Senior Moment Or What-----HELP ! ! !

[ernie1958]

Happens to the best of us Derek...old age my @ss.. The thing that still mixes me up is "Atlantis" and "Wonderful Land"..
I for some reason confuse the two until I hear the first few notes of the intro.. then I'm ok again..

Ernie

[Pat Seaman]

That's a relief, I thought I was on my own!

Pat.

[apache]

This is a very strange phenomenon..............
Like all of us I have made mistakes and at the time you wonder why you go wrong in a tune you have played for years.
Well for my twopence worth, I believe there are two distinct reasons, one is maybe I'm getting Old (Oh yes we know, I hear you all agree) but also I find that a lapse in concentration causes mistakes too.
Mind you it seems harder to concentrate as you get older.......Circles......
Cheers
HH

[Paulps]

Those of you who were at Derby last month, may have noticed a strange silence or two in the Frightened City where there should be a little Bass riff. I can't blame alcohol (I was drinking Lemonade) or say it was too late at night (it was mid-afternoon) it can't be my age (I'm only 62) so my only excuse is; er, I've forgotten,. Oh yes. I didn't rehearse it cos I wasn't supposed to be playing that song!

[MeBHank]

Those of you who were at Derby last month, may have noticed a strange silence or two in the Frightened City where there should be a little Bass riff. I can't blame alcohol (I was drinking Lemonade) or say it was too late at night (it was mid-afternoon) it can't be my age (I'm only 62) so my only excuse is; er, I've forgotten,. Oh yes. I didn't rehearse it cos I wasn't supposed to be playing that song!

Are you sure it wasn't distraction and/or horror due to the shock of realising you were in Derby?

J

[AlanMcKillop]

It happens to the 'good' players as well. I remember in Blackpool (2000 or 2001) when Ian McCutcheon (sorry Ian) was playing Dance On with 'Lic' and he had 4 attempts before he got it right and as you say, his mind just went blank.

[alewis41]

I was at a concert watching a Grammy award winning songwriter who forgot the words to a song she had written and asked the audience if anyone knew how the next line went.

[Amanda]

Martin,

It could be worse they may have settled on Block instead!

Amanda

[neil2726]

A further thought on this subjet! As mentioned earlier it seems that we blank out when the mind wanders to other things - a lack of concentration! Has anyone noticed that at times the mind can wander - your not concentrating - and yet you play perfectly!

[MeBHank]

A further thought on this subjet! As mentioned earlier it seems that we blank out when the mind wanders to other things - a lack of concentration! Has anyone noticed that at times the mind can wander - your not concentrating - and yet you play perfectly!

You can tell when Hank goes into that mode. His eyes glaze but he still plays accurately. It was more apparent when he was on his solo tours.

J