Is there any particular reason for you not going 'professional'?

it's a long story. let's just say there are plenty of other people who actually want to go somewhere with their music. so why get in their way?

The world is big enough for all bands and all kinds of music, so nobody's really in anyone's way. And there's always a demand for artists who have more to give than your next average booty shakin RnB chick with a mic.

you're totally right. for me i enjoy the moment, i like when i feel that my brain has shut off. a lot of times i find myself day dreaming about completely unrelated stuff while playing music. like how the air feels different around you when you're jumping from stone to stone across a stream because of how the wind is shaped by the trees if flows between. and where i've played with my drummer on a regular basis so much i know with absolute certainty that we won't knock each other into the water regardless of how either of us twists our current groove.

unfortunately when you tell people you just want to 'jam' the bulk of them go into classic rock mode. to 'jam' necessitates some recognizable connect the dot motif that everyone takes a turn scribbling on. or to 'improvise' requires a complete and conscious avoidance of the 1 and conventional structure.

now i realize that's a gross generalization but it's how the bulk of people i've met operate. that or they're willing to play along with us but draw the line at a public performance because it has to be 'something'.

as for getting in the way, when you live in a town that has about 4 regular venues for local acts if you're not seriously trying to accomplish something you're pretty much costing someone who is a chance on a stage.

So you're not forcing your music/playing in a certain direction, you just start playing regardless of what may come out?

Grasshoppa & Guitar master panbient is into the "Free" Jam session. His world renowned band Toot Toot is ever evolving.

We are now discovering how jamming must serve the song and not be mindless noodling on your given instrument.Starting out with a good song structure sure helps. Jammin for the sake of jamming is a waste of time. Learning how to expand an original song that runs about 3 min is sometimes a challenge without repeating yourself .We have a keyboard player in the band,so it isn't all left up to the guitar to be the solo instrument.

Toot Toot?

I suggest you listen to Jazz. The best improvisers in Rock were/are Jazz fans and/or influenced by it....Although, these days a lot don't know where the influence comes from....which is why most can't improvise to save their lives.

so the only point of playing music is performing? shit if that's the case i can slap together some generic chord structures over pachelbel's canon no problem. just have to get the right face for the masses and voila celebritay

why do you need to expand a 3 minute song?