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Once again, it's time for the FNGT!

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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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I play along with the programmed drum tracks in my casio keyboard a lot, that's kind of the same, its just a beat instead of just a click.

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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