The high school jazz band director had given me a good plug. "Watch Andrew, our bass player," he said. "Be prepared to hear some bass playing which you've never heard before." Then, my amplifier went out, through no fault of my own. I consoled myself by thinking, "Well, the director already primed the crowd to be on my side, and it should be obvious that this piece is difficult to play, considering how fast the tempo is and how much shifting a bass player has to do..."
...Too bad that no one past the third row likely heard it, though.
