Great Saturday

[Drummer Matt]

Yesterday I went down to St. John's Music and bought a new head for my snare. It's a Remo Weatherking Coated Ambassador. It makes my Black Panther sound even more sex than before. And just today I went down to this guy's house to play with his band. Myself and the lead guitar player were the new members. The band is a 5 piece, Lead Guitar, Keyboards, Bass, Drums, and Lead Singer. The Keyboardist and Lead Singer also play rhythm guitar, and the bassist and keyboardist sing background. I had to bring my kit to his house, but it was worth it as I had a lot of fun. They want me to come back next Saturday. I can't wait. We haven't got a name yet, we're just learning songs, and having fun. Gigs should be coming soon, in about a month or so, once we get about 20 songs together. Tonight is the bar, where my uncle is playing, and I will be playing a few tunes. I talked to the drummer yesterday, he said I was welcome to play a few tunes anytime, so I will be hittin' the stage tonight for sure. And some of my family is going tonight, so they will see me rock out. I just hope I don't drop any sticks, as last time I played with my uncle, I dropped a stick and had to improvise with one until I could grab another :mad:

[pipi6000]

20 songs in a month? if you can pull that off that's impressive! :thumb:

[lmldrummer]

cover band or originals
if it's originals, yes, that would be very impressive

[pipi6000]

Even covers would be pretty impressive...Like to learn 20 songs from other bands and play them really well....Id be impressed...

[Seafroggys]

Even covers would be pretty impressive...Like to learn 20 songs from other bands and play them really well....Id be impressed...

Not that hard at all. If each individual member learned the songs on their own, and you spent rehersals piecing everything together, its pretty easy.

[moogoogaipan]

yeah, for real. My group that did that video I posted earlier, pieced those songs together in one 2-hour rehearsal. And we were just screwing around most of the time.

Moral is: If you have dedicated and experienced musicians, you can get a lot more accomplished.

[edit]aww, what the hell. I'm gonna whore it once more cause the guys never brought in the recording equipment... :(
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iDBLvoFvWZc


To Stay on Topic: Matt, the one piece of advice I'll give to you is this.
Always be excited to be at rehearsal and be full of energy.

I'm the facilitor of my small ensemble and nothing was more frustrating that having a night when I had some tunes transcribed and arranged, only to come to a rehearsal full of dismally tired people who didn't want to do anything. It sucked, cause I was excited and my whole impetus for the evening would be ruined because of the lack of dedication.

[Josiah]

20 songs seems like far more then you need to be gigging..

[pipi6000]

yeah, for real. My group that did that video I posted earlier, pieced those songs together in one 2-hour rehearsal. And we were just screwing around most of the time.

Moral is: If you have dedicated and experienced musicians, you can get a lot more accomplished.

But you still have to take in consideration: school, location of each member, and yes dedication... For me, that would be hard becuase the only time my band practices is every saturday, and both guitarist live about half an hour away...So learning 20 songs and can play them solidly is a new concept to me...:)

[moogoogaipan]

true, but don't let that get you down... because the instant that you show any negative response, such as tiredness or laziness, that's when things will go down hill. Just keep the momentum.

I kicked one guy out of my quintet because he was always complaining about how tired he was and how he thought we should change the rehearsal time because it was late in the evening and he'd rather be watching TV.
So I said, that's fine... go home and watch tv... we'll be here rehearsing. We enjoyed your company.

[FL3P]

20 songs seems like far more then you need to be gigging..

If you are playing covers doing a whole night that's the least of what you would need. Around here it's typically three 45 minute sets in a night.

[MeaninglessPhoto]

Good luck learning the 20 songs. But it sounds like it was a good day.

[Brokensticks]

Sounds good man, hope you guys can get something good going on.

[Drummer Matt]

Oops, I made a mistake. We're gonna be practicing for a few months, and probably won't start gigging until next year. But the guys are all experienced musicians, and they knew the songs we played like it was nothing. I do have fun at practice, and I usually always full of energy. And I try not to be annoying like hitting random drums while the other members are talking.

[Josiah]

If you are playing covers doing a whole night that's the least of what you would need. Around here it's typically three 45 minute sets in a night.

Hmmm that would be like not a normal club.

Most clubs run 3-4 bands with 30-45 mins sets each here.


I've only seen that kind of length of playing done for private events.

[stevensonmat2]

THat may be because cali is inudated with bands.

[FL3P]

yeah around here you get hired to play one, two, or even three nights and you are the entertainment. In between sets they play dance music, it's kind of lame really. I did it for years but once no-one wanted to hear the bands and everyone wanted to shake it to shitty pop I had to get out. I stick to original music now.

[CombatWombat3]

Yeah Winnipeg! The Folk Festival makes my summer. Such wonderful, inspiring music. Plus the atmosphere is so...unique.