Does anybody else get depressed when practice is cancelled?

Nope

 

sure thing

 

Our practice was cancelled tonight. I'm gonna drink a coupla beers. Good thing is, we don't have to haul gear for practice.

You live in Florida, enjoy a night off.

 

I feel ya! I am the only one advocating for practice sometimes in my band. I don't understand why it gets canceled for any other reason than something came up in the schedule. Not practicing makes me a sad panda.

I think people just get lazy and feel like "I can practice on my own" or that it is unnecessary. I find it very helpful and it clears up a lot of confusion for me, especially during tricky transitions in songs or even live performances. Either way it is not a good thing to do.

 

I don't like it when my lessons get cancelled..

 

I hate it when practices get canceled cause I usually build my day around them.

 

I usually just end up practicing the material at home or procrastinating into doing something else.

 

down yes , depressed no.

 

I get irritable when practice gets cancelled :/ lol

 

I do most of the time although had a different experience recently.

I've recently switched to working night shifts and because of the shift pattern its taken a few weeks to settle into. This has meant about 3 weeks where the rest of the band has gone on practicing without me.

Odd feeling and not nice at all.

 

I get the same way when practice gets cancelled. At first I'm dragging my butt because I know I have practice. Maybe it's because I drive 30 minutes one way. Or probably Just being lazy is all. But, I know I'm going to make it regardless everytime. Then as soon as someone says "oh, we can't practice today because of blank", I'm bummed out.

Obviously people miss practice but to me, it's kind of a good thing for a member to miss sometimes IMO. Having one element missing from the band helps you realize, for me at least, how well or how not so well you are playing because you can focus on less instruments in the air and concentrate on parts you may be having a tough time with.

The one guitarist makes it tough for the drummer especially on transitions. I don't know what it is, but the guitarist will sit there and kinda complain and say "ohh you messed up that transition", and he will stop playing. Then when said guitarist is gone, the drummer and I sit down and lock in and get everything no problem. We lay it down for guitarist 1 and he gets its like magic lol.

They definitely know when the bass is missing

 

Wow. Never thought about this before now. I used to get real bummed when practices got cancelled. I'm pretty sure I'm always happy now when I hear a practice is cancelled. Gives me a night off.

Has to do with a lot of reasons. Being really busy and playing in a bunch of bands probably has most to do with it. If a rehearsal gets cancelled I have some much needed time freed up. I'm also not currently in any band situations where we're writing anything. Means I'm learning someone's material and then just going over it. I've rehearsed enough times with enough different musicians to not really need to do that. When I'm rehearsing these days, more often than not it's for the other people, not me. I learn my stuff inside out, upside down, and backwards and put a lot of time and effort into my homework. Others seem to like to work things out at a rehearsal. I do best working on material alone, and am totally comfortable jumping in on gig with no rehearsals at all, so long as the songs are played like the recordings.

If I were rehearsing my music with a band, which I will again be shortly, I think cancellations would be a different story.

 

No not at all unless practice is cancelled so late am already half way there.

Gives me a chance to catch up on home duties, relax, and drink a few beers in peace.

 

Have you been playing long or in a gigging band band long? When I first got back to music I was bummed when a practice got canceled. Today? no way. My band only practices when we have to and I love it. When it's a new band or you are new to gigging its more exciting to practice but when you are gigging quite a bit you need less practice and a day off is great.

 

hahahaha

cold?


sometimes i enjoy an evening off, especially after a long day at work.

 

Dang, you are DEDICATED. And I wonder if you have a life otherwise. My band tries to meet once a week on Saturday and some weeks, we miss. I'm usually hard-pressed to get in any practice between weekends, but I try to get an hour or so, often broken up into a couple of half-hours.

I don't get depressed about this, there are times I'm relieved because I'm usually running behind on preparation.

Example: I'm traveling to Missouri and Oklahoma Saturday April 28 through Monday May 7, so that's two Saturdays we won't meet unless the guitarists get together and do some acoustic work.

 

Yes, especially because we typically only practice once a week. So far this year I believe practice has been cancelled more than not, so that's a bit depressing. Last year we went dark for about 3 months straight, though for good reason (illness and injury). This is the reason why I do side projects and jam with other people as often as possible. To say nothing of the momentum and productivity of a band pursuing its goals, I love to play music. That's why I'm in bands, so it's a bummer when practice gets cancelled.

 

Same here. If practice gets cancelled then I have a hole in my night to fill. I dont get depressed though, as there are things I can do...