In this Listener's Choice episode, Andrew & Lance answer a frequently asked listener question regarding starting a brass group.
We cover many areas, including:
- Start with why
- Gigging group or full-time endeavor
- Traditional brass quintet instrumentation?
- Skills developed via chamber music
- The path if you want a gigging group
- Opportunities to play different musical roles
- The "who" decision
- "Good to Great" by Jim Collins
- Division of labor
- The Polka Bandits
- The Dead Animals
- 2 Red Performance Commando Unit
- Incorporate or not?
- Picking a name
- Branding
- Picking the right market for your skills
- Andrew's last Boston Brass gig
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