I tried playing guitar with a metronome, but I found that a plectrum was much easier.

@SG-_-245

6 жыл бұрын

unaperrson ?

@alexvaldivia1855

5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@shanewright2772

5 жыл бұрын

I used to play piano by ear, but it made my head hurt.

@jeffvogt4237

4 жыл бұрын

Was confuse at first.... then I chuckled pretty good.

@chucklemuchuckle2170

4 жыл бұрын

Classic

Worst thing that ever happened to me: we had band practice and no one showed up. Literally none. No drummer. No vocalist. No bassist. So i sat down and practiced for 2 hrs. Quit the band after that. The thing is, that we really had potential, and we weren't half bad, but when you can't get your shit together and aren't ready to sacrifice time and energy on practicing then you might as well not be in a band. Cool vid though, cheers man!

@samuraiguitarist

8 жыл бұрын

+Jesus Christ Jessssusss, why didn't they show up?

@rockjaw11

7 жыл бұрын

Same thing happened to me, people just seem to not put the band as top priority. Even if they're really good and play well as a band together, sometimes people just don't put in the effort.

@gooddaysir8273

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I had a keyboard player that didn't show up to practice, and was not getting of her iPad

@ManOkaR

7 жыл бұрын

No, dude, if LITERALLY no one showed up, you wouldn't be there as well =)

@tortoisesoup16

7 жыл бұрын

That happens to me a lot. I'm the drummer of the band and I arrange practise sessions because no one else would if I don't. I always inform all my band members at least 3 days before the practise session, I give them the date, the time, the songs we're gonna play everything. And I remind them of the practise at least twice a day, I call them, message them or join our discrod to remind them. And they always want me to delay or cancel because they are tired, they don't wanna come or they forgot or some dumb shit like that. We can't practise often for that reason,They are all very talented in their instruments especially the bassist. We are very cooperative, we are always on the beat our harmony is pretty good but they are so unwilling to practise. I can't call us a band anymore we are more like guys who just sometimes go to a studio and play stuff. And our bassist went to another city for school so we are so split up right now. Hope I can find a band for myself next year when I move.

if you are jamming Rush tunes make sure you have "enough beer and a big enough drum kit" - love this guy

You should run a guitar school and call it the shred dojo xD

@mateoaponte7556

6 жыл бұрын

I would go lol

@communismhasprevailed7419

6 жыл бұрын

Yes

@Dirt_Reynolds17

5 жыл бұрын

Or you could teach a strictly slide guitar class and call it the “ dobro dojo” lol

Me and my band are very consistent with practice, every Tuesday between 7 and 10 pm. We'll go through all our songs once, then we'll work on anything we agree needs work on. We'll then take a 5-10 minute break for us smokers to have a cigarette and a drink, then we'll jam for a while, see if we can work on some ideas we've all brought in. Then we go through all our songs again. When we pack up and get ready to bugger off home we'll do a "what sucked? What rocked?" thing, where we talk about what we could work on more or what we collectively think is ready to play in front of people. We are a very structured band.

@thatoneguyonyoutube5220

7 жыл бұрын

Everything has to be structured for me, otherwise I'm all over the place and I get stressed out, but the rest of the band don't need it as structured, they just prefer it that way, makes us all work well together

@wallop6740

6 жыл бұрын

A consistent date/time for bp is key. For me and my band, Saturday, 12-5. 3 weeks on 1 week off.

@MeAndSomeRandoms

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds familiar, same day same time, soundcheck, play every song once, smokebreak 1, work on things that the before played songs need work on, smokebreak 2, start drinking bee, jam for new ideas/write lyrics together, talk about what was good and bad and go home ;)

@zetchTV

5 жыл бұрын

This sounds so much like my band I was wondering if you were low-key one of my band members. Then I saw how old the comment was lol

@michaelfeeney9147

4 жыл бұрын

I played with some friends for years any we never had productive jams until we naturally developed this exact band practice routine, and since then we have extremely valuable and productive practices

To expand on tip number 6, amateurs practice till they get the part right, professionals practice till they can't get it wrong. One exercise my jazz professor and I would do is to take 5-10 guitar picks (coins also work very well) and line them up on the space in front of you (desk, stand, piano, anything works). While working on a lick at say 100 bpm, he would have me play the lick. If it was up to his standard, he'd move one pick to the right. If I got it right again, he'd move the next pick/coin over to the right. Yet, if I missed the lick or something wasn't to his liking, he'd slide the pick from the right side, back to the left. Once I had all picks on the right, he'd kick up the BPM to 115, and we start the process over. This is a great way to visualize your practice, and to practice with purpose. Just my two cents.

