Originally Posted by: Slipin LizardInstead, just ask the drummer to lay down a beat... anything he likes. Now he's playing what he likes to play, what he KNOWS he can play, so he/she will play it well. Now its your turn to see if you can tap into what you KNOW how to play, use the technical skill you've learned so far, let your mind go, feel the music and see if you can come up with something original that works with what the drummer is playing. Sometimes it doesn't work out, but a lot of times it does, and now you are getting to know who you really are as musicians.

When you only jam with a drummer and nobody else (no rhythm guitar, no bass...) isn't it really just about playing something cool that matches the pace laid out by the drummer? Or is there more to playing with a drummer than that?

I did try to play original stuff, though. But my creativity only goes so far sometimes. Perhaps I should try making a library of riffs I can play whenever I come up with one... I've already got some written down in Guitar Pro, so it could be an idea...