New old member or old new member, can't remember
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I've been playing trumpet/cornet for over 50 years. I'm a retired EE with a music degree obtained after early retirement. I'm not an expert in anything I know about, I'm a pretty good player, not a great player, I'm not an ultra high-note screecher, but I do love to play my horns.
In the next week or two, or three...I'm going to finally buy the perfect mouthpiece, have my horn completely modified, and become the great player I hear in my head. Then I'll be an expert on everything
I'm just here because of my love of trumpets, Flugelhorns, etc. and usually have more questions than answers. I keep my opinions as opinions, not facts.
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Welcome!
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"...I'm going to finally buy the perfect mouthpiece"...
As have I... each year for every year I have been playing the trumpet. Yep Yep... Have 50 perfect mouthpieces I have... Yep Yep.
Welcome to TB and look forward to reading your shared knowledge as you have more to offer here than you may think... and if you have a good enough offer, I can sell you one of my perfect mouthpieces, that would be just perfect for you, I am perfectly sure.
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I am a real old timer ( 85 in a few weeks ) coming back after a 50 year hiatus. Back in the 50s / 60s I never considered myself anything more than an adequate player. I formed a 5 piece band, joined the union , and we played everything from teen dances ( did one every Saturday night for 4 years straight ), weddings, private functions. I worked full time in the publishing and printing business but there was rarely a weekend that we didn't have some kind of gig...until guitars and rock and travelling disc jockeys ruined the market, so I quit in '65.
I've been back 5 years now, playing with a pretty respectable band that includes a few professionals. There are some pretty damn good players here and they have given me some solid advice, so don't be shy.
Best of luck and welcome,
George1960s King Super 20 Silversonic, 1940 Olds Recording, 1942 Buescher True Tone 400 ,1999 Conn Vintage One Bb trumpet, A 1952 Selmer Paris, A 2020 Getzen 400 and a Manchester Brass ACB custom pro Bb trumpet, a 1962 Conn Victor 5A Cornet.
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@georgeb georgeb, are you still a union player after all these years?
I joined the AFM about a decade ago and have been very impressed as to how the union has worked for me as well as the benefits that are available to AFM members.
Allora Pocket Trumpet 2014
Harrelson Summit 2017
Kanstul 1526 2012
Getzen Power Bore 1961
Getzen Eterna 4-Valve Fulgelhorn 1974
Martin Committee 1946
Olds Super Recording 1940
Olds Recording (LA) 1953
Olds Recording (Fullerton) 1967
Olds Ambassador 1965 -
@dr-go said in New old member or old new member, can't remember:
@georgeb georgeb, are you still a union player after all these years?
No, Doc, when I quit playing in 1965 I dedicated myself to climbing the ladder of success in the printing and publishing business to give a good life to my wife a 3 sons, and it was the right move at the time. I started out in that business in a daily newspaper as a proof runner, then an advertising salesman and finally into management. I retired at the close of 2000 as general manager, publisher and vice president at one of eastern Canada's largest printing and publishing operations. I never touched a horn again until 2016 and I no longer play for money, so I had no need for the musicians union. But they were sure a great help to me when me and my band were members.
