[Harp-L] Band arrangements

["Tobin, Jeff" <jtobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you play in a band, what process do you go thru to learn new
material?  How do you work out arrangements?  Does everyone listen to
agreed-upon songs at home and work out their individual parts, or do you
do it together?  Is one person the arranger/conductor?  Or do you
another approach that works?  Recently, some of us from our local
Wednesday nite blues jam got together to form a band.  But I'm finding,
in practice, there seems to be no real direction in working out parts,
and our music sounds as loose as our open jams.  Because no one in the
group seems to be a natural-born leader, I'm assuming that's a big part
of our problem.  But other successful groups must have found ways to
overcome this.  Any suggestions from you band members?

Thanks,
Jeff