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Originally Posted by seanm  I am surprised how many people practice on the weekend. Weekends are when I have most of my gigs. And if I don't have a gig, I try to keep the weekend free for family time.
I practice Monday and Tuesday nights. I think it is very important to have a set night and stick to it. Then you can plan things around the practices. |
Personally, while I think it would be nice to practice on weeknights, it's impractical for a lot of people.
Let's face it...most bands are made up of younger people who don't have "ideal" jobs yet...for instance, our guitarist/singer makes good money, but he works a second shift factory job. He also has a young daughter at home, so practicing on weeknights or later on school nights is impossible. So we usually practice on Saturdays, or Sunday afternoons.
Right now it's not a big deal, since we're still trying to replace our last lead singer to round out the band again, so we're not gigging anyway. Usually when our band has a gig on a weekend, we don't rehearse that weekend, so things balance out. (We make darn sure we're ready for the gig at least a week in advance...we try to avoid having an "emergency" practice the day before the show.)
