are you going to sit since all your musician fellas are also sitting ?
Actually what I want to say really, is that I find myself playing much better when I’m standing. In fact - sitting is making my playing much worse - both on the speed, the pain that’s been coming and the rythm accuracy…
How do you find yourself playing - standing more or sitting more ?
so,
are you going to sit since all your musician fellas are also sitting ?
cheers,
Philip
I’d have to say that standing will make you popular!
The chairs run out so quickly and every time it’s someone’s turn to go to the bar for the free drinks it’s the person barracaded in the corner with 3 boxes and 2 sets of drones to navigate!
A standing whistler will get the secret blessing every time!
I have played sessions both ways.
Since sessions are usually around three hours long, I prefer to sit, but can certainly do it standing if no chair is available for whatever reason.
One catch: if you stand up, they are likely to assume you’re wanting to start the next tune. 
–James
3 hour session?
that sounds awefully stressful ;/
To the contrary, sessions are so much fun that when it’s time to pack up and go home, it feels like you’ve only just got started!
–James
Curiously enough, I have just the opposite experience. Standing and playing just messes me up something terrible. :lol:
If I had to stand very much, I’d stop going.
I often switch from standing to sitting. I may start out sitting amongst a couple of other whistlers, but when I switch to mandolin I may wander over near the rest of the strings. It’s interesting to hear the session from several different places.
I end up standing most of the time… chairs are usually at a premium anyway, and I tend to play bass about half the time, whistle the other … but I do usually spend part of the session in a chair, and I really appreciate it when I can… I do sit when I play guitar though… can’t do that standing as well.
I live west of Seattle Washington, USA and grew up on the west coast of British Columbia, Canada and have never been to a “session”. You are blessed to live somewhere where you can get in on the action. Here we have “jam” nights where musicians can join the house band and play a top 40 song or just “jam” but thats it. They are also called "open mike’ venues. Going to a pub or tavern to get on a session with pipes and fiddles and whistles is unheard of here. I read all these posts about sessions and can only imagine how cool it must be…
WTA
According to thesession.org, there are twenty sessions in the state of Washington, including six in Seattle itself.
I agree to that. Send the one alwready standing to the counter. But if the chairs do not have cushions I will be getting up several times to ease some of the discomfort. And like Paul said it is good to move and hear the session from another spot.
Well then WTA take some leadership and start a session? There must be others waiting for someone to make a step.
Colomon,
Good website! I live across the straight from Seattle so I could check them out sometime thanks! Nothing within an hour of my home though.
Tommy,
Get suggestion except I’m not a “session” player and don’t play trad at all. I could “sit in” but to lead would be beyond my capibilities. I love your “take charge” aproach!
WTA
I thought you could set up the session, and someone will come that will lead the music.
Could be worse.
They could give you “the” chair.
Not that I’m anxious to try it.
I find that as long as I practice good posture while sitting, doesn’t affect my playing at all. I’ve never been to a session of more than six people or so. The chairs to butts ratio hasn’t been an issue thus far. I should practice playing standing up more often though because when I do it I feel somewhat awkward.
Yes, sometimes seating is at a premium. If I arrive maybe an hour or so after a session’s begun, sometimes I’ll wind up standing. If there are seats available, they’re usually in awkward places where I’d have to inconvenience others and maybe even put their instruments at some risk if I needed to get out for whatever reason. The loo comes to mind. When I’m offered such seating, I just let 'em know it’s not personal, but I need to maintain my hasty exit strategy; one never knows, after all. 
I like to stand when I’m playing at a performance. It reduces setup hassles and lets me play my other instrument (hammered dulcimer). But at a session, or when I’m playing informally with anyone, I sit. Standing makes me feel that I’m dominating, when I’d rather be on the level with everyone else and just join in.
When I started flute I had to stand up, just to get the lung capacity I needed. It’s a little better now-- more focused airstream – but I still sit unless I’m performing.
Jennie
Nice to know someone is playing a hammered dulcimer in… alaska !
way to go