Q: So I'm working on preparing to work with multiple cover bands and I've found that unless there's Charts, nobody knows what to do because they haven't listened to the recording. which sucks, but that's just all who's available to me where i Live. I just want to know (because I have wet dreams about this)  Do the pros REALLY just give the band members a playlist of the setlist and then leave it up to the individual Bandmembers to transcribe and execute their part? because I've been writing EVERYBODYS part down in the group and it's exhausting and time consuming. and in the end the people I'm working with are only up to tackle five tunes a week. and it just feels like: "I have three hours of material(One+half written). At this pace I'm never gonna get to perform live." "how do you climb out of hell?" is my question I guess.
A: professionals should be able to learn much more than 5 songs a week, especially if they are allowed to read. many people prefer to make their own charts. they should be able to read charts as well, but even if they are good readers, no chart can actually explain exactly how a song is supposed to sound. so even with charts, you have to listen to the song to get the full picture. it's interesting that you can only find readers who won't listen, because i've found it's much more common to find people who listen, try to memorize, and don't even write things down because they can't read