Quarantunes: Some of my favorite songs. Hope you enjoy!
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We are thinking of all of our friends out there who are struggling and wish you all peace! Stay healthy and vigilant!
In an effort to keep me a bit busy while we all figure out the new telecommuting world I have recently started a new project of recording some of my favorite songs. I hope this brings you some smiles and brightens your day a bit.
As always these are first takes. It’s a way of keeping me honest and in the shed!
Here’s Body and Soul on Clark Terry’s Olds Flugel (one of his backups I bought many years ago) and his mouthpiece which he gave me in 1996:
Here’s Con Alma on the Piccolo Trumpet (trying to get a bit less awkward on the piccolo trumpet improvising)
My favorite song of all time is Stardust!
Here’s a salute to Pops with When you’re Smilin’ (on a mpc I made from a copy of Louis’ old Giardinelli mouthpiece!)
How about “The Nearness of You”?
This is in the running for one of my favorite songs ever: Horace Silver’s Peace!
If you have a request please share it in this thread.
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All great songs, Trent...how about:
I Had The Craziest DreamGeorge
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@GeorgeB sure! I did have a wild dream last night that I double booked myself for gigs (and one of them was a mariachi gig!). Funny as my next gig in the books is in October
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Hope you enjoy today's request which was from a friend who's struggling. While it's not my favorite tune I wanted to boost their spirits! Gear on this one is the Coppernicus and a MV3C-FX mpc. Almost no post production on the horn mic except a tiny bit of reverb.
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These are nice, thanks for the tunes!
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Show off !!!
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Today's entry... thankful for Riza and Marcus Printup for starting up the Blues Challenge. Hope you enjoy!
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Time for a Driveway Concert!
(please note this is an archived concert from FB but I definitely wanted to share here in case you didn't see it!)
As I was walking the dogs a few days ago I realized my driveway is very wide and would make a great place for an outdoor session. Plenty of room to be very far apart and still play together! I have played a few times for our neighborhood solo as well as a social distancing parade and they are excited for the prospect of a concert!
We’d love for you to tune in live and hang with us for a few minutes! We’ll even have some special surprises lined up for intermission and other times!
We will have a virtual tip jar available as my friends that are playing have been without any means of income since Covid started. Any donations will be graciously accepted.
Virtual tip Jar:
https://venmo.com/Trent-Austin-2
paypal.me/AustinCustomBrassTA: Tpt/Flugel
Jackie Myers: Piano
Jason Emmond: Bass
Jim Lower: PercussionOkay it might not be Carnegie Hall but a stage is a stage A few performance notes:
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it was the first time running sound this elaborate outside and into an interface so the mix isn't totally spot on but we'll get it next time! The way I captured sound into an interface for a live concert mix is worth a mini-lesson in itself!
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Equipment:
I'm using my Gen II Adams A1 trumpet with TAZ-CS mouthpiece as well as my Olds Clark Terry Model Flugelhorn with Clark's old mouthpiece (and my Ta-1 rim) -
My trusty shop assistant and pal Kyle Lambert sat in a few times on the show (yes his mic wasn't turned on totally)
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Our goofy intermission songs with my wife are part of a series we have been doing for friends on my personal FB page entitled Quarantine with the Austins! I hope you enjoy it!
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Stay tuned for another one of these in the future it was very fun!
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The tip jar is still active (and the tips go to my band who have been out of work... just put in the comments tip jar or Driveway)
Thank you!
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