The concept of team

I once heard Paul McCartney credited with saying, “there’s nothing like being in a band”.

I don’t know if he actually said it, but I know the feeling, and Sir Paul was in a pretty good band, so I can imagine that it’s something that might have come out of his mouth at some point.

There’s something magical about being on a good team of people. A band is a very special case, in which the team often eats, sleeps, works, performs, travels, and does whatever else together, for extended periods of time. But teams in general are wonderful organisms.

When you have the chance to be on a good team, you take it. Somebody (I think Pat Metheny) once said that it’s best to be the worst guy in the band, because then you can learn a ton of stuff from everyone else.

I also think that as far as a team being only as good as the weakest link…not sure I buy that logic, unless someone is weaker in the sense that they’re not trying as hard as everyone else is. If everyone is pulling as hard as they can, and they all possess the same strength of will for the work at hand, being better or worse at certain things is actually a way to help divide the work amongst people according to who does what the best.

After playing solo for so long, except for a few shows with a band, I really miss being in a band.

Maybe it’s time to put one together, hmm?