Okay, so I can speak to sound check tension. Musicians are terribly psychologically malformed at almost all levels. And are DEPENDENT on other malformed humans for their own success. You come out of the van smelling bad, the bass player hates all of you, and that is just how that goes. So, the bass player acts out, and then a domino thing happens.
I'm not in a band, but in all times I've been around bands waiting for soundcheck, I never see anyone reading a book, which is what I would do, which maybe explains why I'm not in a band...
HA! Touche. I read a lot during those down times myself (via Kindle) but there is a "stop, drop and roll" once it's your turn so being heavily involved in anything else but waiting can be lost time.
Okay, so I can speak to sound check tension. Musicians are terribly psychologically malformed at almost all levels. And are DEPENDENT on other malformed humans for their own success. You come out of the van smelling bad, the bass player hates all of you, and that is just how that goes. So, the bass player acts out, and then a domino thing happens.
I'm not in a band, but in all times I've been around bands waiting for soundcheck, I never see anyone reading a book, which is what I would do, which maybe explains why I'm not in a band...
HA! Touche. I read a lot during those down times myself (via Kindle) but there is a "stop, drop and roll" once it's your turn so being heavily involved in anything else but waiting can be lost time.