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7 Things that Helped Me have a Successful Sub Gig

That is an awesome list, carefully distilled and with a lot of good info -- much of which I already do or am able to do, but wouldn't have been cognizant enough of to have included on such a list. Thank you for sharing it.

One thing that has worked for me is to record every band rehearsal and show (and curate them in a manner that allows them to be usable down the road without having to search for or through them). I've found this to be crucial for getting up to speed, both in terms of learning the tunes and for seeing where my playing isn't where it needs to be. Or maybe there's no rehearsals at all, in which case the gig recording will help with the next gig, should there be one. I think I learned this from @nostatic upon my re-entry to playing, and it's been a big help.
 
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I was lucky the last time I subbed...
I came to a rehearsal cold, the bandleader put charts on my stand, I read them fine and gelled with the band, and it was kind of implicit that charts were OK on the gig.
 

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