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@jimi-michiel

Interesting. Does it discuss any of the issues he had with Seiji Ozawa?

I just purchased a Digital Organ and set up a DAW using Waveform free and a Reverb plugin to make the organ sound better.

That got me thinking...what if I bought a mic and plugged it into my interface (using a MOTU 896HD) and applied to reverb to my trumpet as well to get better sounds from that.

I know nothing about mics in general. I have a bit of a background in digital audio as I just set this organ thing up but, generally speaking, I'm a novice.

I'm partial to Sennheiser headphones; do they make good mics for trumpet as well?

@rowuk said in Traits that make a great sight reader?:

There are various traits that make for good site reading.

1. large collection of memorized patterns
2. ability to negotiate the diagonal (end of one line to the beginning of the next)
3. ability to “hear” intervals (different than #1)
4. well taken care of chops
5. an organised approach before playing a note - key signatures and accidentals, natural feel for phrasing/breathing
6. a lot of experience site reading

Hearing the intervals is the easy part. Making that instant connection to which note it is is much harder. Hearing harmonic changes is even harder than that.

@dr-go said in Any organists?:

@administrator said in Any organists?:

My Allen ADC-420 arrives tomorrow so I am very excited.

Gotta show us the pics when it arrives.

For sure!!

I want to play like this. It's so moving.
Youtube Video – [20:27..]

Which keywords would I target to rank for? Any suggestions?

We've been up for about 2 years now. Here are some interesting statistics. I have SEO tools which check how we rank. We currently rank on Page 1 for the following search terms:

"trumpet boards" - 1
"trumpetboards" - 1
"olds pinto trumpet" - 4
"wynton marsalis practice routine" - 5
"elmer churampi" - 6
"diy trumpet practice mute" - 7

We had 2867 unique visitors last month. This month we are already passed 5000. Number of users exceeds 300-400, I'm not entirely sure but we keep adding a few new ones every week.

If you google "trumpet master," thanks to a reddit thread, it directs people to this site now.

My Allen ADC-420 arrives tomorrow so I am very excited.

@ssmith1226
Man, Doc is so cool. I've seen him live on a number of occasions, every time was incredible. He's a living legend.

Ok...so I purchased a church organ! It's an Allen Digital Organ. Anybody here an organist as well as trumpeter?

@oldschooleuph
I agree. Beautiful horn. Sell it for what it's worth. If you do donate -- please give to a VERY deserving student who will take very good care of said horn and appreciate the generosity.

Did A-N-A Mendez ever make his way back?

@tjcombo said in Jackie Gleason Plays Cornet:

Apart from the funny, cornety bits, a couple of things struck me in that video.. First was what a great quality clip it was. Not sure whether the originally episode was on film or maybe it was restored.
The other was Gleeson's character waving his fist in his wife's face on a coupler of occasions. What was funny and normal has certainly changed, dare I suggest, for the better.

Right? Granted, I don't think the schtick was that he actually threatened her, but it's an interesting cultural thing to note.

I liked the message of the episode as a whole.

@bobmiller1969
Wow, beautiful. I feel the desire to refurb my Radial now.

I don't know. I thought he was in Utah, turns out he is in Texas. So I guess I'll never know.

I reached out to this man (he speaks Spanish) about these trumpets for sale. The only one which interests me is the silver-plated horn in the middle. He told me that it's a "Coon" [sic] -- obviously it's a Conn, but I am keen to know which model. It looks fairly nice and if he only wants $150 could be a steal.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/472088124205509/?referralSurface=messenger_lightspeed_banner&referralCode=messenger_banner

Found this on Facebook:
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/441171713864776/?ref=search&referral_code=marketplace_search

@ssmith1226 said in Progress in my comeback:

Just when I thought that I was making progress in my comeback i found this video. Below the video is a link about the featured musician.

https://weartv.com/news/local/this-incredible-young-trumpet-player-will-blow-you-away

I like it, a lot. Someday I want to teach my kids to play and have a family brass band.

@curlydoc said in Taiwanese Trumpets:

Any experiences with John Packer instruments?

I've heard good things, but no experience myself.

Bill Pfund trumpets are made in PRC and then he modifies them in his workshop. Good horns at an affordable price.

@grune

Do we differentiate between Chinese and Taiwanese manufacturers? My experience with Taiwanese makers has been fairly positive.

@rapier232

Just try Wikipedia.