@samuraiguitarist

8 жыл бұрын

+Sam Morgan I like that, cool tip!

@addinmikhail4598

4 жыл бұрын

this is torture

@JohnathanRebel2

5 ай бұрын

@@addinmikhail4598playing music IS torture

Point 7 - YES, 1000 times YES. Noodling (we call it noodling in the UK) when someone else is talking is SOOOO annoying and instantly puts me off working with people.

@guitarreilly

6 жыл бұрын

I do it all the time my nick name is pot noodle. Would you like to meet up for a jam? No talking allowed

@xcodychaosx

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah see my bass player likes to talk mad shit so at a certain point ill just blast my drums till he stops talking stop when he stops and blast it out if he starts talking off topic but thats a completely concious action i do on purpose so constructive noodling. when me and my guitar player jam we never have this issue so i think its fair

I use to be a youth worship leader, and I actually used to do those odd exercises. my favorite was one where I'd point my guitar at someone and they'd have to sing till I pointed at the next person. this developed confidence in all my band members, and even highlighted a few hidden vocal talents on top of being a ton of fun.

@tortoisesoup16

7 жыл бұрын

Wow that's such a nice and fun thing to do!

@stevenmcnally1017

7 жыл бұрын

It really was, we lost are lead singers a short while after i started doing this. I knew right away who the replacement was.

@tortoisesoup16

7 жыл бұрын

Steven McNally All of my band members are pretty bad at singing except the bassist I suppose. All I can sing is What's up from 4 non Blonds (he man version) and Fly Me To The Moon from Frank Sinatra. Maybe some lines of The Pillows - Ride On Shooting Star. My current band has no singer but in my old band we had a guy who singed some stuff and the our current bassist was in that band too and he made back vocals and he was pretty damn good at it. All the problem was he didn't know English back then but he is learning English in university now. Too bad he is living in another city now. And I can't drum and sing for shit :'(

@stevenmcnally1017

7 жыл бұрын

well you'd be surprised who is good when put on the spot.

@tortoisesoup16

7 жыл бұрын

Steven McNally Yeah, I should really try that out! Thanks for the awesome advice!

I've been trying to start a band with some friends. First practice: one person (lead guitarist) came and we made a tune that's almost memorable and probably could be recorded as an instrumental. Second practice: no one but me came. I spent the time trying to figure out my dad's loop pedal to solo off my own riff. Didn't work. Third Practice: Keyboardist and our friend who thinks he's starting a rival band (with no one in it and no songs) showed up an hour late. We couldn't even sound remotely musical until the guitarist left, but the keyboardist played something by the Piano guys and I played this old fiddle-song on bass and it worked amazing. And i taught him guitar even though neither of us play it. Fourth practice is the day after tomorrow. Wish us luck.?!

@ismamoreno5334

4 жыл бұрын

Mitchell Marquez hows it going so far?

@hatempire

2 жыл бұрын

2 years later, but now I'm curious and I'd like to have answers too, please.

@mitchmarq428

2 жыл бұрын

@@hatempire nothing happened. Original guitarist showed again, we had a couple ideas going, tried to get keyboard guy into it, there was just no chemistry. I told each of them it was mostly my fault, which it probably was. Life continued to happen, guitarist got a gig with the church, moved away, and got a motorcycle. Keyboard had a hit or miss relationship with this girl and they're actually doing okay now somehow. My parents split so I got a job sorting evidence for a law firm and moved out. I am now a reclusive computer nerd, and probably autistic.

