Friday, March 28, 2008

Productive Band Practice & Rehearsal Tips Part 2

Rehearsals form the basis upon which all the band members can mature and congeal their qualities, making themselves more suitable and unique in the glare of the performance spotlight. The better the members integrate and collaborate during the rehearsals, the better will be the chemistry of the band as a whole. Always remember that this is essential for long-term durability of the band, whatever be the degree of success it may have achieved.

Let us now continue from where we had left off in the 1st part of this article and divulge into more tips for productive band practice and rehearsals:

TIP #7

Ø LEADERSHIP

Leadership is essential in order to keep a firm grip on the band’s actual directions. It has to be unanimous, in order to avoid unnecessary confrontation. Charismatic leadership qualities usually develop in all the band members with time, but there has to be someone to whom everyone should look up to when things get a bit too jerky.

The leadership roles may be assigned to an external manager or even one of the band members. But whatever be the case, the assigned leader should not make unnecessary use of his/her status and start acting as a dictator, as that will certainly generate a lot of unnecessary tension among the members distracting their focus off the primary target, i.e. creating quality music.

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