Reasons for cancelling Band Practice.

[Chicken Wing]

I had to miss last night. Wife has double ear infection and asked me to stay home.

I have 3 young kids as well, 5, 2 and 6 months. I have to be ready to cancel anything at any time LOL

 

[ToddB1963]

Again?

"Again? Didn't it fall off a month ago?"

"Well yeah, but they re-attached it"

"They reattached it? So what happened?"

"Doc said the stitches didn't take"

"They didn't?"

"Nah..."

 

[JRT64]

I left work once because one of my pets got sick and died. I was a wreck, and couldn't concentrate at all on my work. I had a very good boss at the time who understood and let me off. So missing band practice was no concern to me while I was dealing with it for a few days. My pets are very important to me. In fact more important, than a missed rehearsal that can be made up. If the person the OP is referring to is sincere, I wouldn't make an issue of it.

 

[Bass Man Dan]

I was briefly in a band where the guitarist was over an hour late because he was washing his hair.

 

[The Owl]

Tornado
Attacked by a bear
Got arrested for mail fraud

 

[MdC64]

“Friends wife passed away, I’m playing bass during the memorial service and the service is the same time as practice.”

 

[_One//Man//Mutiny_]

I was briefly in a band where the guitarist was over an hour late because he was washing his hair.

I was in a band with a guy where that would not only be acceptable, but appreciated!

 

[J-Bass RMR]

-My car has a flat / is out of gas

All very legit...

Wife has double ear infection

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[mcnach]

Apparently anything the singer/songwriter says:

-I didn't take my meds
-I took too many meds
-My car has a flat / is out of gas / was abducted by D.B. Cooper
-Was that today?
-My amp is in hock
-That reminds me, can I borrow $300 to get my amp out of hock?
-Do you have a guitar I can borrow?
-Do you have some pedals I can borrow?
-My sister needs the car
-My sister left the baby seat in the car, so I have to drive all the way back home, sorry.
-It's OK if I come 3 hours late to rehearsal, right?
-My stomach is acting up
-My tendinitis is acting up
-My ADHD is an all-consuming monolith that will eventually destroy everything in its path, including this band.

(which it eventually did. I am no longer in this project.)

Not exactly but very much like it.
That's how my main band of 12 years found its end a few weeks back. Tomorrow we make it official.

And I bet that, like these two, there are many more similar stories out there!

 

[Ostie]

Everybody grieves differently. If one of my cats died, I would probably cancel practice for that week.

I know a guy who lost his dog over a year ago. He still can’t talk about it without choking up.

 

[kevindahl]

As for the dog or any other pet yes, who cares. What kind of band are we talking about. A touring, this is all we do and care about band? Or is it the we love to play music, chill with others and make a little cash on the side type of band?

I don't even care if someone phones the day of, which rarely happens in my current project, and say they can't make it due to a hangnail. If there is someone who cancels practice more often than not then yes, that would be an issue. Life is too short to be worried about rehearsal cancellations.

 

[kevindahl]

I got kicked out of a band because I was in the emergency room and missed ONE rehearsal.

That was a blessing.

 

[steveinohio]

I've been in the same band with the same guys for 21 years. Three dudes with real jobs and family's. We've done a lot together. Lots of ups and downs. We still try to practice weekly. If someone can't make it no big deal. I don't even care about the reason. Those dudes are my best friends. It took a bit of time and understanding to get to that point though.

 

[LBS-bass]

"Again? Didn't it fall off a month ago?"

"Well yeah, but they re-attached it"

"They reattached it? So what happened?"

"Doc said the stitches didn't take"

"They didn't?"

"Nah..."

Isn't this where someone needs to post a King Missile song?

 

[Spectrum]

I was briefly in a band where the guitarist was over an hour late because he was washing his hair.

A guitarist who practices hygiene? Sounds like a keeper.

 

[denhou1974]

Any reason is good enough because it's nobody's business why you cancel.
However, cancel too many and you might be replaced.

 

[ToddB1963]

Isn't this where someone needs to post a King Missile song?

Or something by Limp Bizkit

 

[pglaser01]

My wife's a retired cop. When she was a shift commander, she had a rookie call her during a (rare here in the southern US) snowstorm. The newb wanted to know if he could stay home because it was a "snow day."

To which the only acceptable reply is, of course

“it snow problem”

 

[51PRI]

Any reason is good enough because it's nobody's business why you cancel.
However, cancel too many and you might be replaced.

Yes, but I think among people it IS the other band members business. You set aside one night a week to rehearse and someone keeps missing...something just happens to come up on THAT night that can't be postponed, but band practice can? Really?

I left work once because one of my pets got sick and died. I was a wreck, and couldn't concentrate at all on my work. I had a very good boss at the time who understood and let me off. So missing band practice was no concern to me while I was dealing with it for a few days. My pets are very important to me. In fact more important, than a missed rehearsal that can be made up. If the person the OP is referring to is sincere, I wouldn't make an issue of it.

An issue was not made of it. We all expressed sympathy. My purpose in this was to have a discussion about band practice and what events are worthy of a cancellation. We've missed a LOT of band practices lately for ALL kinds of reasons. The death of a dog was just the most recent reason.

I think I might even list them later.

That should be interesting for all of us.

 

[TerribleTim68]

What if my cat died?