What's a reasonable expectation for how much an originals band should practice?
I'm having a difference of opinion with bandmates and just wanted to check what other bands think.
In a previous band in my 20s (mid-00s) that gigged regularly, we rehearsed every week pretty much. That's not really feasible with my new band (in my 40s), which is fine. But the consensus among bandmates now seems to be that we don't really need to practice together at all - just learn your parts at home ("don't want to over-practice / leave some for the gig"). I was pretty taken aback when they made this clear, as I've always assumed that regularly rehearsing your songs is Band 101 (it certainly made my previous band really tight).
What do you all think? I'd be interested to hear other bands' gig:practice ratios, how long you rehearse for, why you rehearse etc.
[For context, we play alt-indie rock (drums+bass+guitar+vocals) and the drummer is really solid. We played two decent gigs having rehearsed first (at my suggestion), and are about to play our third having not rehearsed (although the last gig was 2 weeks ago so we are kind of fresh maybe?].