Originally Posted by: bbreon75
3. Do you have a "golden nugget" piece of advice that will lead in on the quickest path to being able to play with a band and play good (lead & rhythm)?

I'll give you the same advice my old band teacher used to give us in jazz band. "A wrong note played timidly is a wrong note. A wrong note played with authority is an interpretation."

not the best advice ever, but it's helped me a few times here and there