Am i the only one here who hates practicing?!?

one day, maybe, you will figure it out.

 

I read an article by Jeff Berlin a while ago that basically said that practice is NOT supposed to be fun. You're supposed to work your ass off, and reap the benefits and enjoy yourself at gigtime.

That's not the way for me, I suppose. I love sitting and playing by myself. Usually I just try and work out new songs that have nothing to do with whatever band I'm playing with. I got into the "I don't have to practice, I know the set list cold" trap, and then realized there's more to music than what my band knows.

That's not to say that don't like performing. I don't LOVE it. I'm all about having people watch me play, but to this day I'm not sure how to respond to applause. It's kind of embarassing, kind of awkward... something it feels obligatory. Ah well, maybe I'm just not the performer type. Maybe I can get a gig as a studio ace...

 

I don't hate having to practice, but I do hate having to practice songs that we've been playing for ten months and in some cases, that we've been playing for five years! My guitarist is an idiot and has trouble remembering how even the simplest of songs go (many times we've had to help him remember the four chords that go into playing "When I Come Around" by Green Day).

Someday, I will have a band that I can be proud of...

 

I'm ok. I get a little itchy in the trigger finger after a while of no band, but I'm cool with laying down my own groove...

 

I wish I could say I knew where the Eagles Nest was. I'm one of those damn FIBs from near Chicago that migrated up to GB to go to school, and my local and state wide knowledge of the geography of WI is poor at best.

 

I haven't yet had the privalage of playing in front of more than a few people so i don't really have much to compare to, but i live for practice. i'm probably one of the laziest people in the world and i still love to practice. i don't know, maybe my attitude toward the subject will change after we get some larger gigs, but for now, i just love to play.

 

one of these days your going to be just sittin in your room playing by yourself and your going to start playing something that you never thought you would be able to do in a million years. that is the coolest feeling in the whole world(well almost ) THAT is the reason i play bass

 

that just happened to me. i haven't been playing for very long and i never thought that i could play anything by rhcp. the other day i was sitting there playing and i thought that i would try something new. about an hour later, i was playing californication and otherside really good. it's the best feeling ever.

 

you gotta drill, then work on fun stuff. Works for me.

 

i kinda enjoy practice

 

Me and my guitarist quit a band because our drummer just didnt love playing, and you could tell in his playing. Maybe you dont know it, but if you dont love playing, it'll probably be noticable when you're playing infront of people or with a band. To me playing alone is almost as fun as playing with a band, and playing with a band is almost as fun as playing with a band infront of people. My personal opinion is, you should always have a smile on your face when you're playing your instrument, not a fake smile, but one of those smiles where your face hurts afterwards and you try not to smile but you just cant do it. Just my opinion.
Chris

 

when i first start on a song it sure does get frusturating.but after awhile once i can play it good it feels good.

 

My insanely bad (or nonexistant) practice habits are the reason I didn't graduate with a performance/jazz degree from UNT and become an orchestral player. I just am not a very good practicer at all. If I ever developed good practice habits I could be one bad motherf*cker, and that's no joke. However, now I'm a mortgage guy with a very good day job and 3-4 gigs a week with various jazz/rock groups. I can't complain!

 

I LOVE practicing...i just never get enough time to do it. I can't get enough; I just love playing my instrument, regardless of what I'm playing.

 

Ok, I know where Nicolet drive is, but there's never been a reason for us to go north on it, as everything is really to the south and west of the campus...But I know where you're talking about. Most of my time is spent on the West side, when I leave campus. (Not sure if this means anything to you, but they closed the Rock 'N Roll High School/Concert Cafe last week )

And, of course, I'll be sporting my orange and blue to root for the BEARS this weekend, of course.

Back on topic: Um... yeah... practice good.

 

I love to play my bass, I do so constently(much to many's dismay, I dont have to much of a life, only 18 here!) And my band members sometimes get sick of me talking about music all the time and different ideas(Well maybe not our keyboardist). But I love to practice our songs and covers because I like to get the general idea of it down pat so I can afterwards go off live and use different hand techniques at random, do different fills, or just come up with a totally different line for it while I'm there. And alot of times when I practice the songs or just anything in general I'll come up with something new that I might try for songwriting with the band.