Playing guitars with new people while camping?
I keep thinking about taking my Acoustic Bass 4 string with me when ever we camp? Hoping I might find people to jam with around the camp fire. What is your experience with this plan?
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This thread reminds me of a co-worker's comment about how when she and her husband camp, he'll bring out his guitar and play and sing in the evenings. She always insists that he is quiet and you can't hear it beyond their campsite. Yet, she also always claims that other campers constantly come up to their campsite because they think it's a radio playing...
Now, I have camped with musicians, I have spent nights around the campfire singing, etc. The one thing I can say is that if someone comes up because they think you have the radio on, it's not a compliment to your talents. They are coming to tell you to turn the darn thing off. (And I've heard him play and he does NOT know how to temper his playing for a quiet setting - he plays as if he's in a beer joint regardless of when or where he is. And, because he let his teeth rot out, you just hear toothless rumbling.)
I love music, but I don't want to hear American Idol rejects when I'm camping... actually, I don't want to hear American Idol winners when I'm camping. And I REALLY don't want to hear dueling banjos.
Now, I have camped with musicians, I have spent nights around the campfire singing, etc. The one thing I can say is that if someone comes up because they think you have the radio on, it's not a compliment to your talents. They are coming to tell you to turn the darn thing off. (And I've heard him play and he does NOT know how to temper his playing for a quiet setting - he plays as if he's in a beer joint regardless of when or where he is. And, because he let his teeth rot out, you just hear toothless rumbling.)
I love music, but I don't want to hear American Idol rejects when I'm camping... actually, I don't want to hear American Idol winners when I'm camping. And I REALLY don't want to hear dueling banjos.
