Man, we had a marathon rehearsal yesterday. 10:00am to 3:00pm with a short 20 minute break for lunch. I feel like I've been run through a wringer. I'm too old for this sh*t. The band has been on a very sporadic schedule for over a year now, but we're trying to get back in gear. The guitarist booked a gig for June 2nd and we have nearly run out of time to get the sets in order and tighten them up. 51 songs divided into three sets makes for a VERY long practice session. I was using my Lakland DJ5 which is a little on the heavy side, and my shoulder paid the price for it. The good news is that we've gotten everything in pretty decent shape and should be good to go for Saturday night. So, what's the longest you guys have rehearsed/jammed in a single session?
I've done a nine hour recording session before. Granted, alot of it was listening, scratch tracks, reworking, and some vocals.
Hi, sb69coupe As I live at some distance from our rehearsal space, there's only one rehearsal/week. A normal is around 3-4hours, with a occasional smoke for those who smoke, and a leak for those who don't , and a long one before a gig around 5-6 hours. Gigs are from 3*45min to 6 hours depending of the place and the audience. (last weekend 3*40 + 20 on one place, then a short drive and a 2*30 on another) Sam
In my younger days, one of my first bands would get together Saturday at around 1 or 2 pm, and jam until midnight easily. (I built the strength up in my hands real quick). The rehearsal space was way out in the boonies, so we never had a problem with noise ordinance. About 9, 10 pm people would start showing up with booze, and it would turn into a party. (I think my parents thought i had a second job at the time).
doesn't really seem that long to me. ... i used to practice in two bands consecutively... four hours each... load in/load out time in between... 8 hours of practice every time we did... [spunj13]
4 to 6 hour rehersals is our usual, and I don't consider it a marathon.Tireing for sure but it makes the gigs seem easy.
I rarely(!!!) have a band practice lasting less than 3 hours. My main band rehearses 4 hours pr. rehearsel. When I was at the age of 9-12 i was in a boys choir, sometimes we'd rehearse for 12 hours with a 30 min. break. Then again, we where the best boys 'n men choir in the country.
Well, I guess I've just gotten soft in my old age. When I was around 20 we'd always rehearse for 4 hours or so. Haven't done that in so long that this marathon session really took it out of me. "What a drag it is, getting old......."
since all of us in my band go to different colleges along the eastern US coast...we dont get to practice much during the school year..we will though schedule gigs during breaks and will often have a week to get all of our set together..we average 7-8 hrs a day for that week...normally by the 3-4 nights we cut it short since we are exhausted but we try to push through
When I have student concert rehearsals we start at 9AM and go to 7PM. We have a different student roughly every 6 mins with a 30 min lunch break. Luckily thats only twice a year!
i just recently filled in for a band down here in florida,i had to learn about 16 new songs in about 2 days,i like the practice and gig sessions,but the unloading and loading is what kills me.
we played a marathon(the 26 mile race) two years ago, set up was at 6 AM, we played till 4:30, it was cool though, we were set up right at the finish line
my band starts practicing at about 6 p.m. and we end practice between 9:30 and 10 p.m. with a half hour, sometimes an hour, break in between to either discuss band stuff, get dinner or both.
My current band never practices. At all. Occasionally we'll get together to jam and write songs, but rarely do we play out live set during practice. When we get together its just writing. That said, we've gotten immense feed back from our live shows. We do a lot of improv (think led zeppelin's live shows as well as cream's)
i hate to shut you down but meh my first rehersal was six hours. The rehersal rooms in my suburb give you a six hour session for $45 AU so heaps of bands do it. I think it isnt long enough
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