Famous Players in Lake Louise

Okay, this happened a while ago, but so has my last blog post, so I guess I have to play a little catch up!

Famous Players played for a wedding up in Lake Louise.  Unfortunately the weather was not great.  Not bad, but not sunny and "pretty".  Oh well; that's not what we were there for, anyway.

We got in the day before so there was no rush.  Definitely try to come in the day before a gig if you can squeeze it, as it eliminates any stress due to late flights or other shit like that, and it lets you rest up adequately for the performance the next day.

Chateau Lake Louise

Me & JP in our room; JP writing some new horn charts, and me, well.... doing nothing :)

Greenroom

You know, I was never much to warm up before gigs (shame on me, I know), but since I came in extra early for sound check, I found myself playing long tones, over tones, and...I sounded better!  More in tune, more relaxed emboucher, everything.  Better mindset, too!  Man, I had no idea.  I mean, I could perform without it, but this feels so much more comfortable!  Haha.