@st4irway2he4ven

2 жыл бұрын

@@mitchmarq428 oh dear god, that brought my hopes for my band down a whole lot lmao

@sadepaigemusic

Жыл бұрын

@@mitchmarq428 this is the most relatable shit i've ever heard + gives summer of '69 vibes, so extra points. the autistic x band chemistry moment... yeah. that's what i play w other autistic musicians LMFAO

Never been in a band.. *holds back tears*

I used to use number 8 a lot with one of bands. I would start playing the song at twice the tempo, or start at the end of the song and go through it backwards. It always through my band members off guard but we knew the material so well we could play it in our sleep! We also worked out what we would do if something went wrong during the song like "if my string breaks during this song we'll have a bass solo" and things like that.

@aripent

6 жыл бұрын

Josh Robinson threw

I recently started a band and your videos have really helped us in all areas. So, thanks. Big fan.

Just wanna say thanks for these helpful videos. Everything I’ve learned an I do now I take in from you. Thanks man.

BTW, we just had the worst band practice ever this past weekend. Our drummer called an hour before to say he would not be showing. We told him we were going and he was welcome to show up when/if he wanted to. Once we got to the practice space, we found another band there shooting a video which was supposed to get over in 15 mins but suddenly, they came over and said they needed another two hours. They had also taken all the power strips and the drum kit outside the practice space for the shoot. Left with no way to plug in and the practice space in a mess, we just walked out. The drummer never showed and we all agreed it was time to get rid of him. So the plus side is we got rid of our weakest link :)

You are the man dude! Just got off work and was looking some shit up and came across your videos love these tips i actually do a lot of these with my band mates but some are different which i enjoyed a lot I've actually shared this with them and they are more in tune now to what a practice should be than before! Thanks man!!!! You are great!!!

Great tips - thank you !

Isolating problems is the most important thing. The other day at practice the singer and rhythm guitarist couldn't make it, so since we already booked the room the drummer, bassist and I focussed on playing all our problem spots over and over again till we nailed it. There's always something someone's gotta work on, so I dont get discouraged if for some reason someone doesn't show up. Shit... once the drummer didnt make it, so I played back tracks from youtube videos through the PAs.

This is great advice. If I ever end up trying to work out some kind of band, I'm sending them all this video.

bang on brother, great tips, fully agree!

Love hearing new perspectives of other entrepreneurs, keep up the hustle! 🚀

Great video! Many musicians need to see this!

Thank you for the vid. I really appreciate it!

Your videos are great, keep it up!

Great tips!

Thank you so much my band needs these tips.

#7 should be #1!!! Great list, thanks for the video!

You sir, nailed it !

Good tips. Thanks

I really enjoy your informative and pragmatic content. Your new fan Jabus

It's been sort of difficult as a band in the start-up stage to find and agree on goals and organize our time. Sometimes we get together to rehearse a song we've already put together but then that ends up turning into and unplanned writing session and then we have myself and the bassist trying to learn parts from each other and the drummer has nothing to do. This video helped me realize the importance of discussing what we want to accomplish in a session beforehand and doing our best to stick to that plan so that we make the most of our time together.

Tip 7 is for drummers

Great tips, thanks!

@samuraiguitarist

8 жыл бұрын

+BetterWorldGuitar My pleasure, thanks for watching!

Very useful video!

Solid advice that I’ll be taking with me to practice tonight. I think I’m going to get there early too, and have a serious sit down with everyone and find out what each one of us wants to get out of this. Cause if we’re not in the same page with our goals, we may as well be in different books altogether.

@gabemeans2891

Жыл бұрын

great idea

great tips

You make great videos.

Very good!

100% correct on all these things!

You talk a lot with your hands and I really enjoy it actually

@thelordpotatoesorjtswagste1945

6 жыл бұрын

Axel Nielsen no, that's Italian, spongebob

I like your attitude and your humour.

I thought it was called Rehearsal? Has my life been a lie sensei?

@samuraiguitarist

7 жыл бұрын

Haha you caught me!

