Haha, that is absolutely the plan. Every Spring I fire off a prayer to my dear and fluffy Lord that this isn't the year someone who knew what the tune was supposed to be tries to hum along with the video. It's been a few years, so I think I'm in the clear.
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Ever screw up at rehearsal?
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"Humph Bo, he's wond!" - John Lennon
Then there was the time (at a gig) where I thought I was boosting bass on my amp (Ibanez Promethean P3110) but the EQ knobs are in reverse order on that amp from all my other amps - L to R: Gain, treble, mid, bass, phat, master, so I was boosting treble (thinking it was bass), like, all the way, and cutting bass (thinking it was treble)! Everyone was saying how cutting my tone was. I was so mad at the amp until the next morning when I realized what I had done. 
Oh, like when I forget I was in drop-D for the previous song ?
Where did that dang 'A' go ? It was here earlier this evening.
Forgetting to re-engage my Hipshot D Tuner is one of my greatest hits! As stated before, when this happens I usually look at the drummer and nod toward the guitarist. He does that same if he ever flubs a fill.
It would be easier to tell you how many rehearsals I've never screwed up in some fashion. When I screw up enough for anyone to notice i usually get anywhere from a furrowed brow to stinkeye, but most times when I fumble I fix it quick enough they don't catch it. 
A couple of times my daughter has forgotten to retune her E string after playing a drop D song.
happened a couple of times in my old band
one time they txt me and asked if I could learn 'Uptown Girl' (Billy Joel)
I learnt the song and the BV's, get to rehearsal, drummer counts in 1,2,3,4 and we start - I look at guitarist, he looks at me, drummer looks confused and we stop.
I asked guitarist what key he is in and he said 'D'.... 'Ahhhh' I said - it should be in E.... Guitarist looks confused, then drummer gets out the laptop and plays the song.... the 'Westlife' version of the song - which is indeed in the key of 'D'.... turns out our Drummer didn't even know it was a Billy Joel song!
We never did rehearse or play that song
another time singer txt and asked if I could learn 'One Love' from Bob Marley but learn it down a key so drummer could sing it better.... I hated the song (still do actually) but learnt it in the key they wanted.... then get to rehearsal and find out that Drummer / singer have learnt 'Is This Love' from Bob Marley and me & guitarist had learnt 'One Love'!
We all had a good laugh about that one
one time they txt me and asked if I could learn 'Uptown Girl' (Billy Joel)
I learnt the song and the BV's, get to rehearsal, drummer counts in 1,2,3,4 and we start - I look at guitarist, he looks at me, drummer looks confused and we stop.
I asked guitarist what key he is in and he said 'D'.... 'Ahhhh' I said - it should be in E.... Guitarist looks confused, then drummer gets out the laptop and plays the song.... the 'Westlife' version of the song - which is indeed in the key of 'D'.... turns out our Drummer didn't even know it was a Billy Joel song!
We never did rehearse or play that song
another time singer txt and asked if I could learn 'One Love' from Bob Marley but learn it down a key so drummer could sing it better.... I hated the song (still do actually) but learnt it in the key they wanted.... then get to rehearsal and find out that Drummer / singer have learnt 'Is This Love' from Bob Marley and me & guitarist had learnt 'One Love'!
We all had a good laugh about that one
Yep, the way McCartney handles it, that's the way to handle it.
Audiences don't mind finding out you're human.
Audiences don't mind finding out you're human.
Hey I did it on a live radio broadcast. Fortunately egg suits my complexion.
Rehearsals are for sorting stuff out so screwing up is no big deal and it happens a bit with all of the band members.
Rehearsals are for sorting stuff out so screwing up is no big deal and it happens a bit with all of the band members.
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When did I not, -in rehearsal- ? LOL 
Performance is a different matter. OF COURSE I miss a note, here and there. Mostly there.... Isn't that for the practice room and rehearsals?
But I'm "only" the bass player, so nobody (sorry) notices.
Well, my lead guitar will notice, but he just smiles.
Performance is a different matter. OF COURSE I miss a note, here and there. Mostly there.... Isn't that for the practice room and rehearsals?
But I'm "only" the bass player, so nobody (sorry) notices.
Well, my lead guitar will notice, but he just smiles.
