@thor Perhaps you could work for the owner to pay the rent. It's not difficult to do most maintenance work and it's rewarding to fix things.

@thor I'm fairly certain that they could be convinced to see the mutually beneficial effects of such an arrangement. If not maintenance, perhaps they would consider someone with a background in tech for another position.

@thor Independent contractor? In the US this allows for a more beneficial relationship between workers and the employer.

@thor Have a server and use MIDI in a data stream to practice. As long as people are patient, it will work just fine.

@thor I played guitar and bass guitar for a large church for 7 years. If you really want to join a good band, you're going to have to prove yourself. They want to know if you have the ability but also if you can perform under pressure. For me I had to be questioned by other musicians first and then I was allowed to play under supervision to a crowd of around 200 with the former guitarist judging my every move. He also taught me how to use that amplifier because it has no volume knob. That amp was a legendary Metal amp from the 80s with two separate gain mechanisms. I couldn't get to full power with hearing protection.

My point is that you might face some hazing to join.

@thor I assumed you were referring to the drama that always seems to pop up in a band. Anything worth doing is worth doing well. There's not much room for error or even trouble with an instrument. My guitars had knife edge bridge designs so when a string broke it wasn't in tune.

My point would be that even if it isn't a serious arrangement, it can be problematic to find good musicians who aren't dicks and play that same subset of music. Not to mention what type of Jazz it is. Jazz can be very simple or extremely technical and pushing Music Theory in new directions.

@thor I played in a Pentecostal Church so it was around 1 to 3 hours per service but it could be 5 hours of playing with ease. I learned a lot about how to change up and add embellishments from The Grateful Dead and The Allman Brothers. Many of the songs played were around the same pace and complexity of Rockabilly. Pentatonic scales and Nashville Notation ruled.

@thor The beat of the drum isn't evil. Rock music just emerged from a denomination that was already not well received. The majority of denominations outside of Pentecostals would have never heard anything like it. That heavy 2 and 4 were used in the church prior to being used in rock. The old Stratocaster I played had a maple fretboard and it had gouges up and down the fretboard from around 35 years of play in the church.