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Mr. P.C.'s Best of 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: I was playing at a club in town, a pretty fancy place, the gig all the guys in town want. On the break a pretty woman in the audience came up to me and complimented my playing. So far so good! But then she asked if I play professionally--right in the ...
November 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: When is it okay to sub out a gig if I get called for a better one? -- Holding Out, Eagerly Dear HOE: Here's the problem: If you take the better gig, who's to say that you won't get called for one even better than ...
October 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: What do musicians mean when they say they're “using space" in their solos? --John H. Dear John: Obviously if they're “using" space, they're doing something to it. And in music, pretty much the only thing you can do to space is fill it with a ...
September 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:Is playing ahead of your time the same thing as rushing? Gregg B.C.Dear Gregg:What a great brainteaser! Look, if you're someone who rushes, then rushing is “your time," right? You can try playing ahead of it, but you'll soon catch up with yourself. The only way you can ...
August 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:Why do guys want to play tunes really fast? Like, I'll call “It Could Happen to You," but instead of having a nice swinging groove they want to play it at 280 beats per minute or something. Then they say it's an “east coast" thing, which I guess is supposed to mean ...
July 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:Why does it seem like the better the music is on a gig, the less it pays? - Aiden Dear Aiden:Well, obviously, better music is more “fun," and therefore less work. The less work you're doing, the less you should get paid.What part of that don't ...
June 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:Is it really important to play fast on your solos? Michael T., St. Louis Dear Michael:Actually, it's more important to look like you're playing fast. This is the video era, and the people who demand note athleticism are the same ones who'd rather watch music than listen to ...
May 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:I bought an acoustic bass guitar that you can also plug in and my son and I have been playing a lot of pop songs together taking turns on the bass and guitar. I know this is a stereotype that upsets bassists and I'm sure it's hard to play really well, but... ...
April 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.:I hate it when people add all those extra chromatic chord changes on “I Can't Get Started," like in bar three starting on a B minor seventh. What a pointless pain in the ass! I Can't Keep Going Dear ICKG:You know those speed bumps they put on some ...
March 2013
by Mr. P.C.
Dear Mr. P.C.: Sometimes when I quote tunes, I get stuck on them, and forget what I was playing to start with. Jeff Dear Jeff:Getting “stuck" on a quote means you believe, at some important unconscious level, that the song you're “quoting" is better than the one you've been playing. ...
