Technique

[mayfly]

Thanks Trevor for the nudge in favor of lab vs lecture. I've actually been wanting to pick your brain on the general topic of 'how do you learn all the not-fun things required to get a band headed somewhere' for a while.

Priorities dictate against actual band right now though (since I became a daddy a few days ago. Major hijack but heck,  I don't care - that's my BOY!), but I think I will bump what time I do have(ha ha ha ha ha ha)  can steal towards recording projects at least. A take only lasts 3-5 minutes after all right? At least that's task/goal oriented, which is ONE of the  underlying principles of the band thing. It doesn't really address the unflinching audience aspect though, unless you're also putting it out somewhere.

That's awesome!  Boys are great - I have two of them.  I actually wrote and recorded our first record at night because the second boy had to be held to get to sleep.  May as well do something while you're holding him...

The band thing is complex.  I once heard that there are three main things that will keep a band together:

1 - good music
2 - good social interaction between members
3 - good money

Apparently any two will keep a band together.  3 is not an option, so I rely on the first two.