Everybody has their own ritual for starting to play music.  Lighting up, plugging in, rocking out.  But I’ve thought of some things to think about to keep the music flowing, and not getting stale.  I’ve been in bands before where the music doesn’t get better because people have fallen into a pattern and “hearing” the music in only one way.  And it takes a lot longer to get tighter as a band if the people in the band don’t learn to play together, which is what makes live music different and more exciting than canned music.

But rehearsing a band has its’ own challenges and skills that must be learned.  Here are some ideas.

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