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Well to be fair... I go to the office... I QA music software. I write audio demos, presets. I test e-kits when we get them. I use our in-house studio at times. I play with synths. I eat lunch. I go home. I pick up my acoustic. Or my electric. I record some riffs. Sometimes an entire song. I'll do that up until about 11 o'clock. Then I'll sit in bed with a laptop and watch some crap on Netflix.
Now of course it isn't every single night. I do go out on the lash quite a bit, have drinks or food with friends. Take the wife out for a meal, go to museums, go on holidays or business trips. But I'd say at least three nights a week (not including band practices) I will dedicate the entire evening to writing and recording music.
I also don't sleep too well, so I often will wake up around 4am-ish and end up doodling away with headphones on, cocking about with Korg Gadget on my iPad or whatever.
I guess I have a hard time understanding why anyone who professes to be a musician doesn't spend every waking hour of their life involved in it somehow. But hey... this is my crutch of irrationality. I know it doesn't make sense, and that it's slightly ignorant, ill-willed, and not very empathic... but it is what it is.
Regarding the covers band versus originals... what I was trying to get at is that even in an originals band, one or two people will dominate the songwriting aspects of things. The rest of the guys will often just be learning parts, like they do in a cover band situation. I know there ARE differences, but I don't think they're so foreign to each other as you'd assume.
I feel Close2u's pain, I walked away from my last covers band after our hogmanay gig after almost a year. In that space we played 1 gig, 1 showcase and just about scraped together 2x45 minute sets. Three months later they've a new drummer, a piano player in my place, no website, no twitter presence, their image is a shambles and they're still claiming to be one of the best on the circuit!
I agree with Drew regarding originals, it's the songs/songwriters that keep them going. Having joined/jammed/quit several bands with guys that had two songs and that one riff, unless the songs/ideas keep coming, it gets boring very quickly.
I'm in a Police tribute now and that's feeling a lot more like my speed - a nice balance between musically complex and crowd pleasing, great guitar parts, uncomplicated line-up, the other two guys are a bit older so aren't going to fanny about and no-one is going to ask me to play Brown Eyed Girl!
On wednesdays he goes shopping, has buttered scones for tea
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Just making the point really that I think the diffrentiating factor between bands is committment, rather than writing originals versus doing covers.
I've met a looooooooooot of musicians who just lack the commitment and are a complete waste of time.
(Actually I do)
The two types of bands are similar but over the years for me originals bands have been way more time and preparedness heavy than covers bands. Slightly differing nature of the two beasts in my experience.
You are right about commitment but again my experience of that was similar in both types of band and I don't think being in an originals band necessarily makes people work harder and put more in.
BTW your music regimen leaves little room for sexy times and wanking (maybe the same thing in some cases), all work and no wank makes Drew a grumpy bugger.
But you are supposed to put the guitar down dude or risk it getting broken during vigorous sex. Multitasking is a myth.
In recent years I found time to play solo gigs and my kids are now of an age where getting into a band is a possibility.
I did do a gig with a makeshift covers band a couple of years back and we only every had one rehearsal with the complete band. I think we did good renditions of the songs, so I'd agree that a covers band doesn't need to practise too much.
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Wow - I am not alone ...
Someone asked what happened ...
It ties in with this ... http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/3272/soul-r-b-motown-funk-get-their-feet-moving-and-bodies-grooving-set-list-suggestions-wanted
and this ... http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/9001/so-in-a-cover-band-situation-how-do-you-deal-with
and this ... http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/11640/here-s-a-set-list-what-do-you-reckon-how-best-to-order-the-songs
Failure to secure the services of a keyboard player meant a change of tack to become a guitar / drums / bass / vocals band to play pubs / clubs.
There were some changes to the set list etc but not brought about by the member who got the band started. Even though all said they liked the new stuff and wanted to follow this path to actually get out and gig, not every one committed to do their homework, to learn their parts etc. And, some resentment was obviously set-in and it brought about some snide comments and poor behaviour (which in turn led to some worse behaviour which led to much upset, a big talk and now the inevitable implosion.
So by extension, anyone who finds - scrimping and saving - the time to do regular rehearsals isn't an adult?