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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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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?

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That'd be the one. I'd argue to say it launched Dylan's career, expanding out of the folks scene.

Noteworthy: There are now all sorts of electrical instruments at the folk fest. I've been at least a half dozen times, though I've never performed there.

It was also notable that he had a backing band. At the time, that wasn't really done. If you had a band, they weren't backing you - but were also musicians. Picture Peter Paul and Mary - they were all musicians, nobody in the back providing other music (more often than not). They too would change with the times, but at the time it was what was just done.

So, folk music changed a great deal. It really was a monumental moment in music history.