@blazegulizack

7 жыл бұрын

Warlocke rehearsal and practice are two different things

YO Steve. Cool vid, man!

thank you sensei

Thank you for this video. !!! I’ve sent a link out to my band for all to watch. Our lead guitarist does just what you said, and man is it annoying!! Thanks again.

Dude how come you have so few views, your videos are great, keep it up! Gj

Anyone else notice that the guy that requested this name is convulsing testicles? No, just me??

@Marie-qv6on

6 жыл бұрын

what

Thanks a lot

thanks!

The band and I practice once a week, and this video helps a ton! I'll send it to the bans leader/guitarist

Holy crap thank you

Steel!! Let's see it!!

Thanks for the video! I tend to find myself doing number seven, so I'll have to be really mindful of that.

@samuraiguitarist

8 жыл бұрын

+TheInfamousNoob We've all done it, the first step is taking note and then stopping

I just joined my first band and this will be very useful for me.

Thank you :)

Words of wisdom.

you are awesome

This video was so useful I watched it twice

Agree on a song list long BEFORE the first rehearsal. AND agree on the version that should be practiced by all before you meet.

this is literally great LOL

Very basic but extremely well stated. When all else fails, go back to the basics. Sharing with my bandmates.

100 thumbs up !!!! I applaud !

thanks! very useful :) and I know some of the annoying things from my own experience...

nice.

Could you do a video on how to have a professional attitude in the music business? The dos and don'ts.

mmmm... that sweet eye contact... very good video man ;)

@samuraiguitarist

8 жыл бұрын

+Pray For Laden Nailed it!

My old band used to do the odd exercises a lot. A song would finish, then someone would often chirp up with "now do it again... AS A WALTZ", "maybe we should try that in a 7/8 timesig", etc. It's a lot of fun, and it gets rid of the typical monotony of "*sigh*okay, guys, let's do that again... for the third time this evening".

Wonderful tips. Yes playing in a band can be very fun. But, music (originals or covers) makes people honest. Everyone, no matter what level (novice to advanced) needs to be willing to take constructive criticism. This is why there are so many breakups. If you or I gets asked to play something differently, be willing to try it. Humility goes a long way in helping to sound better. Pride will cut things short.

HIP HOP TIME! HAHAHAHA Im gonna use that for practice today XD

To make start of band practice bit smoother, I arrived 15-20 minutes earlier to warm up (I played drums) etc. And when guitarists and bass player showed up, I went for a smoke to let them tune and warm up in peace. It really get on my nerves, when drummer is banging drums while someone is tuning.

My man you may have just saved my band

Oh god yeah, my god damn partner in our little singer-songwriter duo. We were writing rather proggy acoustic stuff with a lot of rather complex arrangements for such a duo. Problem was, we had a lot to practice for, simple things like playing together. I insisted we played the complex patterns to a metronome and talk about rhythmic cues so we were aware when to play how. Yeah, his idea was to just get together with the acoustic guitars, just doodle in a nice campfire-like fashion and just go and jam. He didn't learn his parts, we were never advancing in our session and he became increasingly pissed because his idea was "to have some fun" but leave out the work-part. We're still good friends but yeeaaah, although he was extremely talented, he was never really in the mood for work, I became a frustrated ass-face in the process. BUT he was so kind to give me the rights to all the materials/the parts he wrote for me to work on them alone. We remain good friends and he realized his focus in life is on something else. I still give him credit for the parts he wrote because they are beautiful and tasteful as hell.

I'm starting a band with someone from my college. She's completely new to singing or instruments but want to be in a band. I've written songs by myself by recording all the instruments + using electronic drums. We're going to do band practice soon and I would be willing to teach her and everyone else how to play whatever parts they need. Wish me luck as I really want to start a band but can't find members!

Great Video!! I saw a Calypso band called Mas' and it was terribly disappointing because they had to stop playing haha

ACTUALLY HELPFUL unlike some... Videos

#7 for sure.

i wish their we're more videos on this subject. also looking for simplified advise to get a hobby level band to sound better.

Bassist here. My drummer hosts band practices about half the time and he often fails to mention when he has people over. I'm pissed off and want to quit.

