ALL I REALLY NEED TO KNOW ABOUT TEACHING I LEARNED BY PLAYING IN A ROCK AND ROLL COVER BAND.

Here are some lessons I learned while playing in a Rock and Roll Cover Band.

1. Make the singer look good.
2. Be in tune.
3. Don’t break the instruments.
4. Bad Practice=Good Gig.
5. Good Practice=Bad Gig.
6. Everyone learns the songs differently.
7. Invite your mom to the gig.
8. Do the hard stuff first, then do the easy stuff when your tired.
9. Warm up with an old favorite
10. You can’t rock all the time sometimes you need a ballad.
11. You need a gig you can’t just practice.
12. Everyone has a different role.
13. Most bands break up and move on.
14. Remember you play for the audience.
15. You play music it’s supposed to be fun.
16. Imitate, Assimilate, Innovate David Baker.
17. Practice parts, Put parts together, practice putting parts together.
18. Your band is only as good as the weakest member.
19. The whole is better than the sum of its parts.
20. Always play with people better than you or you’ll never get better.
21. Woodshed
22. Build a repertoire, practice it and build on it.
23. Gig with other bands.
24. Super groups always break up.
25. Do a Sound Check
26. Never stop taking lessons.
27. This is what I've got so far. I'll explain my connection to teaching with these in the coming months.