wake the kids. No issue with that. I don’t get much if any practice time but managed to play through and chart Johnny b Goode in B
the usual drummer there knows I have a curfew and promised to get me
on early but got distracted and another band went on at 9. The singer kept telling them to slow down and he was visibly struggling to keep up. They spotted me and my bass two minutes before I had to leave and I felt pressured to go on, conflicted as I had to get going, slightly nervous anyway plus also wary of the speed thing.
They spent ages arguing about whether to do it in A or B, settling on B and then telling me my starting note was A. I knew that was wrong. The guitarist then took off at breakneck speed before stopping, and waiting for everyone else before going off at breakneck speed again. I realised it was all going to pot and then lost my place. At the end I apologised for losing the plot and they said they hadn’t realised I had a curfew. I told them I’d come back better next time
I learned that
1. I cannot see the position clearly if I’m not lit. The stage looked bright from out in the room but I realised it wasn’t when I got there. More than once I realised that I was a fret out
2. I’ll never buy a dark wood f board for that reason
3. there’s no guarantee that a band will
stick to the original speed, or arrangement
4. I’ve played successfully with other solo players but never a band, I need to practice with a drummer, perhaps I can ask the usual drummer if he can spare some
time
5. I need more practice
6. it was shockingly loud and I could not hear the drummer