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“Each individual has to be a team player with everyone coming to an agreement on where the time and feel of the music fits”
The question that most budding professional musicians tend to ask essentially boils down to ‘how can I get more gigs?’, whether it’s an enquiry from a purely musical perspective or with a mind to growing their business. My current regular gig, at the Garrick Theatre in London’s West starring Beverley Knight. The band for the show includes some of the UK’s busiest musicians, so I thought I would get their thoughts on what would make them recommend a guitarist for a gig, as well as what qualities they value in guitar players. (Spoiler alert: no-one mentioned Instagram followers or playing really fast through true bypass pedals.)
