Keeping Band Mates Happy

Funkfingers

I like the Duke Ellington answer. “I give ‘em money.”

coffeehouse

When someone arrives at a gig / practice , with a car full of half a ton of gear... go out and help them bring it in...

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

 WiresDreamDisasters said:

8. Make jokes about fucking each others mums - the more gratuitous the better.

A cautionary tale:

At my band's last practice the drummer started making crude "Yo' Mama" jokes to the singer, sadly he wasn't aware that the singer's mother died of cancer a couple of years ago!  

Queue a mega-awkward atmosphere for the rest of the rehearsal!

LuttiS

I've always called it the band arsehole..  I think every band needs one...  I think it's similar your rule 14.  There has to be someone to at the end of the day to make the decision, tell the drummer the shut the fuck up and to generally herd the cats.

Doesn't have to be an arsehole about it though

prlgmnr

22. Don't start a second thread all of your own when a perfectly good thread on the same topic already exists.

Nikc

isn't rule no 1 don't be a dick 

WiresDreamDisasters

prlgmnr said:

22. Don't start a second thread all of your own when a perfectly good thread on the same topic already exists.

I didn't see it until after I made this thread. Anyway, that other thread is shit.

fandango

prlgmnr said:

22. Don't start a second thread all of your own when a perfectly good thread on the same topic already exists.

Ah, but isn’t the whole forum all about regurgitating the same old questions?

vonLayzonfon

In addition to 4 and 5...

Particularly for cover bands, if you don't like a song suggestion, say so. Don't make everyone else learn it and keep turning up, week after week,  saying, "I've not looked at it yet."

Band practice is not the time to learn your part.

JerkMoans

fandango said:

Ah, but isn’t the whole forum all about regurgitating the same old questions?

What if there were no rhetorical questions?  

Calum13

Personally I like number 21. Seems like the most common thing to happen out of this list 

Jetfire

Actually, 18 is really important on this one .in the other thread, this sums up my rant

steveledzep

prlgmnr said:

22. Don't start a second thread all of your own when a perfectly good thread on the same topic already exists.

^^^ This.

Philtre

Get a drum machine.

monquixote

I think the most important thing is to establish a convention and stick to it.

One band I played in did learn songs at practice deliberately. They had two practices a week with one set aside for this. I initially whinged about it but then realized that it was what they had done for years and worked for them. I eventually agreed to only attend the set run through practices and that worked really well.

Similarly I've detailed on here how I was in a band where someone set up a really elaborate song selection process involving excel spreadsheets and voting and then totally ignored the results.

meltedbuzzbox

steveledzep said:

prlgmnr said:

22. Don't start a second thread all of your own when a perfectly good thread on the same topic already exists.

^^^ This.



Stop being grumpy penises. We don't all moan over the 500 Les Paul threads, which tubescreamer threads, transparent drive, do we like relics etc

Philtre

23. Don't be a grumpy penis.

Jalapeno

Get the drummer to play an electric kit, his volume is then a collective decision (plus you can deafen him in his foldback mix so he still thinks he's playing loud

pintspiller

vonLayzonfon said:

In addition to 4 and 5...

Particularly for cover bands, if you don't like a song suggestion, say so. Don't make everyone else learn it and keep turning up, week after week,  saying, "I've not looked at it yet."

Band practice is not the time to learn your part.

It happens all the time. Sometimes it's me.

monquixote

Learn your shit, or learn you're shit.