This is one of the most important posts in the Transitioning your Band to Using Loops series. We’ve talked about the importance of Taking your Time, and How to Introduce loops to your band, How to work with your drummer to play to a click, but.. It all comes down to this.
Before you step on stage to lead worship with loops, your band should rehearse with them and then rehearse 14 times more. I’ve heard it said before, in rehearsal you shouldn’t rehearse until you can get it right but until you can’t get it wrong.
A good band is a band that challenges themselves in practice with new ideas and tries things in Rehearsal, but does what they KNOW they can do when they Perform. Don’t buy a loop on Friday and then show up on Sunday and expect to use it flawlessly, no matter how simple it is.
Don’t use loops live until your band is comfortable with the idea, and the only way to get comfortable with using them is to rehearse the heck out of it!
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