How was Your rehearsal last morning or night ?

[asingardenof]

Curtailed practice today as our singist had made other plans for the last hour. Basically had a run through of most of the set "to keep us hand in", a few cursory run throughs of Mr Brightside as our keyboardist hadn't sent our drummist his arrangements until this morning, and then done.

 

No practice now until one week before our next gig at the end of November when we allegedly also start working on Sledgehammer.

[MichaelDean]

A good one last night. a bit of a technical rehersal. Everyone was trying out a few different things gear wise. The singer/guitarist is very much an 80s metal fan. Also loves the theatrical stuff like power metal. Not very doom. We've now got him  away from a purely digital setup, using an amp and we're encouraging him to try different sounds on his pedalboard, which he is now more on board with than previously. It's all coming together.

[Baxlin]

Church band yesterday morning an hour or so before before the service, starting about 9-ish.  As we’re on a rota, the leader as well, there’s always different line-up and ways of tackling the songs.  Makes life interesting, but fun! Currently having problems with the iPads we use for crib sheets though…

[MacDaddy]

Initially beset by transport issues. Severe delays on the tube, and a traffic accident causing tailbacks meant we lost an hour of rehearsal time. 

However it was my first rehearsal with my Ibanez UB804, and it was glorious 😁

[Jo.gwillim]

30 minutes ago, MacDaddy said:

Initially beset by transport issues. Severe delays on the tube, and a traffic accident causing tailbacks meant we lost an hour of rehearsal time. 

However it was my first rehearsal with my Ibanez UB804, and it was glorious 😁

Love that honeymoon period with a new bass. 

[Buddster]

Guitarests who won't shut up noodling when others are trying to talk about parts/arrangements

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[alyctes]

Didn't happen.  I'm trying to get the band leader to tell me what's going on.

[Franticsmurf]

I had two back to back rehearsals, same venue, some of the same people, as we've been asked to put together a small acoustic group to play a gig celebrating the 200th anniversary of the RNLI. We spent an hour trying out a few songs to see which would work with three acoustic guitars, a sax and a pared down drumkit. It went quite smoothly as we've been playing together for a while. I had attempted to score the sax part for one song but being music notation illiterate, my efforts were only partly successful and one of the other in the band has offered to take on the scoring role. 

 

The main Hulla band rehearsal is leading up to the local Crown Court Christmas party which we play every year - the BL has connections. The set is currently fluid; we have around 45 songs on the 'short' list which will most likely drop to around 35-40 by the time we play at the end of November.

 

And as a favour to an ex-bandmate, I'm playing in a trio on Sunday. It's very much a one-off, and we've only had a couple of hours of rehearsal time. As the guitarist and I have played together before, the drummer and I play together now and the set is only 20 minutes or so, I'm not so worried. We're practicing individually to a recording from one of the 'proper rehearsals.

[asingardenof]

11 hours ago, Buddster said:

Guitarests who won't shut up noodling when others are trying to talk about parts/arrangements

🤬

We have a keyboardist who does this, as well as while we're all waiting to start on a tune.

[nilorius]

On 22/10/2024 at 01:01, Buddster said:

Guitarests who won't shut up noodling when others are trying to talk about parts/arrangements

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Hit them.

[Jo.gwillim]

I must admit to being a terrible noodler in rehersals. But i do turn the volume down to zero. Our drummer is too. He doesn't turn his drums down at all! 

[nilorius]

My last rehearsal was about a new project with a singer/guitarist. He sent me 3 days ago his 8 song tabs, but it was so messy, that at my free time i just rewrote 2 song chords on a paper. At rehearsal we played those 2 songs, but he played bad and sing even wourth. Not a good memory. So it ended like that.

[Bluewine]

For whatever reason Maple Road does not rehearse.  We gig a lot but no rehearsal. 

 

Daryl

[zbd1960]

This term I'm in a jazz improv group, choir, a community choir, and an orchestra... Main choir rehearsal was last night going through the tricky bits (it's Bach - it's all tricky!). Orchestra was Tuesday evening and it was string sectional working on Prokofiev and Holst. Concerts for both of those coming up in December.  

[Leonard Smalls]

Had another bluesjazz band jam last night... For some reason the guitarman had completely lost any sense of funk, so where he previously grooved in some place between Nile Rodgers and James Blood Ulmer he was now like a lumpy Eric Clapton, which is Not A Good Thing in my book. Drummer's still On The One though.

Still, it's a bit weird to be playing what is potentially The Devil's Music in an 18th Century church!

[msb]

17 hours ago, Bluewine said:

For whatever reason Maple Road does not rehearse.  We gig a lot but no rehearsal. 

 

Daryl

I was in a similar situation for years. I’d get a rehearsal tape … we might try the material at soundcheck , or just have a go at it. We were always adding material.

[FretsOnFire]

Wasn't bad but wasn't great either

 

It's just me and a drummer at present as we search for others to join a covers band we are aiming to start so we play to a backing track currently 

 

I felt like my playing was far from good to my standards but it's just a bit of fun at present so perfect time to get the errors out and dealt with 

[Lozz196]

Not last night but Thursday we (The Spacewasters) got together as we’ve a gig next weekend, we only really rehearse when a gig is looming.

 

Went very well, I lent the rhythm guitarist my BluGuitar Amp as he hates his amp (Fender Hot Rod Deluxe) and to all our ears it was a vast improvement, matched well with his Gretsch White Falcon.

 

Playing wise was good, we’re putting in another song off of our forthcoming album and given that last time it didn’t sound so hot this time it worked really well which was great. 
 

