How often do you rehearse POLL

Kimpini · #1 06-12-2008, 04:40 PM

sorry, I forgot to make a poll for the last one. so thats it

anonymous1225111 · #2 06-12-2008, 04:49 PM

On average about 4 days a week... It more of a hang out, lets jam, and get some junk food from BK. I see alot of people "bashing" the idea of practicing more than twice or even once a week! I have no problem playing 4 times a week.. If it were up to me I'd play with the band every single day!

Deacon_Blues · #3 06-12-2008, 04:58 PM

On average I'd say 2 times a month. Depends if there's a gig coming up in the near future. If not, no rehearsal. I play with an awesome guitarist and a really great drummer, and sometimes with my brother on keys (pro). This band works like a dream. No need to rehearse more (and, I'm the only one who would have time for more rehearsals...)

DanRJBrasil · #4 06-12-2008, 05:40 PM

alone ? almost everyday
With band? that depends how many bands I am in, the devolpement of the band and gigs, at the moment I am in only one band that make about 2 gigs a month we have one every 15 days or so, as the band is tight, even so a pratice bef a gig is very important

68Goldfish · #5 06-12-2008, 09:53 PM

Not enough to make me feel like we have a handle on the songs we play! Most of the time right before a gig I have an uncontrollable feeling that I'm on a runaway train, and the bridge ahead is out. But we allways manage to pull it out to the point where everybody has a good time and loves what they hear.

jomahu · #6 06-13-2008, 07:00 AM

2 days a week, 2 hours each. not including separate vocal or rhythm section rehearsals.

nickbear · #7 06-13-2008, 07:02 AM

we have band practise twice a week... i would to do it more but we day jobs get in the way!

i practise by myself daily but i dont think their is a substitute for playing with a drummer .

jefkebass · #8 06-13-2008, 07:20 AM

normally 1 day a week, but it's on hold now untill the exams are over.

dj150888 · #9 06-13-2008, 07:25 AM

Myself and a guitar player live ~100miles from the rest of the band 5 days a week (we're both at college) so we usually get 1 practice a week. Myself and the guitar player meet up for a jam more regularly. We play original music so its important to practice regularly to arrange music we've written.

staindbass · #10 06-13-2008, 08:12 AM

i used to practice 8-10 hrs a day, now i never do. you get to a point where what you need to do is second nature, its automatic, its built in you. people ask me if i get nervous going onstage in front of a 100,000 people, i say do you get nervous when you use the bathroom? they say no, and i say thats because its so second nature there is no need to be uncertain about it, you do it all the time. just like i would not need to practice hammering if i was going to put up shingles on the roof cuz i know it so well, i dont need to practice bass. this only pertains to me cuz im where i want to be in my career, i need no advancement. those hungry for sucess will view things differently. widen your skills, make your hands bass playing machines that never forget. johnny a.

low-endz · #11 06-13-2008, 08:48 AM

I rehearse w my band 1 a week some times 2x if were are writing new music

My band makes it a rule that everyone knows the new songs selection in the chosen key ( if diffrent from original) and then tighten it up on rehearsal day.

I'm in a new cover band that has a few originals & we try to add @ least 2-4 new covers a week depending on complexity of songs & bands personal issues.

It found it better with these guys to rehearse once a week but make a full day of it without the GFs' around ( GFs' r cool but they keep trying to get the band drunk & expect it to always be fun & effortless, sucks when were are trying out a prog rock song for 1st time & then there was the typical GF "I'm Bored" rant).

So I think if you get serious and have fun a band can accopplish much 1 a week for 6-10 hrs. as long as everyone takes personal time to sharpen there part of each song prior to rehearsal.

BigMac5 · #12 06-13-2008, 08:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by staindbass

i used to practice 8-10 hrs a day, now i never do. you get to a point where what you need to do is second nature, its automatic, its built in you. people ask me if i get nervous going onstage in front of a 100,000 people, i say do you get nervous when you use the bathroom? they say no, and i say thats because its so second nature there is no need to be uncertain about it, you do it all the time. just like i would not need to practice hammering if i was going to put up shingles on the roof cuz i know it so well, i dont need to practice bass. this only pertains to me cuz im where i want to be in my career, i need no advancement. those hungry for sucess will view things differently. widen your skills, make your hands bass playing machines that never forget. johnny a.

what does this have to do with band rehearsals?

paganjack · #13 06-13-2008, 08:58 AM

on the bass? like 5x a week. 3x a week alone for like 1-2 hours. A jam session or two with my groove band and one practice with my rock band.
if i didn't have a day job i would probably play a lot more. recently ive been brushing up on my cello skills, since i want to use that for the groove band too, once i get a pickup for it, ill run it through my effects setup and rig...it will be the grooviest cello evar!
so including bass, cello and guitar i play like 1-3 hours a day 6 days a week, easy.

gb2 · #14 06-13-2008, 09:09 AM

funny how most posters tend to mix rehearsal and practice...

we have rehearsals at least once a week, regular amount is two, and if we feel like (something that fortunatelly didn't happen too often in the last months...) it can be up to four times a week. but I'm fine with two, that's the way I like it the most. I hate fiddeling around on rehearsals, so most of the time it's very productive.

but next week my bandmates and I are going to move in the same flat, so I think there'll be some more guitar/bass-sessions in the evening, which is very good for the original writing we're doing.

scottbass · #15 06-13-2008, 09:10 AM

I'm in 2 bands. Each band rehearses once a week. That means I (personally) rehearse twice a week, right?

denhou1974 · #16 06-13-2008, 02:20 PM

We don't rehearse unless there are parts/mistakes to work out or new songs to work up.

**baba** · #17 06-13-2008, 02:23 PM

rehearsing..HA! Gigs are rehearsals!

**iriegnome** · #18 06-13-2008, 02:40 PM

We get together not matter what 1 time a week. We do practice, but we play more than anything. We have found that as much a playing is extremely important, bonding as a group is just as important. We travel alot, we spend a ton of time together on a bus, we need to be friends.

Fnord Explorer · #19 06-14-2008, 10:34 AM

Main band is once a week

Sideman gig band is twice a month

Insane-electronic-six-piece-freakout band is once every few months before a gig. In that band we write all the music in Reason and trade files and learn them that way. We play with a click and some sequences, so practicing them at home is just as good as rehearsing together, for the most part.

GM60466 · #20 06-14-2008, 10:39 AM

Monday and Wednesdays. we work Friday and Saturday and tape each show. On Mondays we listen to the tapes (cds now) and Wednesdays we run through the set list.
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