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At what point are you good enough to join a band? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/guitars

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As the title says, at what point did you feel competent enough to join a band? I've been playing the guitar for almost 2 years now, and feel like I hit a bit of a plateau, and I'm thinking joining a band might help. At the same time, I don't really feel like I am good enough to play with others.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

When I imagine myself being happy with a bandmate during a show, I imagine these habits:

-know the songs' chords, hits, pushes, etc

-silently tune between songs

-have awareness of when the singer is singing

-smile

None of that requires a lot of skill. And when I think about it, I didn't do any of those things when I first joined a band, so you're probably already as qualified as I was.