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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/AustinCustomBrass

TA: Tpt/Flugel
Jackie Myers: Piano
Jason Emmond: Bass
Jim Lower: Percussion

Okay it might not be Carnegie Hall but a stage is a stage 😎 A few performance notes:

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!

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)

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!

Stay tuned for another one of these in the future it was very fun!

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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Jim is an amazing friend and honored The Eddie Brookshire Quintet with several performances over the years. These have been tough times for club owners, and this amazing customer helps sustain such venues with generous contributions such as this $3,000 tip for a $6,50 beer!

@Kujo20 said in Happy Birthday Clifford!:

That could make a great topic in the medical concerns forum...the effects of overuse of smoking/drugs/alcohol in terms that relate to trumpet playing.

A few of the reasons;

It's in the environment. Its being used by musicians that are admired Its addicting It's a means to decompress after a show.

Oh man. I sure wish I had some "trumpet" money right now.

@Bay-Area-Brass said in Harmon Mute Showdown!:

@tmd They older ones are in tune once you pull out the slide a bit. I'm happy to do that in order to keep the classic tone.

Thanks Bill. Just to clarify, low notes on my original Harmon mute are very sharp (especially low G and low F#). Back in the day, it took a lot of effort to get those notes out. With my Harmon Type B, those notes are very much in tune.

Mike

Saw the facebook entry. Lose the heavy caps and replace the leadpipe and receiver and the horn would be well on its way to at least being in tune. This problem pops up even with professional trumpets. Monke rotary Bb and C trumpets occasionally had the same issue. The G on my natural trumpet is "naturally a bit high". Not quite this much, but it does require attention on a regular basis.

Nice comparison Trent. My experience with the tuning bell Schilkes is fine up to mezzoforte after which the transition to loud is much less controllable than bells with braces. The brilliance just takes off - which is fine for big band jazz or combo work, but in a classical setting becomes a liability. Countless tests with sound posts did not solve my problem.

I liked the original B1 bell and the Kanstul Benge copy best. It had the right combination of core and halo for my ears. The other three were very good but not as balanced in tone/core. I have a student with a tuning bell Schilke B1, B6 and a modified C. The B1 and C trumpets have the best balance and playing duets has sum and difference tones bouncing all over the practice room.

For my tuning Bell Bach 229H, I developed a brace for tuning slide bells. That gave me the response advantage of a brace and the intonation advantage of the tuning bell.

If I owned that horn, it would also be a keeper. It is so much different than everything else and thus broadens the palette of colors that I could offer.

I know this thread is a few months old but, check out a similar 1933 Selmer Balanced in action here!,

@kehaulani Still not comparable.

Some trumpets, however, are always going to sound "bright" according to their nature, regardless of the player. For example -- I had a H.N. White king Liberty in high school. That thing was a peashooter for sure, and my band director was of the "dark, round sound" persuasion, so he would never let me play it.