Nashville Jam Sessions (My First Experience)
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- Опубликовано: 24 авг 2024
- I went to my first jam session in Nashville and it was wild!
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Musicians at the villager jam: Joe Folan (guitar), Sam Spheeris (bass), Chris Thomas (drums)
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You know why your channel is so awesome? You let people with other careers live vicariously through you as a young performing professional musician! Keep on going! Love your videos.
John
That’s a beautiful thing that I’m so happy people enjoy!! Thanks so much for watching🙏🏻🙏🏻
Totally empathize with that last couple minutes. Pat the Bunny has a great line in a song: "I hate strangers, loud noises, and crowds, but I'll play a show every night." I completely relate.
Wow yes that’s so true!!
The whole thing is fascinating. The jam sessions seem to be permanently on the brink of incomprehensible chaos - nothing like this where I live (East Kent, UK), only open mike nights. I don't have much exposure to jazz, your videos are like a key to a private musicians club, it's a privilege to be able to glimpse inside. Keep doing the videos with music as the pivotal element!
I appreciate this comment so much!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Brighton UK has a decent jazz scene it's sweet!
Things like this definitely exist all over the uk! Newcastle has a really great jazz scene with multiple regular jams.
Absolutely brilliant! Just a teeny bit jealous that you're at the beginning of your career and discovering all the amazing music and musicians out there! Absorb every minute and I love that you are happy to share so much of it with us, your fools! xxxx
Much love 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I completely understand the introverted thing. I'm a songwriter and have over the years written what I think are some pretty good songs. No one hears them, though, because I find it profoundly painful and nerve-wracking to expose myself in that way. I give you a lot of credit for pushing through it. It's the only way to get to the other side. I enjoy your videos immensely, man - so much music and so much jazz!
Honestly that’s my least favorite part about being a musicians. The process of falling on your face over and over again in front of people you care about is so crippling. Much love🙏🏻
That’s me at 10:36 looking tiny as hell next to Mark lol. Glad you enjoyed nashville bro can’t wait to hang again!!
LOL dude what’s up thanks for checking this out!!! Likewise man😎🙏🏻
I fucking LOVE open jams as a bassist, it’s such an open and welcoming environment to really stretch your jamming legs and meet other musicians
Hey, I'm Joe and I run the Villager jam. Bassist is Sam Spheeris and the drummer is Chris Thomas. 👍
Oh hell yeah! Just updated the description. Thanks for checking this out and for hosting such a sick jam!
4 seconds in and already a banger
yep
LOL thanks😂🙏🏻
I paused at 4 sec to read this 🔥
House bassist for the villager jam here, it was sick playing with you man!!!! Did the sax player secret society corroborate to all come out that night or something? That was truly historic.
YO! It was great playing with you too dude!! LOL I know right, I think someone sent out a batman signal or something it was crazy. Glad I caught it on camera😂 Thanks for checking the vlog out man I hope we get to play again soon!
WE GETTIN FOOLISH WITH THIS ONE 🔥
Omg😂
Dude that is balls to the wall, no safeties. You did great! Introvert here too - it's fine - figure out what kind of recovery time you need and you'll find the balance you need. I think you come off as hella brave in your videos. Bottom line - you're doing great, Frankie! PS My son graduated from UNT - art tho, not music. Norah Jones was there at the same time he was!
Thank you so much 🥺 and oh yeah I think I remember you saying that, that’s so cool!!
I got unreasonably excited about Martin's being featured, haha. Their food is sooo good. The cornbread hoecakes are a favorite! The jam sessions sounded so cool!
Omg you’ve been??? I didn’t try the cornbread unfortunately but everything I had was great!
I can relate. I’m also pretty introverted in the music scene. I knew Gus when he was in high school and he got me introduced to the scene in our home town! Super swell guy and a heck of a musician!
Ahh that’s awesome Gus is the best!!
That looked like a bunch of fun mate! Thanks for another amazing Vlog.
It definitely was! Thanks for watching🙏🏻
Oh yeah man this is the fun world of music! All the language and studies mean nothin if you can’t put it in context! Y’all laid it down! 🔥
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love watching the quality get better with every video 🤩never thought they could get. so. good!
Thank you so much I’m trying my best!!🥺🙏🏻
Sounds like fun. Adding Nashville to my to-do list.
I'd say people like seeing anything that's honest and genuine; I love your candour and courage! Isn't there a whole load of pop psychology about bands and the different roles in them?! I suspect the motivation for a lot of musicians is to communicate with others their loves and passions without the awkwardness of real life and problems. I'm definitely somewhat of an introvert too (amateur drummer). A drumset is a great way of having an immovable "barrier" between me and a crowd! I want to connect but I'd rather be in the corner helping others to dance if I can.
inglewood lounge sunday jam is awesome! It's changed so much since me and the boys started it in 2020. Jody, Matt, Alex, and Me. Met some of the most down to earth people there.
