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Hi there I have played and written material on my own and with other bands. I go to a regular jam session on a Saturday night that you do know one or two people that turn up regularly but any one can and does. But is limited in that a set format of so as to easily accomodate all flavours. This is a totally different experience to looping on one own. To play successfully you have to have musicians who are in tune with one another in timings and playing skills. I have found that it takes a bit of time to develop a relationship and a musical one is no different from any other type of relationship. I used to play in a duo where we ended up knowing exactly where we were going to within free form jam sessions or we could easily turn several songs together with linking sections on the fly. Great experience when it comes together but this does take time. We also used to jam along to tapes which I recorded on travelling from one place to another edit and then just jam along. Quite an interesting experience as the live music sometimes dominates and sometimes the tape would. I tend to prefer to play on my own as I can control where and what I am playing and when. I can also here myself which can be a great advantage. Just my thoughts roger parker