I practiced bari sax on my own a little bit before our Reset Button practice and was having a hard time maintaining a consistent sound (similar to the experience I had at Community Band on Monday) and then my tongue started hurting like I had cut it. Lo and behold, my reed was terribly cracked and was cutting into my tongue, which was definitely the reason why my sound was so bad. I got out a new reed and popped it on, and I sounded a million times better. It was amazing the difference such a seemingly simple solution could make, and I feel silly I didn't check this earlier. I figured it was just me (thanks to my low self confidence) but it was just the reed! I felt way more comfortable and confident playing after this little change, and everything sounded so much better. Our Reset Button practice was absolutely delightful and we got some great recordings that I can use to promote us and get us more gigs. I'm so glad I was using a new reed for the recording!
With delight,
♥Jamie
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