Mon Jul 16, 2012 10:43 pm
Daryl- you raise a good question. We should ALL be using a metronome constantly. Listen to Neil and he has one going almost every lesson.
Here's the reason why for me. When you play by yourself your timing doesn't matter. But the last few years I've tried to play with other musicians and it makes a HUGE difference. If your timing sucks, as mine does too, you will almost always be behind the other players. That will be a constant irritant to better players. When you get up over 120 bpm it will become really noticeable. I've had to sit out really cool songs just because my timing was ruining the tune. That is no fun. And worse, you look like an amateur!!
So I say use a metronome and learn to make it work. If you don't like metronomes use a backing track or drum machine which are just glorified metronomes anyway.
Good luck buddy! :cheer: