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In my experience, you 'know' when you are truly ready to be in a fully gigging band.

My advice would be to keep practicing your rudiments, shuffles etc until you feel confident enough to have an informal jam with your friends. I find that playing with people that are more skilled than you can be beneficial as it encourages you to raise your game. Once you feel that you are ready (or nearly ready) for a jam with some buddies, I would simply ask them if they are up for a few 'no strings attached' jams. A true musician, let alone friend, would respect the fact that you are looking to improve and accommodate and advise rather than belittle and pressurize you.


This should give you that 'live' experience, and confidence that (in my opinion) you simply can't learn practicing by yourself.


This is what worked for me, so I thought I'd share some love!

I was standing in the park today thinking, why does that football get bigger and bigger the longer I look at it? Then it hit me...

My boss invited me over for dinner the other night, and it was a disaster! His wife said to me 'how many potatoes would you like?' I said 'oh just one,' to which she replied 'you don't have to be polite you know!' So I said 'oh all right then! Just one you ugly cow!'

I auditioned for a play last week. I didn't get the part due to'artistic differences' but I stand by the fact that my script CLEARLY said 'enter Juliet from the rear.'

My grandfather died recently. A sad loss for all. He was the owner of the best kebab shop in town. He insisted that he would be buried with all his equipment. His shop is now being converted into a strip club. Poor sod must be turning in his grave...

I said to my wife recently 'so, it's your birthday next month. What do you want? A car? A new diamond ring? Anything you want!' 'I want a divorce,' she replied. 'Jeez,' I said, 'I didn't plan on spending THAT much...'

My girlfriend and I had to leave our local pub early the other night due to a barrage of insults. They were all shouting 'pedophile'at mu just because she's 22 and I'm 40. To be perfectly honest, it completely ruined our tenth anniversary...

(*disclaimer - although it's obvious that none of these happened, I feel I should just make it perfectly clear for the last one!)