Preons Rehearsal 11/27/2007
Last night was an especially solid rehearsal with the Preons. I think we’re hitting our stride as a band, and everyone is playing very solidly. We spent some time rehearsing with a metronome, which is always a challenge. I always recommend metronome studies to my students to help them play with metric precision. Great musicians have made the claim that it’s more important to play in time than to select the right note.
I feel like my bass lines are sounding more idiomatic; I’m getting better at thinking like a bassist, so my lines are better formed. We spent several minutes last night working over one particularly challenging passage in a new song, and with each repetition it became more tightly locked. My bass line in this song is somewhat complex, and it benefitted from repeatedly working it against a steady metronome pulse. And yes… I am looking forward to our next gig so I can use my new amp.
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Criminy! I’m gonna hear that metronome voice in my head forever…
I don’t understand this metro-gnome thingy… do they wear fancy pants and live in a schmancy part of town?