The 67th Army Band of the Wyoming National Guard dropped in on my band class today and invited a few of the percussionists to a rehearsal they were having that night. I said, "sure, what the hell?"

We went in and I was expecting a concert style band (y'know, saxes, clarinets, flutes, all that good stuff) but, to my surprise, they were a 4 piece (two guitars, bass, and drums) rock 'n' roll cover band that played everything from Hank Williams to Kid Rock. I sat in and played a little bass (yeah, I know, this a guitar forum, but that's what I played) on a few songs and actually didn't do that bad having only played the instrument 11 months.

I got my first experience of playing with a band and learned among other things, two very important details:

1) I definitely want to pursue music as a career.

2) My improvisation skills suck!