That’s what the big mamma-jamma pros do to get their show ready. It’s not to learn the songs, or argue about arrangements or even come up with the bulk of the show ideas. All this is done beforehand.
They rent the arena to implement and tweak, for the artist and the team to get used to the transitions and the flow. To hit the banter while walking the catwalk, hit the lighting cues, the guitar switches, hear how the in-ears react to the room.
It’s getting the show so focused and on-purpose that the spirit just might start showing up to see what’s going on…and sprinkle a little fairy dust on the whole thing night after night.
If you’re playing arenas you probably have the money to rent one out for rehearsals.
If you’re playing dive bars, rent out your mom’s basement. Whatever applies to you.
But not for rehearsal as you usually think of it. Not to rehearse the songs…but to rehearse the SHOW in which you will play those songs.
Do this.
If all we want to do is hear your songs, we’ll fire up Spotify.
But we want to get out of our house and experience something “you had to be there for”.
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