I play on Sunday. I was supposed to know what songs we're playing by Monday. I don't yet. But, on Tuesday, we were supposed to practice, starting at 7PM. The boys wanted to go to the library, and so I said "As long as you get back by 6:35 or 6:40, I'll be able to get there on time." At 7:05, I sent a reminder. They got home at 7:20, and I got to practice at 7:30, feeling angry and bad.
And found the room dark.
Practice was canceled due to the leader having health issues in the family. The email telling me this was sent around 5:30pm and arrived around 9:30pm. So, that was annoying, frustrating, and, finally, saddening.
That's the sad story.
We play through DI boxes. The other guitarist and I use multieffects boxes to juice our signal a little, but the bassist doesn't, and so, it is a rare and unusual thing for him to be noticable in the mix. But tonight, he was out in front, which was fun.
Before we started, he was playing the E on the B string. "Bonk!" he'd go, wait a little, then go "Bonk!" again. A bass is one octave lower than a guitar, and he's playing one octave up, so next time he went "Bonk!", I followed with my own "Bonk!" He didn't figure it out at first, so whenever he went "Bonk!", I went "Bonk!"
Soon, he got it. The other guitarist joined in, going an octave up, to "Bink!"
Bonk!
Bonk!
Bink!
Bonk!
Bonk!
Bink!
Not funny in the telling, I suppose, but it was funny at the time.
2 comments:
Actually, it was pretty funny in the telling. My bandmates and I goof off so much and have our little "things" we do to blow off steam in between songs. And most of them are "have to be there" funny.
As for band practice scheduling and confirmation, we use text messages. Immediate and practical.
ATM, I don't have a cell phone. I get that, though.
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