Any sydney ppl wanna jam?

mike_sp · Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:20 am Post subject: Any sydney ppl wanna jam?

Hi all. Havent been here for ages.

Hopefully music will make me come out of my shell.
I would love to jam with others instead of playing by myself all the time so..
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I'm 29, play guitar alittle and live in northern suburbs.
Prefer rock (eg, guns n roses, beatles, buckethead ) but open to anything.

ps. does it take any1 else ages to write a post, lol.

mike_sp · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 12:59 am Post subject:

So i'm at work and notice a guy at the counter holding a guitar case and I said to myself, "just go up and say hi"
Nervous but determined, i struck up a conversation about his guitar and music. I was a little awkward and looked nervous i'm sure but he seemed ok.

After he finished with the receptionist and was leaving he struck up another conversation. Then i told him if he ever came back to practice to leave his number with the recpetionist and i'll call him so i can come and watch.

Little steps but huge thing for me to take the initiative and start a conversation with a stranger.

May never see him again but the point is i'm glad i made the effort to reach out and not let the anxiety scare me off.

Spearmint · Newbie User Joined: Jan 30, 2007 Posts: 81

Chihiro · Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:15 pm Post subject:

Hey good for u! I wouldn't have the courage to do that with a stranger though, happy that it worked for u.

I live in Sydney too but i'm not blessed with a talent in music nor do i like rock.

Confused

How is it in Sydney now? i've been abroad for a few months.

mike_sp · Posted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:08 am Post subject:

I also wanna say, when i forced myself to say hi to that guy, it was really hard, but because i wanted to meet someone with a common interest, it made me more determined not to quit. (and the fact that after 29yrs i'm sick of passing up opportunities)

Sure, move to sydney Spearmint. The harbour areas nice with places like the darling harbour, cocklebay wharf and then theres 'the Rocks' weekend markets and stuff. The city is really cool though and i love china town.
Sydney traffic sucks though Sad

Sydneys been ok Chihiro. Having sparadic rain but mostly sunny.
Federal election coming in up 2 weeks. Michelle corbys in the news for bribing prison guards to go to the beach lol.

and its never too late to learn an intrument!

slowmotiondaydream · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:48 am Post subject:

hey mike..well done with your achievement.

i find it better not to think about starting a conversation and whats the weirdest thing is that something within me sparks something and it makes me comment about something to someone unintentionally when im standing with some random person (but this doesn't happen very often). then when i've said what i wanted to say, i think to myself 'what the hell was that all about?' as if my mind is having a conversation with itself on its own.

ah indeed, sydney traffic sucks...well we got saturday election coming up to change that
has anyone been to pancakes on rocks?

mike_sp · Posted: Wed Mar 21, 2007 6:17 am Post subject:

Thanks slowmotiondaydream.
Sounds like your natural impulses to comment on things (as we all do) except you let them out sometimes.

i tried going to pancakes at the rocks but the que was too huge!

unintentional · Newbie User Joined: Mar 30, 2007 Posts: 5

I play the piano, took the unfortunate path of sticking to the classical to get through the exams but can jam a bit depending on the style and I adore the Beatles Very Happy

I'm kind of out of practice because I don't have anyone to play with and it just gets depressing that I can't perform infront of anyone, didn't find it relaxing anymore, just stressful thinking how good I might have been "if only"...

I also love pancakes on the rocks Very Happy

I used to go as often as I could when I was in my "OK" stage and went at non-lunch times to avoid the queues (I even had a date there!) but now I've dropped back down into this SP pit and tugging on that rope to get back up again. (sometimes it gets really noisy in there and that makes me more nervous and my muscles more tense)

So I may be up for a jam if location permits! (oh I am in Sydney too)

blinkybill · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:29 pm Post subject:

I'm trying to teach myself to play on the keyboard at the moment, without too much success. Perhaps I should go for some lessons, but I'm a bit stubborn minded, and at least I can claim to be following a punk-rock DIY ethic Wink

I really enjoy listening to music, and would like to be able to play music myself and create some of my own. I'm trying to find some form of creative outlet and music seems as good a form as any at venting the angst of everyday life (not to exclude the oher parts of the emotional spectrum Smile

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slowmotiondaydream · Posted: Sun Apr 01, 2007 2:57 pm Post subject: