any Musicians out there?

[StevoStevie]

I play drums. Jazz.

I think that playing stoned messes me up, but nobody seems to notice.
Last week, I was jamming with these dudes on one song for 20 minutes (which seemed like an eternity because of the time dilation) and afterwards, I was sure I'd get a boot.....but everyone was like, "Wow, great job man!".
And they were serious.

When I'm playing stoned, my mind will wander, my focus is strange, and I'll have all these great musical ideas....but I'm not sure if it's something that I already played....or if I played the things that I thought I played, or "was it just a hallucination??". And I'll wonder if the ideas are that great anyway....because I realise that I'm stoned, and that my genius ideas may actually be retarded.

So, how does smoking affect *your* playing?


Thanks,
Stevo the newb

StevoStevie Reviewed by StevoStevie on 08-19-2007. any Musicians out there? I play drums. Jazz. I think that playing stoned messes me up, but nobody seems to notice. Last week, I was jamming with these dudes on one song for 20 minutes (which seemed like an eternity because of the time dilation) and afterwards, I was sure I'd get a boot.....but everyone was like, "Wow, great job man!". And they were serious. When I'm playing stoned, my mind will wander, my focus is strange, and I'll have all these great musical ideas....but I'm not sure if it's something that I Rating: 5

[purpledocious]

I play guitar i got me a fender strat dope ass guitar. Sometimes when im at my friends house i play his drums, he is like a big led zeppelin person so his idol is jon bonham greatest drummer ever :thumbsup:

[MtlguitarJames]

I play guitar. Been playing around 10 years. Should have taken it more seriously. I've dabbled in recording for a bit. Quality of my recordings are alright. They aren't the best but they aren't horribly crappy either. I'll play anything really but I mainly play rock and metal. I just say metal because there are so many different sub-genres of metal that I can't keep up with it! It's crazy. I've got an ESP LTD M-1000FM with the EMG 81's, Epiphone Demon V with the EMG ZW Pickups, Crate Half Stack, and Digitech GNX-4. I've got some recording is anyone is interested. It's just guitar and drums.

James

[smokerider]

I play drums and some guitar.I find myself playing alot better when i'm stoned.I can go sit on my throne and just get lost in the music and seem to play the drums alot better.I'm alot more creative and serious about the music too.I can play longer and really get into every beat.

[ThinkLong]

I play guitar both bass and regular and other random stuff
Never had the chance to play while high though :tear:
I'm sure it will be better than when I am completely shitfaced though

[Foskers]

My friend can testify...I am a bassist and I can shred some mutha fuckin slap bass when I am stoned. I MURDERED some chili peppers songs when I was blitzed one day...
One of my friends looks at my bass and then looks at me and says...
"Foskers...you should play your bass..."
I said in my stoned way... "I SHOULD shouldn't i?"
with that...I picked it up...and the miracle happened...I played better than I ever had...and I felt like I wasn't even trying. I was looking around and talking and everything was great...but I was RIPPED...

[zakkula]

haha i was there foskers i can shred out some licks when blitzed

[Foskers]

haha i was there foskers i can shred out some licks when blitzed

We both can bro...we are good shit.
XD
Especially when blitzed...

[Rabbit Lion]

bass; im a better musician...enough said.

[NINchembroshighrox]

I play guitar but what i experience while playing high is very similar to what you get. I'm in a jam band and its almost completely on my shoulders to keep our sound fresh. One time I decided to toke before a session and we jammed for a whole hour straight(felt like a week) and my drummer and bassist told me i came up with some of the most awesome creative shit they ever heard out of me.. which is funny because my mind was wandering the whole time and I forgot everything i even played!