- Never recommend anyone who plays better than you.
- Always suck up (leaders, bartenders, bride and/or groom, management, etc.)
- If you don't know it, play harmony.
- Double book, then choose.
- Always assume the leader knows nothing.
- Always degrade types of music you can't play or know nothing about.
- Always bring your own cards, and solicit during breaks.
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