#6 I've heard this from the highest ranking student at my Taekwondo dojang.

I wanna see you play that pedal steel!

Ow ..m watching this after 4 years ...omg

I had to watch this for work College is great

Small talk conversations about things that could be discussed another time.

I've prefered usually to come half an hour early. I get some alone time get my gear and thoughts ready for the rehearsals. List things that bug my mind and decide to ignore them, how am I feeling, what am I excited for, what am I worried about in about the rehearsals, how confident am I about the songs, have a cigarette or two. I don't know is this a bad thing to come early, but it usually keeps me sharp and calm on the rehearsals. (Backstory: Not used to play with others, little bit social anxiety)

At 4:19, that was a pretty good karate punch, but I would recommend more of a wing chun kung fu approach next time (ie rotate the fist to cover more area... or just use a knife hand strike to protect your knuckles). It was still a good punch, so there's that. Translated: great video as always!

@endi3386

4 жыл бұрын

Cringe

That punch though ouch @ 4:16

Yeah! My band is always to silly, they just want to have fun.

I love that idea not to practice until you get it right, but until you can't get it wrong Deep stuff

Wow... gr8..video What would be the right volume for practicing in jampad? Occassionally I tend to loose my voice after doing 4 to 5 numbers consecutively . Suggestion please !

I’ll add; have a specific agenda and communicate it to the band beforehand.

No 10: Switch off that damn mobile phone!!!

What's up sensei I'm playing my first outdoor festival at the Michigan metal fest this weekend 26th do u have any big tips for me playing outdoors is alot different then inside

I had a band once, once. The drummer was bad for playing while people were talking. Communication is always key, the band I was in was doing like... Post grunge, punkish sound. One day the lead guitarist was like "let's do hair metal songs". Rhythm guitar and drummer agreed (no singer quite yet), so I left the band saying if the rest of the band wants to play hair metal go for it, it's just not the sound I thought we had for the band. And i wanted to play music I wanted to play in a band, with people that wanted to play the same music. Then like a month later rhythm guitarist leaves and said he just couldn't get into the hair metal stuff. And he joined another band. A year or so later the drummer and I were talking and he said he just agreed to the hair metal because the rhythm guitarist agreed. So if would have talked this out instead, we could have come to a complete agreement... By kicking out the lead guitarist. The three of us practiced a lot without him, we had a nice sound. So communication. Lots of it. Tried forming a band after. No one I knew or anyone who my friends knew wanted to play the music I did. Luckily music wasn't a career for me.

Great videos sir, you deserve more subs. Dunno if I just hyped myself up way too much, but I found the last Protest The Hero concert I've been to disappointing; Rody, Luke and Tim were all too fucking wasted to play or sing anything they tried cleanly. I also remember one Periphery concert when Spencer and Jake were both off their games; Mark's had this "WTF is going on with these guys" look for a few songs while Misha just sort of zoned out.

i sometimes do the tip 7 lol

So true... which is why I ditched the band and do it all on computer

Can you do something on how to play a solo without chocking, or how to play without putting ondue pressure on yourself, especially when other musicians come at a gig to spy on you, sitting right in front and watching every finger moves on the fretboard?

Motley Crue at Rock in Rio in 2015. The message was clear. F*UCKING RETIREMENT TIME!

My last band had the absolute worst practices ever. Every single cardinal sin of a horrible practice was on display EVERY time.we got together, and likewise the gigs where terrible because of it. I tried to focus on all the points you make, but alas it always fell on deaf ears. The best thing I did was to quit that situation.

my band just needs a drum set then we're sorted🥲🥲

I'd also add to the list that during a rehearsal session there should be divided sections for the current session's purpose (let's call it this way, i.e. going through the track-list for the upcoming show) and for jamming and whether the latter are necessary. Sure, starting a spontaneous jam and playing an improvised 10-minutes song where everyone has a lead part in the genre not matching the general band's idea is fun, but hey, we've wasted 10 precious minutes which we could spend on actually going through the main material. And also, no half-way smoke breaks. Finish first, then go on a break.