Re: Rant: God I HATE Rehearsing!

LOL

The Quintet was recorded and mixed in ONE DAY. Half the "band" I had never
even met or played with before, and none of them had seen the charts. We
have NEVER played together before or since.That was 12 years ago.

I think I've made my point...


"ed s" <eshamble@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Sep 24, 3:54 am, "js" <noth...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
sure:

http://www.jmsbass.com/store.htm

None of the stuff on the RH side was rehearsed at all. On one occasion, I
didn't even know half the band.

In my piccolo bass trio, I'd often finish writing a song on Thursday,
chart
it on Friday afternoon, pass out the charts at the beginning of the set,
and
play it on the gig Fri night.

"ed s" <esham...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Sep 24, 3:15 am, "js" <noth...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:





1) I've led my own groups quite successfully. We NEVER rehearsed, even
original tunes. ESPECIALLY original tunes.

2) Because of that, I'm not bitching like the usual "passive-aggressive
bassist who's too afraid to do his own thing, so he'll complain until he
gets his way which never happens". I'm just stating a FACT. What shocks
me
is how many people take it as Gospel that you have to rehearse the same
tunes 1000 times before you can THINK about plying out. It's a sad
commentary on the state of musicians today

3) Wine just dulls the anger, son. That's a GOOD thing.

"Muso" <MikeMandavi...@xxxxxxx> wrote in message

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On Sep 22, 6:00 am, ed s <esham...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Sep 22, 3:00 am, "js" <noth...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

No, it's from a perspective of a guy who's had to deal with 20 years
of
wasted time, all because one or two elements of the band are
insecure
in
their OWN abilities. Being a freelancer is just that much more salt
in
the
wound.

Trust me, for YEARS, I thought there must be some reason to it; some
essential element of rehearsing the same song 10 times in a row that
I
was
missing.

Then I came to realize, it's all about the CONFIDENCE FACTOR of the
weakest
frontperson in the group. That's it.

"iarwain" <iarwai...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

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I do agree that things can get stale sometimes when they are
practiced
too often. But I do think that there are some songs or parts that
can
benefit from getting together and hammering them out. The question
is
whether or not people enjoy rehearsals. I happen to, but I can
certainly see why some people don't. JS' perspective is from a
freelancer's point of view. But what about people who are just
part
of a regular band? Maybe it's a different experience for them, as
they probably have long standing relationships with the people
they
are playing with? Of course sometimes that can lead to
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So keep wineing Or take Charge - form you own group and be the boss.
If you think your so perfect - it should be no problem getting the
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Yeah, JS, lay off of that wine for awhile. After you sober up, you
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They must be wonderfully tight and original is no rehersal is need at
all - perhaps you could post some ?
here's on of mine fyi ( I play all the parts wife sings, from my

basement)http://us.share.geocities.com/edshamble/StillIllBeWatinForYoufinal.
mp3
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The wed night jam was very simple on bass - just a few licks over and
over. the rex 84 was mostly garbage, The Jazz Quintet stuff is Good !
Get back with those guys and keep the group together. ed s.


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