I have a very good friend who has been learning the cello for the past 2 years. She’s … OK. At least once a week she asks me to come over and jam with her. Don’t get me wrong, I think the cello is an amazing instrument and I imagine you can play any type of music you’d want on it. But just because it worked for Metallica and the SF Symphony Orchestra doesn’t mean it’s going to work for us; frankly the two times we’ve gotten together to jam have been painful.
I’ve managed to get out of it by telling her my Rumble 25 is too heavy for me to schlep around.
Sunday I got a text from her telling me she’d bought me an amp and we could keep it at her place so we can get together whenever we want!
So… there’s a great band I am a huge fan of. District 97. In their early works (specifically the Hybrid Child album), they actually had a cello player as a regular member of the band, and it really worked. Like really well. Check out that album. She later left the band because a position with the Chicago Symphony opened for her.
So I would say embrace it. It might take a bit, but eventually you’ll figure out a groove, and it might turn out very rad.
Hey man. Accordions are rad, I grew up playing one and was this → ← close to choosing accordion over bass when I decided to get serious about an instrument and dove into BassBuzz.
Honesty is always the best policy.
If you want to try to save the thing, suggest that its not working and for her and you to figure out some music that might work before trying again and practicing first, maybe a lot, lol.
Or, if you just can’t deal…just be honest.
Tell her you’re not digging the sound of the two and want to do different musical things.
My feedback to you is up above, but I’ll summarize: run with it. You’ve got someone who wants to jam with you. It might be awkward now, but it might turn out really awesome.
If nothing else, it’s an opportunity to expand your expectations and horizons.
