So I've been booked to play in the pit for Avenue Q this week so I'm pretty excited ! I'm taking my train tomorrow morning and I'll be arriving in Derby (where the show is played) at 4. I'll be meeting a friend on the way (in London).
The band's been rehearsing since yesterday and I'll be only arriving tomorrow so I'll have missed 2 rehearsals... I'm a bit embarrassed but I couldn't do otherwise.
To make up for the lack of rehearsal there I've practicing a lot on the music here at home. I know it's not the same but still I hope I'll be up to par for opening night.
I've also carefully selected exceptional reeds for the occasion. I've picked 2 clarinet reeds and 1 saxophone reed. For 5 shows I think it will be enough. I consume clarinet reeds faster than saxophone reeds so that's why I picked 2 of the first.
In case that's not enough I brought new reeds boxes. I'm sure I'll have time to find a couple of good ones in the lot in case the ones I got get crappy too early.
I usually buy traditional Vandoren clarinet reeds (strength 3) but they didn't have any in store so I decided to try some new stuff : "Benz Reeds Supreme Comfort" (strength 3.5). It is said to contain much more good reeds than Vandoren boxes (and quite frankly, it's not that hard considering how inconsistent Vandoren reeds are). The only problem is that the reeds aren't in a separate plastic thingy for each reed but just in some piece of cardboard. So I quickly put them to safety after opening the box.
I've also picked green java sax reeds instead of the red java, don't know if that will change much but you've got to try new stuff everyday !
Anyway, my horns (flute, clarinet, alto sax) are ready. I'm really tired today don't know why, and we'll see what tomorrow has in store for me !
