+1
That's one of the things I miss about playing with other people - especially when I regard them as "more advanced" than me, but it actually happens with people that regard me as more advanced - you always see or hear something that you hadn't thought of on your own.
Now that I concentrate on playing by myself and recording, I am finding I get a little bit of this from the websites I publish on (alonetone and songcrafters). I listen to other people's stuff as closely as I do mine, and I go "WOW! is that all you have to do..." and before you know it I'm doing it too :D. There's an awful lot of very talented people out there doing the same sort of thing as me, across a wide range of musical styles. And, although you're not in the same room, you can kind of pick up tricks and techniques in the same way (from the weirdest sources sometimes :lol:).
It's not quite like that buzz of being in the same room with someone and interracting in real-time, though. But personally I'm kind of happy now to forego that buzz in return for not experiencing all the other angst of having to rely (and be relied on by) other musicians to turn your ideas into reality.
Really good to hear that you're getting going again :D. I wasn't exactly worried, but I was kinda feeling for you (and for Monsieur Brow and others in the same boat).
