RE: "Keep it Simple" thread.....

[strat59]

Awhile ago I posted this rant on a different forum.
I'm curious to see what you guys can add....

Top 10 Excuses For Not Being Prepared At Rehearsal

1. The youtube guy I copied from had it in the wrong key

2. I got the live version instead of the album cut

3. Looked up the song title but it's from a different band (and track)

4. Had to get the furnace checked but the guy was late

5. My hand was cramping up

6. I’ve been really busy (even though i’m retired)

7. The dog ate my charts

8.

9.

10.

These are all actual excuses I've heard (except for #7....so far anyway)

Need help with the last 3.

Go.....

 

[PauFerro]

I couldn't hear the bass line in the youtube versions I sourced.

The chart you sent doesn't match the song.

 

[mellowinman]

I'm a part time astronaut, and we're flying to Mars next Sunday!

 

[RustyAxe]

"I'm a lazy wanker" - rarely admitted, but the most plausible excuse.

 

[joebar]

Wow-
People actually send you lists?

 

[JRA]

the real reason = "i just don't care."

 

[bearfoot]

11. If you ask me for a reason I'm unprepared, I will whinge about "doing our own versions" of the songs, and then expect you to teach it to me in rehearsal.

 

[jdthebassman]

i don't have a computer can you make some cds

 

[strat59]

i don't have a computer can you make some cds

cd's are a must

that way everybody listens to the same thing

 

[Rock Salad]

But that's how the TAB says it goes.

 

[Last Rebel]

I'll have it for next week....

 

[strat59]

this is a new one i just heard....

him: "but that's the way my old band played it"

me: "yeah, and they played it wrong also"

 

[rendevouz]

You know so I was listening to the song on youtube really working on it man, then I decided to take a break and you know watch a couple of cat videos when all of sudden 4 hours had passed

 

[PauFerro]

My guys always expect me to drop coin printing all the charts for them, even when they have a printer. Others refuse to buy one so they don't have to do their own printing. Not a rehearsal excuse, but something that absorbs a lot of my time and money, printing all those charts.

 

[bumperbass]

"I don't have the time to get every song perfect". (but has oodles of time to get loaded, then call me so I can hang up on him.)

 

[Slade N]

I couldn't hear the bass line in the youtube versions I sourced.
.

ive that problem, wasn’t an excuse. i did look for other versions too

 

[GroovyBaby]

I was going to practice but I had a GAS attack and spent too much time surfing TB!

 

[Muttleybass]

I couldn't find the 45

Okay, that was a while ago

 

[Dabndug]

I didn't get your email/text/phone call/smoke signal
The unseasonal humidity/heat/cold has made it impossible to tune my bass
I've been on a three-week bender

 

[sawzalot]

I was drunk every night since last rehearsal and don't remember anything I practiced since then.