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#332,662
dagrev said:
Please enlighten me on playing from an iPad, or point me in the right direction. I use paper. And like the ability to make notes. But I'm up for not having to print or pull music. How do you collect/create set lists? I'm assuming there are several programs.
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We use Music Stand, which is part of the Planning Center Online software. You create a plan, which includes a set list. You can pull from a library, I think, or you can add a set of lyrics along with chords, timings, and more. Each user can also make their own notes on their charts. It lets you put together teams (bands) from a user pool, etc.

Planning Center is sold as SAS to churches, but can be used for lots of things. There are other modules but Music Stand handles the music.
 
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BklynKen said:
And you'll only get tight with at least weekly rehearsals. "Rehearsals" because you're rehearsing what you worked on since the last one. We have three new songs already since the album was released. Gotta keep fine-tuning them and improving. We'll be playing two of them at our set this Sunday. This is not the kind of stuff to wing it.
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Same thing here. We practiced last night and have 7-8 new songs, so we demo them on a cheapo multi track the singer has.

Its great to hear things back and it helps you realize what still needs work and what sounds ok. It also helps you get organized for future recordings so you can be efficient and not waste time/$$
 
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Thumper said:
Anymore I like practice more than gigging. Great guys, full PA set up with 2 subs. I have a full rig identical to my gig rig and 3 different Thunderbirds there. The band leader/guitarist has a refrigerated keg and fully stocked fridge, doesn't charge for anything. I take my own beer though, mainly because I like my IPAs, but will have a pint of his once in a while, but in any case keep it down to 2 drinks because of the drive home. He knows a couple of hundred songs and the words and guitar to almost any song he's ever heard, so pretty much anything new I want to bring in he already knows and the drummer went to college on a music scholarship (in Seattle) and can pretty much play anything after one listen. Electronic drums keeps the volume levels reasonable. I usually stay after practice to BS. Gigs are a pain anymore after 40 years of it. Life is good.
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I think I feel this, somewhere in the place my soul hides... Hey, why spoil the band experience with an audience....?? 😉🙃😉
 
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passive bass night here tonight......
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TBird1958 said:
I enjoy making music with my bandmates and do like them, for us it's a necessary evil because we know/play a lot of songs but many don't get played at every show so we do play through those tunes. The other aspect is consistency and we do struggle with that at times, at least a couple of the members do. They have other distractions and at times it can be a bit frustrating, things like song tempo and actually learning a signature guitar solo come to mind. We never haul a PA, I won't play a show that can't provide that, so we're always working with the FOH guys, most are pretty good, but occasionally it doesn't go so good.

Within the first 8 seconds of this song starting I'm saying "faster" to Pedro because he cued Ginger in too slow on the cowbell, he picks up when the drums start. We did talk about this at rehearsal......
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As previously stated, none of the places we play(ed) have a PA, so if we didn't bring ours, we'd be miming. 'Course that's good enuff for Taylor Swift, so...:smug:
 
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Miles_ONeal said:
It was PDFs for a while but now we have Music Stand. I think you can hook up a switch as a page turner. We just use chord charts, nothing too fancy.
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The Big Band-and concert band-charts are strictly paper; mostly written parts w/ some chord symbols [big band only-can't see playing Bach, Mozart, etc. with chord charts]
 
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