Continuous rehearsal

[Quilly]

Just had rehearsal tonight without the lead guitarist (on holidays) but we still had rhythm and acoustic. Really glad it went ahead. Learned 2-3 new covers. Everyone was more aware of what they were playing , volume way down.

[discreet]

13 hours ago, Quilly said:

Just had rehearsal tonight without the lead guitarist (on holidays) but we still had rhythm and acoustic. Really glad it went ahead. Learned 2-3 new covers. Everyone was more aware of what they were playing , volume way down.

Hmm, what does that tell you?

[Quilly]

3 hours ago, discreet said:

Hmm, what does that tell you?

The Lead Guitarist is the band founder. Me and the new rhythm guitarist are 'blow-ins' (I'm the third bassist this band has had).   There seemed to be a lot more democracy there also.

[discreet]

15 minutes ago, Quilly said:

The Lead Guitarist is the band founder. Me and the new rhythm guitarist are 'blow-ins' (I'm the third bassist this band has had).   There seemed to be a lot more democracy there also.

Not much to be done about it then...

[Bluewine]

Too many variables, what type of band, the goals of the band and how much time members agree they can commit to rehearsing.

Blue

[naxos10]

We have a regular practice slot at a studio so we keep in touch via WhatsApp and if someone can't make it we will see if a change of day is possible or the available members decide if they want to carry on as normal. It's good that we are pretty relaxed as a band and appreciate each others commitments, so far in two years we've only missed a handful of practices.

[DaytonaRik]

We rehearsed yesterday - first time in approx 4-5 weeks due to other commitments, holidays, work etc...it was as if we'd never stopped rehearsing.  I guess that's when the long hours we've all put in pay dividends.

[dmccombe7]

Much the same here. No rehearsals since 24th June until 29th July due to other commitments but we decided to learn 4 or 5 new songs. Start up band so still putting set together.

Dave

[DaytonaRik]

A bit different for us - we're all playing in other projects but with exception of one track the material we rehearsed is unique to this band.  It's a great feeling when you've been apart for a while and it's as if you all rehearsed together the day before.