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Old 02-17-2012, 05:51 PM   #30 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by GeddyVanHalen View Post
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If you're really serious about the band you're in, please PLEASE practice twice a day! You'll guarantee to be more tight than ever.

Always give credit where it's due, no matter how good or bad your live show turned out. Always thank your members for playing the show and for doing their best. This will make your members feel better about themselves and will want to continue to work with you. And to all you non-leaders....be sure to thank your leaders for doing their best to book the show (like I said...no matter how the show turns out) and for working so hard to keep the band going.
I don't think I've ever had what I would consider a good or even a bad show. My band always gets gigs in places where people won't be paying attention to the band. But it is good to practice, the toolbox percussionist in my group is pretty slow on the uptake of themes that the rest of the band develops. Without practice we would sound like cacophony. Not the cacophony that we generally go for, the bad one.
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