How often to you rehearse?

[Kimpini]

I was just wondering how often people rehearsed with their bands for me it would be once or twice a week.

[fourstringdrums]

Once a week, usually a 2 hour or so rehearsal.

We used to do twice a week but that's when I was new to the band and we had a gig to prepare for.

[fdeck]

My main band is three day-jobbers in a jazz trio. We don't rehearse. But we are very tight, having worked together in various combinations over the past 10 years. When someone in the band wants to add some new tunes, we simply roll them out at our gigs. I would say that the jazz audience is probably more forgiving of this, than a rock audience.

[Hansel]

We've Been playing alot of small shows lately, so our practices are now Every monday and Wednesday, 4-9:30. sometimes friday 4-8. But Me and the Guitarist both work, so it's difficult.

[Nick Kay]

Back when I was in one, it was four hours each on Tuesdays and Saturdays. We would tone the Saturdays down to an hour or two if we had a gig that night. This was an originals outfit, though, with a lot of technically demanding bits.

[smogg]

once a week, about 4 hours or so

[alfredpunkjazz]

3 times a week, 3-4 hours each...

[kesslari]

2 bands, each once a week, unless we can't make it (very tight professional schedules), 2-4 hrs depending on what we need to cover and how much fun we're having.
Both bands are fairly new together, so we're still learning material.

[Stumbo]

When I was gigging, twice a week, Tues/Thurs, about 3-4 hours each day.

[Dave Muscato]

My band lives together and we have an electronic drumset & Line6 gear for the bass & guitar, all running through headphones, for rehearsing: Anytime we feel like it, 24 hours a day, when we bored or just hanging out or whenever we come up with a good idea

[blacktop_21]

6 days a week! it's made alot easier as our rehearsal room is attached to my house!

[Deacon_Blues]

Preferably once prior to each gig (unless there's two similar gigs shortly after each other), or two times if there has been a long time since last gig or if we have a bunch of new songs to rehearse.

I'd love to rehearse a bit more for the fun of it, making it more of a social thing than plain work, but with busy people in the band it's often not possible...

[perogato02]

Once a week for about 2 to 3 hours ... when a gig is coming up, an extra rehearsal seems in place for all of us

[popinfresh]

Whenever we feel like it really, sometimes once a week, other times it can be 1 every 2 or 3 weeks. We all hang out together all the time and share ideas, but I wouldn't call it practicing. Don't really practice any more than usual before gigs either.

[Step]

I'm in a few bands and I usually rehearse 1-2 times a week with my main band, and once a week with one of the others

[heroincredible]

When I first joined, we were rehearsing something like three times a week. Lately its been once a week at best, occassionally once a month due to schedule conflicts. When we have a gig to rehearse for, we try and rehearse once the week before the gig just to go over the tunes once through and maybe work on some new material. They last about an hour to two hours.

[heavyfunkmachin]

LETS MAKE A POOLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!

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[Lemoore-on]

Once or sometimes twice a week. We are transitioning between GP's & adding a bunch of new songs.

[JackANSI]

Originals? Three times a week for two hours... Got really tight that way.

Covers? Thats what the gigs are for... I only choose to be in cover bands where the people are talented and mature enough to not need babied through the entire setlist.

Individual prep? At least 10 hours a week on technique. Whatever else I need to learn the songs.