Hi all,
After years of doing nothing, I find myself in a 4 piece bind of like minded individuals.
We enjoy playing and we are now getting serious about making the best noise we can with our available (limited) talents.
This week, rather than just run through the songs that we know, we stepped back and spent time on four of them. Basically we worked on the backing vocals but we also found ourselves discussing arrangements and how we end the songs.
It was a great night and those 4 songs are massively improved.
So it made me think.
How do bands rehearse?
Do you all turn up and run through the set or do you have any tips to pass on about practicing?
Cheers
Mike
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In our weekly rehearsals we intersperse playing existing songs with writing new songs (typically via jamming over new chord sequences or basslines). We never have a plan as such, but there are only three of us and we are all really focused and into it.
If we have an imminent gig we make sure the proposed setlist is played through and timed. We also have tea and posh biscuits.
Wisdomz my last 'proper' band also used to have the odd acoustic session to work on vocals etc, saves booking out a rehearsal room and actually makes you focus more on what you're singing when you're not amplified (particularly as you're not straining to even be heard over a full-bore band through a rehearsal room PA, let alone to pick out potentially complex harmonies).