Best posts made by barliman2001

@administrator IMHO, you should go for something that will really represent you as a musical individual. I've got nothing against Yammies; but I am repulsed by their predictable, reliable sameness. Many people like that; but for me, it just means that you are predictable and not an individual. That is why I have given up on new horns altogether. There was a time when I had a full set of Stomvis (Bb, C, D/Eb, picc) and really liked them; but then, I happened upon a 1940s Buescher Aristocrat, with the result that I now play the Buescher, and an old Courtois for a D, and a 1970s Besson for an Eb, and the Stomvis had to go on. With these old horns, I always got the feeling that somehow I am continuing tradition, that somehow those guys who played these hooters before me are still alive in their horns...
As to getting yourself an instrument - you can't go wrong with, say, an Olds Recording or Studio (have both - can be used anywhere.) Or you can go for a 1980s Selmer or Courtois... the possibilities are endless. Get yourself a cheap solid horn first to get back into shape - Olds Ambassador, or a 4000 series Yammie, or a Stomvi Forte, or an intermediate Getzen - and then work up until you are back to being able to say which horn you now want and what is suitable for you. IME, as soon as you are ready for it, the right horn will find you. It's not the other way round.

@dr-go Only just this thread which is highly interesting to me, seeing that I'm to be released from hospital tomorrow after two weeks of treatment for pneumonia... but as regards the tin woodwinds, I think that their higher mortality rate is just due to sax and violins...

Just happened onto this clip... Maurice André with a very different repertoire!

A Christmas thought:
What would a crib be without Jews, Arabs and Foreigners? -
Just an ox and an ass.

@neal085 By the way, I prefer poached. That way, the egg keeps its integrity while displaying a soft outside. And the inside is thoroughly yellow!

@dr-go Regular spitballs are stored in an alcoholic cleaning liquid that can do the job as well, if you use three or four new spitballs each time.

I don't think his playing in this rather well-hidden French TV programme is robotic...

From 23:01 onwards, he is playing the G picc he left to me at his passing...

Ok, change of topic. A guy is drinking in a bar with his friends and seems pretty miserable. "What's the matter, Jake?" one friend asks. "Normally, you're the life and soul of the party, and tonight you're like a mouse eaten by a snake..." - "It's my mother-in-law," he says. "She's changed her will and totally disinherited us, just because I looked at her." - "That's pretty nasty, for such a minor thing." - "Well, it happened as we were saying Grace at lunch, and I looked at her when we reached, 'and deliver us from Evil'..."

As I am now in the grandiose position of Most High Executive Global Moderator of the TB Empire, I've put in a few more bits about myself into my profile. Not too much, mind - I know that anyone who is offended by the GMs actions will be after me with a shotgun at least. And whoever wants to know more is free and welcome to ask for more.

A guy has massive problems with bed-wetting at night. He's been through several courses of medication - no solution. Finally, he's sent to a psychotherapist. A few days later, he meets an old friend who is surprised to find his bed-wetting friend not despondent, but radiant. "Why are you looking so happy?" he asks. "It's because of that psychotherapist." the other one explains. - "It really worked?" - "No, but now I'm enjoying it!"

@rowuk Trumpet players have done a lot in Ukraine already... a friend of mine (professional flutist in Lviv opera, by choice second trumpet in the local fire brigade orchestra, lingerie model due to her exceptional... assets...) volunteered for the National Guard and on her first day of duty, destroyed a Russian APC... she unbuttoned her uniform to the belt, played Kalinka on her trumpet and minced her way to that APC... the crew opened all hatches to applaud her... and at that moment, she chucked in what in WWII would have been called a "geballte Ladung" - five hand grenades wired together...
After the explosion, she played the Ukrainian Anthem...

She plays drums as well:

Many of us will be very busy indeed during the last days before Christmas; so I take this opportunity to wish everyone a very happy festive season, whether you celebrate Christmas, Chanukka, the Return of the Missing Asteroid, the Feast of the Burnt Turkey or the Feast of Nothing at all. May all of you return to tell us about how you spent your time, and whether you had a Good Time or a Bad Time. And should you have a bad time, please remember that here on TB, at least one Global Moderator will be on duty, listening to your concerns and ready with advice if wanted or needed. Bye, 2019.

All the best for our recovery!
Having recently suffered a minor stroke, I know what it is to lie around in hospitals... a good cure during rehab was seeing all those other patients who had been hit far harder than me.

From day one, I had my pocket trumpet with me to practise; unfortunately without a mute. I then ordered Thomann's own brand warm-up mute which did the job. Nice, small, and well intonated, it surprised me as being better than the Wick... can only recommend it.
As to sound reduction: Quite a few nurses encouraged me to play, seeing my horn. And were very astonished when I told them that I was working on Arban up to two hours per day. No one outside my room had noticed...

https://www.thomann.de/gb/thomann_compact_warmup_trumpet_mute.htm

Every one is a natural. Otherwise they would be robots.

Joking apart - everyone is a natural, with a certain talent for something. It is never the same thing, and will still need very hard work to attain the dizzy heights of professionalism (be it as a professional or as an amateur). But it is a fact that you need to be born with the proper talents and anatomy for a certain thing, or you can put in all the hard work you can and still achieve nothing.

A naturally colour-blind person will probably never become a painter notable for vibrant colouring.

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

Whatever happened to Peter Cetera's brother Et?

He married and took the surname of his wife, Aliis.

@Dr-GO said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:

Barliman2001, may you too have a Merry Merry. AND if you are in Dayton Ohio on the 24th, come join us in the one seat have left at the table. I am taking my entire wife's family (farmers) out to the Golden Lamb Inn (Oldest Inn in Ohio - 7 Presidents have slept there, and Sammuel Clemens) for Holiday Dinner. It's all on me.

Thank you, Gary, for that kind invitation. Unfortunately, Dayton is a bit far from Vienna (too far anyway for a short day trip by car!), otherwise I would take you up on that offer. We'll be cosily at home before a roaring fire, and on the 28th, all the family will turn up for a belated Christmas gathering and my famous Honey-Roast Duck with an Italian herb and chestnut filling, with red cabbage in wine and home-made potato dumplings - I've pre-ordered three plump ducks as we will be that many people! But as soon as I get myself back into some kind of physical shape, I'll be sitting on your doorstep.

Just got this message from my friends at allegro optical - the Musicians' Optician:
"Here’s a shout out for all my musicians friends who struggle to visit West Yorkshire! The Musicians Optician can now visit you in your own home anywhere in England, Scotland and surrounding islands and Northern Ireland. If you struggle to get to West Yorkshire “Home consultations” are now available. Call 0333 335 5745 or visit https://www.performingartsvisioncare.com/ If you are struggling to #SeeTheMusic or more. The team is going mobile and can come to you!"

@administrator The soloist, even though obviously classically trained, manages the utmost pathos without singing one really recognizable note...

Doctor to wife: "I'm sorry, but your husband is dead."
Husband (from the bed): "Hey, that's not true!"
Wife: "You shut your mouth. The doctor knows what he is doing."