How much into "The Hang" are you ?

After gig hanging out has fallen by the wayside for me too. Once in awhile a session is called but no expectations that it'll end in memory loss.

 

Maybe it's because I'm always busy but for me the hang is the only social time I get. I enjoy it immensely and look forward to it as much as playing.

 

My bandmates are some of the most interesting and intelligent people that I know, I love spending time with them even if we're not working.

 

Hang Time is minimal for me, everybody is busy.
Were not 20 years old anymore but I do like to get together
once in a while to promote comradery among the band.

 

Yes! That's me exactly!

I've never been into the whole "musician lifestyle"-sorta thing. I just wanna play music!

 

I don't mind the hang IF my bandmates and I have similar tastes in what a good hang is.

In the last band I was in, they were all about drinking beers and bar hopping, and just being goofy. I wasn't too into that, so I didn't hang with them much. That, however, was one of the points that rubbed them the wrong way, which led me to leave the band.

I prefer to be friendly/friends with my bandmates, and like to hang out, but time is also a factor for me. I work a lot and give what little free time I have to gigs and rehearsal. It's difficult for me to find more free time just to hang out.

 

I too am very busy as are my bandmates. Our band lives by three rules family first, jobs second, then the band. We have known each other since high school but played in different bands until this year. It's about playing music, fun, and friendship. We get together for cookouts and out for dinner with spouses. But hanging just to drink not us!

 

I think the hang is essential for networking before and after a show. This past weekend we did a show with a band up from Delaware. It was really cool to "hang with them" after there set. We play with a lot if the same bands on the regular so the hang is just a part of that.

 

My band mates all live in another city, so I don't see them much other than for our once a week rehearsals - which sometimes is a lot of talking and not much organized playing - and when playing a show. The occasional dinner, and once in a while going to listen to some bigger name artist. We're all a bit older so there's not much partying or such going on, we're busy with work, family etc. The only hanging we do really is if there is a lot of dead time between setup and a show. The band is important, but not at the very top of the list.

 

A big + 1.

This is me exactly.

 

My band mates are my friends. I enjoy hanging out with them and we do it once a week at rehearsal. Sometimes we just hang out and drink. Usually we jam.

At a gig we set up, play, tear down and leave. Sometimes we stop at a restaurant and eat after. Usually not.

 

i invited my current band and s.o.'s over for a meal. that's not something i'd normally do.

 

Well, I think, considering I like rehearsals better than actually playing live, the hang time for me would be during rehearsals, that's if I was even in a band right now! Hence why I eventually want to join a jam band, so i dont have to derive my income from music and be a slave to the trappings that come with it.

Having said that, hang time would depend on venue and crowd. I don't like hanging out with plebs!

 

You arent the only one. Im not 25 anymore and single with nothing really to do but work and play. Plus, I used to drink and drug, a lot, and dug that scene at the bars when we played or parties we played or wherever. Now a days I cant sleep in past 8 on the weekends even if I have a show and dont get home till 2 or 3. I dont drink or drug anymore either. I do get to the venue a little early to scope it out and make sure load in goes good but then as soon as were done playing, I pack my stuff up, say my goodbyes and Im out. Theres noting for me in that scene. If I want to hang with my band, I do it at practice or on other time. I have too much going on in life today to "hang" all the time. The only thing I miss out on a little is mixing with the other bands in the area and networking that way. But my guitarist and vocalist do a great job on that.

 

"The Hang" means very little to me. I used to like it a lot more, but over time I found it made it harder to maintain a working relationship, especially when there were problems that needed to be addressed. As it stands now, if I never hung out with my bandmates it wouldn't matter to me at all.

In my current band, some "hang" is unavoidable. You see, my father is the drummer. It works out okay because we have worked for a lot of the same companies over the years (we are both HVAC guys), so we have a long history of having to define our relationship in a working situation.

I do occasionally go out with the singer in the band. We're the same age and have similar personalities. Other than that, the rest of us see each other only in the band context setting. We have two guitarists, one I've been playing with since last year, and to be honest I know nothing about him. For example, I know he's married but I don't know his wife's name. I know he has at least one kid, and he works for a company that builds school buses, but that's it.

Honestly, I like it that way, and I think they do, too.

 

After gig party time? Rarely or never did I get involved...always liked the guys I played with but I was never into the drugs/alcohol/casual sex thing.

Probably because I've always had a steady gf/wife and my first son was born when I was 21

 

I have 2 members of my band that are really close friends of mine and we hang out a lot. I actually see one of them at my job everyday. As far as the rest of the band there isn't much hang time. I know back in the younger days after the gig we would all go and party hard until the sun rises, but since most of us are married and have professional careers now everything is calm.

 

I have a busy life, so I look forward to band practice. My band has 15 members -- scientists, entrepreneurs, artists... a great assortment of interesting dudes, so the hang is important for me. I am a non-drinker with a young family, so I have no need to stick around after gigs besides a little networking/public relations.