Woooaahh that’s crazy!! Wish I could’ve seen the beginning!
watching from NZ, enjoying your blogs ... a whole other world , thanks
Awesome! Thank you!🙏🏻
This was a cool video! It's so interestibg to see what musicians are up to and the fun events yall create!
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Love this and the regular vlogs; keep 'em comin'! (respectfully and please)
Thank you so much trying my best🥺🙏🏻
Introverted musician life - so relatable.
I think I'm an emotionally expressive person, but that I need to spend a lot of time in the peacefulness of my thoughts in order to feel in balance.
I really like composition, in part because it allows me to engage with the creative process in my own space. I think practicing is also a pretty introvert-friendly activity.
I did have a gig this spring where I was sat for part of the evening with some politicians, and I was so socially exhausted by the end of it, I just wanted to cry. I think I will regretfully have a scheduling conflict if I'm asked to do that gig next year.
More commonly, I'll come home from a gig and just feel very done. It's not always possible for me to check out when I come home because I'm a mom, but I decompress as much as I can and minimize the expectations I put on myself.
I think music is a language and a joy that is meant for everyone, not just for people who love nights out. There shouldn't be pressure for anybody to fit a certain mold in order for their social engagement or their musical expression to be valuable. We are the way we are, and life is richer for its variety.
Great episode. More of this please.
More coming!🙏🏻
just finished my freshman year at UNT; it's really cool to see people that I know in these videos!!
Ayy that’s awesome!!
Damn, you guys are so lucky over there, great jam sessions ! spontaneous Get together sessions have become extremely rare here in Europe. I love the ‚winging it‘. nature of that main jam you covered, but lately that‘s been a problem when vocalists come on and just skate around forever trying to find their award winning moment when instrumentalists want to hone their craft. I think that songwriter format is more suited to them which would allow for a more focused environment for singers. Keep em coming, it‘s great to be taken along for the ride.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻
Here I am, enjoying your work, commenting to encourage the algo-rhythm
Thank you so much man🥺🙏🏻🙏🏻
Feel you on the introvert thing.
Introverts unite! ✊ (In different places separately obviously.)
LMAO
I love watching you push yourself out of your comfort zone. That has always been something I have had trouble doing. As a former music major myself I could read, but playing by ear and improvising was way beyond my abilities - I could hear in my mind what I wanted but just couldn't get it to come out of the other end of the horn.
It's great seeing a young person with talent stretching and putting themselves out there. Can't wait for the day when I can tell people, "I remember watching his RUclips videos when he was just starting out." Good luck to you and keep up the good work.
Much love 🙏🏻🙏🏻
I’m introverted too and I’ve gotten more introverted over time. It’s tough. Especially when people think you’re checked out or don’t want to be around them. It’s not that at all, I just need to be alone sometimes.
Yes exactly!!
Thank you for an really interesting channel; keep it coming!
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Omg thats so cool
I really enjoy hearing about your experiences in addition to your gig vlogs. Keep up the great work!
Much love🙏🏻
12:11 me too man! The way I describe myself to people at Gigs is: I am one person up on stage (showman) then as soon as I leave the stage I find a quite corner to relax before the next set. I am really glad to hear there are other musicians out their that feel the same way as well ❤
Great to hear all the UNT alumni staying connected. I wasn't a music major but loved my time in Denton!
My son was art at UNT and had a ball making lifelong friends!
The friendships people make there seem almost profound. I used to play for a bloke who travelled across the world to study at the UNT and even he's still in touch with his friends from there about a decade later!
It is a funny thing how extroverts end up singers and instrumentalists tend to be introverted. We just end up "acting extroverted" when needed and hand the mic to the extrovert, they love it. Personally I have a great voice but never want to be on stage without a horn to protect myself from the audience.
ANother awesome video. I loved viewing this. Even down to the fact you like Almond Milk! You may be an introvert but showing us (esp. felLow introvert musicians, whether amateur or professional) all of your experiences is super meaningful. Keep it up! (OH and seeing Joel Frahm, who grew up in my neck of the woods -- Saw him in concert once- was a special treat!)
Thank you so much 🥺🙏🏻
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-sleepy after a good meal.😂
-is nine the normal jam session time😂
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.damed I want to go to sleep but the groove'$ activated my whole body.
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happy jaazer are always fun to watch....have more fun.......stay save.
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I would love more videos like this
I want to make a series where I go to different cities and explore their music scene!
@@FoolishFrankie I would watch those for sure, it's super interesting to see the difference
Frankie awesome video!
Thank you!
SWEET WILLIE!
I was not expecting to see Joel Frahm lmao. Great video as always!
