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**Once again, it's time for the FNGT!** If you don't know how this works, [click this link](https://fngt.gq/index.php?page=intro). That link will take you to another site to give you some additional information and tell you about some of our off-site features. That's also the site where we will host the weekly guitar threads, should Poal go down. **NOTE:** That site is by invitation only. If you want an invite, and you're a regular participant, then just ask Crazy, or myself. If you do know what's going on, you probably don't need to click that link - but you may want to, to make sure you know of the other features, such as the archive or a separate forum that's invite only. Remember, we are guests here on Poal. Let's act like it. If you're interested in supporting Poal, then [you can donate](https://poal.co/donate).

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Yup. Playing to GOOD backing tracks also helps. Timing is really important - and timing gets harder with the more people you add.

Timing is easy with one person. It's much harder with a dozen people. It's even harder if you have a hundred people.

You don't have a conductor keeping time for you, so practicing with a click track is a good idea. If you have IEMs, that's also a good way to use click tracks while performing.

With BDE, sound can cue up a click track through the IEMs - but we only use it for the first measure. So, they cue up the right click, it clicks for a measure, and we come in on time. It can be pretty confusing if you're running directly from one song into another, but you adapt quickly.

See? LOL If you start a band, I'll have all sorts of help for you! I know ALL the things! (Not really. The list of shit I don't know could fill a book. Hell, it probably does fill a book, I just haven't read it yet!)

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LoL Well we will see how things go tomorrow. I was all drunk and just playing whatever I felt like would sound good to what those two guys were playing. They had some original songs that they were working on themselves that they were playing and I was just winging it along with them trying to stay in the right key and hit the chord changes. They really like what ever it was that I was doing. So that's cool. The drummer seemed to keep good time, but like I said I was really drunk.

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As you're new and aren't formally trained (which includes learning to play with others) in your particular instruments - practice, practice, practice. There's a whole lot of differences when playing as a group.

Then, rehearse, rehearse, rehearse. The more you play together, the better it will be. This is an immutable law. Well, no... But it's close to being a law. If you're NOT getting better after rehearsing a bunch, it's time to leave the band idea for a while, at least with those people.

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I dunno your familiarity with rock (and folk, or Dylan) history, but this popped into my inbox a little while ago:

https://www.guitarworld.com/features/bob-dylan-newport-folk-festival-fender-stratocaster

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I have heard the story about Bob playing some gig with an electric guitar and all the folk music people going nuts about it. Shows how dumb people are. But is that the one that caused all the stir?