REHEARSAL VS. PRACTICE

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WEEK 2: REHEARSAL VS. PRACTICE

▸ Rehearsal vs. Practice

▸ Practice Habits

▸ Getting the most out of rehearsal

▸ Dangers of over-rehearsing

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REHEARSAL VS. PRACTICE

▸ What is the difference between rehearsal and practice?

▸ Rehearsal:

▸ Practice:

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7 PRACTICE HABITS

▸ Operate on a schedule

▸ Break goals into manageable chunks

▸ Warm up every time

▸ Record yourself

▸ Sing your part

▸ Switch up your techniques

▸ Keep a clear head

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PRACTICE HABITS

▸ Operate on a schedule

▸ Have practice goals

▸ To reach maximum potential, keep a structured schedule and stick to it.

▸ Break goals into manageable chunks

▸ Break your goals into small, manageable steps

▸ Warm up every time

▸ Keep finding warm up exercises (magazines and websites)

▸ Warm up at the beginning of every practice

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PRACTICE HABITS

▸ Record yourself

▸ Recording your practices will help you see and hear what your are doing wrong, or could do better

▸ Your recordings will become a record of your progress

▸ Sing your part

▸ If you feel that your progress is becoming stagnant, an extremely useful technique is to put down your instrument and sing your part.

▸ This will remove any instrumental inhibition you may have and take you straight to the music.

▸ You'll actually have to feel the pitches firsthand instead of just pushing through them.

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▸ Switch up your techniques

▸ Lean on proven successors, but never become completely content

▸ Periodically reevaluate your methods, and in doing so, you'll continue to learn about yourself.

▸ Keep a clear head

▸ The goal of practice is to improve a skill by addressing and correcting mistakes in an effective nature

▸ The most important thing in that moment can often be remembering to take a deep breath and remain calm.

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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF REHEARSALS

▸ Establish roles and responsibilities

▸ What are some roles within a band?

▸ What responsibilities do these roles involve?

▸ Who is going to fill each role?

▸ What are some roles and responsibilities outside our band, but necessary for performances?

▸ How do we fill those roles?

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GETTING THE MOST OUT OF REHEARSALS

▸ What is the main point of rehearsals?

▸ What are some elements of a rehearsal?

▸ How can rehearsals be structured to be the most effective?

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▸ Load in (15 mins)

▸ Warm Up (30 mins)

▸ Work on transitions (30 mins)

▸ Break (15 mins)

▸ Intro’s and outro’s to each song (30 mins)

▸ Run your set (45 mins)

▸ Load out (15 mins)

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DANGERS OF OVER-REHEARSING

▸ Injuring yourself

▸ Second-guessing yourself

▸ Band tension

▸ Missing out on opportunities

▸ Losing focus

▸ Forgoing time to be creative

▸ Burning out and loosing passion

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OVER-REHEARSING

▸ Playing music is a physical activity - so if you over rehearse you run the risk of hurting yourself.

▸ Singers - popular opinion is don’t rehearse for more than an hour at a time

▸ Drummers - technique is in the wrist

▸ Guitarists, warm up your fingers, wrists and forearms to avoid injury

▸ But most importantly; rehearsing too much at too loud a volume will damage your ears

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▸ Sometimes taking a 20 minute break is more productive than rehearsing for an extra 20 minutes

▸ A well-rehearsed band is a strong band, but if your band is getting to the point when you’re arguing over the music a little too intensely, you might want to take a break.

1950’S

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FIFTIES POP

▸ Pat Boone

▸ Lonnie Donegal

▸ The Everly Brothers: https://youtu.be/lTYe9eDqxe8

▸ Bill Haley and the Comets

▸ Cliff Richard

▸ Tommy Steele

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FIFTIES POP SINGER/SONGWRITER

▸ Paul Anka

▸ Sam Cooke

▸ Bobby Darin

▸ Bo Diddley: https://youtu.be/17W7496230Y

▸ Buddy Holly

▸ Carl Perkins: https://youtu.be/oKQj-RXg3Dk

▸ Little Richard

▸ Neil Sedaka

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ROCK ’N’ ROLL

▸ Chuck Berry

▸ Eddie Cochran

▸ Bill Haley

▸ Buddy Holly

▸ Jerry Lee Lewis

▸ Little Richard

▸ Elvis Presley

▸ Gene Vincent

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DOO-WOP

▸ The Coasters

▸ The Chords

▸ The Clovers

▸ The Platters

▸ The Silhouettes