Me either!!😂 thanks for watching!
This was great. Thanks for posting. Here, close to Málaga in Spain, we have a jam that's very like this. Everyone just joins in when they've got something to say. Our usual singers are very good at leaving space for solos though. I'm a clarinet player who doubles a bit on alto. Not pro, just a hobby. Over time we've formed into an impromptu horn section with two tenors, me and a flute player. There's a lot of Spanish musicians (obviously) and we also play a lot of Spanish music, which is a totally different ball game.
Thanks again for posting this Frankie. It's always great to see a real professional in action.
That's awesome to hear!! It's always crazy to me that across cultures in cities far away some things remain the same. Thanks for watching!!
This is so good.
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Your vlogs are so interesting. It's fun to see what gigs and jam sessions are like.
Glad you like them!🙏🏻
Great video, it was great to hear some realism about battling with yourself as a musician and learning to look after yourself. You set a great example for the next generation!
Means so much thank you🙏🏻🙏🏻
I love the back scene stuff. It helps fill out your story.
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This is so awesome, thanks for doing these vids. Not really jam sessions like this here in the UK, even in London where I am, it tends to be more open mic nights. I do some remote sessions with Nashville musicians but never been there to play so this is just cool! It looks amazing and you did great on the jam, as a bass player I know it’s usually us that take those jams into a different form just when everyone’s got the groove going 😂
Ahh that’s awesome!! Thanks so much for watching🙏🏻🙏🏻
Yo dude, great video. I’m one of the artists that Pitch Meeting works with, and I’ve hosted at Inglewood Lounge’s Eastside Jam. If you haven’t checked it out, a couple more worth your time would be the Wednesday night jam at Flamingo Cocktail Club, as well as the open mic jam at Bourbon Street Blues every Monday night on printers alley.
Hey man!! This is awesome. I actually was just in town last week and hit Flamingo but will have to hit Bourbon Street Blue next time. Hope to run into you sometime!!
Awesome video , keep doing more of these!
Thank you I’ll try!!
Very good video and editing! you not only progress as a musician, you also progress as a youtuber ^_^
Thank you so much I’m trying!!☺️🙏🏻
Someone did a summoning ritual for Joel Frahm LOL
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dude your so good your like such great inspiration ty and awesome video
Glad you enjoyed!🙏🏻🙏🏻
Love it all!
Thank you man:)
8:52 🤯
That jam on Solar… very Gerry Mulligan!
I hear ya! (Introverts of the World unite!)
You’re the man. Keep going.
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This is an interesting demonstration of how different people's experiences vary as musicians - as a more intermediate player who finds the free improvised jams the easiest thing to do (there's a weekly one in my city so I get regular practice at it), it's surprising to see a far more experienced player treating it as something they're not so used to
Oh sorry if it comes off that way! I’m definitely used to improvising like this, just haven’t done it in this type of jam environment where the entire band is doing it.
Glad you had a good visit! If you’re ever around on a Friday, you can come sit in with my band on Broadway.
Woahhh that would be sick! Send me a DM on Instagram (@foolishfrankie) and I’ll let you know next time I’ll be in town on a Friday! I really appreciate that offer!🙏🏻
@@FoolishFrankie sent!
Very interesting jam sessions... not like any jazz jams I've ever been a part of, where people take turns calling tunes. As for being introverted, that's what it means: you recharge from time alone. Half the world is this way, so nothing wrong with you! The world is often geared toward social interaction, so in order to thrive, sometimes you need to say no to some things or otherwise actively plan some alone time. It's okay to do this. You can still deeply love people, both individually and in the abstract.
Awwwwww...
Pity it's on the other side of the pond...
There's only one Jam session per month here in my town and yesterday was the last one until September...
Three jams on the same day? Count me in!
Dang that’s a bummer 😰
yo we have the same ssd lmaoo
No way, I am going to Nashville for the first time on Monday for a job interview! Not a musician by trade, just casually and love to go to shows so I’m super intrigued by the music scene there.
Good luck on the interview!!
@@FoolishFrankie Tysm!!!
I used to live in tennessee and I am also pretty introverted
Yoooo it's Itz_Spidre/Spidrex or whatever name I had back in the Fortnite cover days. I haven't been active on socials since the new year but keep the work up! Crazy how far you have come man. I live in Memphis,TN and I finally was able to go to Nashville last Friday for a Latin American Artist Luis Miguel. I went on Broadway and it was very cool, especially with all the music I heard especially on Friday it was crazy! Glad you enjoyed Nashville too! Keep up the work!
Wooaahhh Spidrex what’s up!! Good to see you in the comments again:)
That’s awesome to hear that you got to check out Nashville too! Thanks for watching🥺🙏🏻
while you are in Nashville you should reach out & collab with aaron paulson. i would really like to see a video with the two of you guys. i think it would be cool.
