Do you guys in bands have regular practices or do you just pick songs, learn them individually, go over them once as a group and start giging with them?
I myself enjoy practice! It's a night with the boys having fun playing your favorite music. My dilemma is, I am not naturally good and have to work hard at the guitar, so I need to practice, especially as a group because it is so different live with a band then it is playing along to a cd or back track. We just gigged last Friday and it was probably our best performance ever, (judging by the crowd reaction). My thoughts after the gig was, "Man, we could get this reaction all the time if we practiced more"!
I am trying to talk the guys to get together at least once a month to further improve our capabilities. Sounds reasonable doesn't it? SO far, not to them? They just want to learn the songs individually and go for it. Let me tell you, we are not proffesional musicians. We're pretty good........but not that good.
I'm a little bummed out about it and may have to make the decision of quitting due to the fact that I don't feel comfortable playing in front of people if I don't feel I am at my best.
Anyways, I was interested in hearing about the practice routines of players here?
I myself enjoy practice! It's a night with the boys having fun playing your favorite music. My dilemma is, I am not naturally good and have to work hard at the guitar, so I need to practice, especially as a group because it is so different live with a band then it is playing along to a cd or back track. We just gigged last Friday and it was probably our best performance ever, (judging by the crowd reaction). My thoughts after the gig was, "Man, we could get this reaction all the time if we practiced more"!
I am trying to talk the guys to get together at least once a month to further improve our capabilities. Sounds reasonable doesn't it? SO far, not to them? They just want to learn the songs individually and go for it. Let me tell you, we are not proffesional musicians. We're pretty good........but not that good.
I'm a little bummed out about it and may have to make the decision of quitting due to the fact that I don't feel comfortable playing in front of people if I don't feel I am at my best.
Anyways, I was interested in hearing about the practice routines of players here?