We also tried a bit of the singer on guitar with the rhythm guitarist as the lead guitarist is leaving next year, again sounded good, though the singer is first to admit his limitations on guitar it worked well so we can gig without a replacement if necessary.

Edited October 26 by Lozz196

[MacDaddy]

Wednesday. It occurred to me that using wireless for my EUB is pretty pointless - it's on a stand and not moving. 

I'm still not sure how I like the stand position - standing over the legs or between them. 

Once I managed to get a decent sound out of the combo things were ok and the band sounded great. It was only my second rehearsal with the EUB and we're gigging next week.

[Staggering on]

The real rehearsal was yesterday at 4:00 in the afternoon when three of our five piece bluegrass band met to go over some of our material and try a few new songs for festivals we are booked at next summer. With mandolin, guitar and me on DB we worked out some good arrangements of some traditional bluegrass songs and a few bluegrass arrangements of some non bluegrass ones as well, lots of fun and some nice three part vocals. 

The day started with a jazz jam at 10:00 in the morning with a guitar player and drummer that I have played with in several bands over the years. We are old guys (I'm 78) and the only one still gigging in the bluegrass band and a 7 piece swing/jazz band so we just call out a song and find a chart and have some fun. The guitarist has made some backing tracks with chords so we can jam along with that or just play without the tracks...great fun and always something to learn and work on with no pressure and no egos, we have no plans to play anywhere except in the drummer's basement.

In between these two sessions I had my weekly hour long DB lesson and after two years my bowing is getting a lot better. I work on all sorts of music from Bach to jazz and my teacher is more than happy to help me figure out the best ways to play some of the jazz charts for the seven piece band and also work on some Simandl. This week he asked me to help out the bass section of his youth orchestra for their Christmas concert and gave me the music. Most of the 30+ students in the orchestra are too small to play cello and bass so he adds a few adults to fill out the sections, this will be the fourth concert I have played with them and it is fun and challenging for me, really looking forward to the orchestra rehearsals.

It's an hour drive to the city where all this takes place and it was a long day but very satisfying and I always come home pumped and ready to start practicing.

Next rehearsal is Monday night with the swing band, we have a gig next Friday.

I consider myself very lucky to have so much music in my life. 😊

[MacDaddy]

39 minutes ago, Staggering on said:

try a few new songs for festivals we are booked at next summer.

 

Out of interest, which festivals and how did you book them?

[Staggering on]

2 hours ago, MacDaddy said:

 

Out of interest, which festivals and how did you book them?

 

Over here most bluegrass festivals happen in small towns and rural areas away from the big cities and are run by local committees who are familiar with the bands available. In some cases I expect they may use agents for the big name touring bands.

Our BL is president of the Bluegrass Music Association of Canada so he knows a lot of people involved in festivals and has played at many of them and this is an advantage for us. Canada is a huge place so we play mostly in central or northern Ontario. We have band members who live hours apart and get the set list ahead of time and then we do a few run throughs at the festival before we play our sets. Only three of us live close enough to have regular rehearsals and one of us (BL) heads to Florida for most of the winter, luckily we have enough experience to pull it all together when we need to. 

At this point we are booked at a big festival in Tottenham (Ontario) in June and will probably play at River Valley and Owen Sound.

Sorry for the rambling post, but we are not the typical bluegrass band.

Edited October 26 by Staggering on

[MacDaddy]

Final rehearsal before Friday's gig.

I'm always happy to say how great the Behringer BDI21 is, but it doesn't really work with an EUB. Not that the rest of the band noticed 🤷🏻‍♂️

Backline is provided so gear I'm taking to the gig will be minimal. EUB/stand, lead, spare battery, clip on tuner.

[msb]

On 26/10/2024 at 15:16, Staggering on said:

 

Over here most bluegrass festivals happen in small towns and rural areas away from the big cities and are run by local committees who are familiar with the bands available. In some cases I expect they may use agents for the big name touring bands.

Our BL is president of the Bluegrass Music Association of Canada so he knows a lot of people involved in festivals and has played at many of them and this is an advantage for us. Canada is a huge place so we play mostly in central or northern Ontario. We have band members who live hours apart and get the set list ahead of time and then we do a few run throughs at the festival before we play our sets. Only three of us live close enough to have regular rehearsals and one of us (BL) heads to Florida for most of the winter, luckily we have enough experience to pull it all together when we need to. 

At this point we are booked at a big festival in Tottenham (Ontario) in June and will probably play at River Valley and Owen Sound.

Sorry for the rambling post, but we are not the typical bluegrass band.

The bluegrass scene is quite the subculture. Between Maine and New Brunswick the real diehards here are off to a festival to go camping most weekends throughout the summer. I was introduced to it some years back and had no idea it was such a thing. 

[Staggering on]

55 minutes ago, msb said:

The bluegrass scene is quite the subculture. Between Maine and New Brunswick the real diehards here are off to a festival to go camping most weekends throughout the summer. I was introduced to it some years back and had no idea it was such a thing. 

 

Same thing in Ontario, there is a festival somewhere almost every weekend in the summer and then nothing except a few jams and the odd touring band concert from September to June. You nailed it with "subculture", I have only played festivals for the last two years and at first I was surprised when I saw hundreds of trailers and motorhomes at various festivals and then noticed that everyone knows everyone else and they migrate around on weekends almost as a group. Lots of jams for those who play and enthusiastic audiences for jams and shows. The thing that struck me most was how incredibly friendly everyone is, and unlike some other types of music, no ego issues. All the musicians, including the touring pros, will chat with you and discuss music, instruments and anything else. Great fun and I'm looking forward to next summer.