I’ll have to see if I can get in touch with him next time I’m in town!
Yo also sick Mountain Grass Unit shirt! As if I needed any more indication Frankie likes good music 😅
LOL I love MGU I got to sit in with them when they came to Pittsburgh last year!
It's Foolish Time!
or is it frank time?
@@FoolishFrankie it's Frankin' time 😂
Just a recommendation. It'll sound amazing 🤩
The best performers are introverts…. Enjoying your channel.
Interesting!! Thanks so much for watching🙏🏻🙏🏻
Holy shit Gus is a great player he came to my school with Sofia and her band
Gus is awesome!!
How about a video series where you travel the world showing us the music scene in exotic locals?
I had this idea while making this video!! I haven't traveled much and I would love to just go check out different music scenes in different cities and see what they're like. Not sure if people would be into it or not but maybe I'll give it a try!
ik this vids gonna be a banger i can just feel it
I hope you’re right😰🙏🏻
Yo is that Richie Martinez from Arch Echo on drums at 3:34? I know the band is based in Nashville and he looked familiar😂
I didn’t catch his name but it’s quite possible!! Maybe someone who was at that jam and sees this can confirm!
@@FoolishFrankie Yeah for sure! If so, that's pretty cool to see him at that jam! Arch Echo is a prog rock band lol
Go hit NYC for a full week of jam sessions!
Honestly no thanks, I don’t really have any desire to be in NYC. Just not my vibe!
Hello Frank!!! 👋
Hi!
lots of saxophone but i dont see any of my fellow trumpets anywhere
Idk why!
Dude, could you do hit the road Jack?
potentially
Is there an etiquette to sitting in and jamming? I'm always in my head, that I'm not good enough to sit-in.
Hmmm kind of but it seems to vary from session to session. Most sessions are pretty open to new people who want to try and get better though
Hey I know you’ve done prior videos on gigs and Q\A’s, but I have a question. What is the best way to actually find and get gigs as a young musician with limited resources?
ruclips.net/video/EYhGvrm2PQA/видео.html
Are you ever gonna play in Atlanta?
Hopefully one day!
You've mentioned "UNT" a few times in your videos. What does that stand for? University of North Texas? University of Nashville Tennessee? Underwear Naturally Tantalizing?
University of North Texas. I guess I could just say North Texas and it would be more clear (I think the school used to be called North Texas State anyways) but it was UNT while I was there
UNT grad here.
Gus!
Bro your kidding I went to the exact same place but not the same day your kidding😭😭😭 (Love your content!)
Quick question: do you have any recommendations on Tenor Saxophones I’m looking to buy a new one
It depends on your situation, I always recommend going to a local music shop and trying instruments before anything else!
That dumpling house live jam sounds good even from the recording must be a good one.
It was soooo good. I have a bunch of footage from it, not sure if I’ll use it for a vid or just film again next time I go down
I've been told Nashville is one of the main hub places right now for working musicians, did you get that vibe from your time there?
I’ve heard that too. I definitely got the vibe that there is a TON of stuff happening, especially for the size of the city. But it feels like there’s a proportional amount of musicians. Not really sure how much work there is since I’m not actively playing in the scene. That might change though!
@@FoolishFrankie My teacher got the opportunity to record there and loved it. Definitely a place I want to visit or someday work!! Looking forward to more videos
i clicked on the video and said “there’s no way he doesn’t go to rudy’s” 😢
I wish they would’ve been open! Hopefully next time!
@@FoolishFrankie my brother lives up in nashville so I went to a jam there once, really great house band!
You mentioned UNT in a couple of your videos. When you mention UNT is it the uni in Denton?
Yes!
@FoolishFrankie thanks for clarifying! My dad went to UNT
How are you at improvising ?
Mediocre in the grand scheme of things
How do you transition from alto to tenor I have a hard time getting the lower notes on the tenor?
I honestly suck at it, that’s a better question for Gus Arnold (the alto/tenor player in this vid)
love ya frank! whats your advice on making money as a music content creator/musician?
do something else if you want to make money😂
that's kind of a lame response, but don't pursue anything for solely monetary reasons. Otherwise my advice is find the thing you find most meaningful in life and pursue it relentlessly.
Do you need to know a lot of music theory when u do ur gigs?
No, but it can definitely help
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but were you the first to watch the video to the end?🤔
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So If I came to Pittsburgh and asked you out how likely are you to say yes? (I’m a guy)
I’m straight sorry!
@@FoolishFrankie darn. Okay sorry.
What does it mean to "play pads" (6:11) ?
Sorry if this is a dumb question, english is not my native language and I couldn't find an easy answer on google
Oh just like long held out notes that are usually chord tones!
@@FoolishFrankieok thank you 😁