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@ButchA
I am sad to say there are some folks who like both the Mets and the Yankees.....in my mind, I agree with you, Butch, if you are a true met fan, you should really hate the Yankees.
Historically, there were no bigger Yankee haters than were Brooklyn Dodger Fans, with good reason! Yankees beat the, in the series far too many times! My Dad was a life long Brooklyn Dodger fan and never recovered when they moved to LA. He never once showed a liking for them and couldn’t seem to land on any other team to like. He became sort of a Cubs fan, since they seemed to have a similar fate with World Series failure and such. I usually tell people that I have two favorite teams: the Mets, and anyone who happens to be playing the Yankees on a given day! I actually had an opportunity to go to a Yankees pre game locker room chapel service. I did not avail myself of such an opportunity. I felt I would feel as though I was being a total phony and would feel as though I betrayed my beloved Mets.

@ssmith1226 said in Trumpet Board Remote Performance:

The following are two multitrack recordings that I put together encompassing about 10 trumpet parts and four MIDI Parts (Strings, Harp, Piano, and Bass Guitar). I played the Tuba part on trumpet and lowered it one octave on Garage Band and then lowered that track another octave. All three tracks can be heard.
The first piece is Pachelbel’s Canon. The second piece I call “Memories of Palchelbel”. It consists of Palchelbel’s Canon incorporating Maroon 5’s “Memories”. I previously posted a version of “Memories” performed by a children’s choir.
On January 20, I completed Pachelbel’s Canon and coincidently celebrated five year anniversary of my comeback.

Pachelbel’s Canon
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/dPuv7ATTYZhihydb6

Memories of Pachelbel
https://soundcloud.app.goo.gl/L5reyPNJWaLSHjQD7

Way to go! Fantastic, Steve. That was a lot of work, but fun, wasn’t it?
Very nice! Loved it.

I would call the trumpet I started out on a no name hand me down. That is not figurative, it actually had no name engraved anywhere on it. Not that it was the problem, but yet I believe no company would want to embarrass themselves by putting their name on it. Piece of garbage would not be an exaggeration. I think it held me back for sure. Only when I started up again in 8th grade did my parents buy me the Sears Silvertone ( Blessing Super Artist ) did I make serious progress.

@Bob-Pixley said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:

@BigDub said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:

@Bob-Pixley said in Are you a fan of early 1900's music?:

I played in a parlor/society orchestra for a while and it was fun. Some of the parts were written for clarinet and trumpet/cornet in A. I made good use of a beat-up 1925 Conn 22B New York Symphony Orchestra trumpet I owned at the time that had a rotary valve in the tuning slide that switched the trumpet from Bb to A. It worked pretty well.

How do you change it from Bb to A? Do you just turn it with your hand, or do you use a tool?
Very interesting.

You just turn the knob by hand. The strange thing was, the valve slides didn't need to be pulled out any to play in tune in A. A friend of mine borrowed it to play a piece in A in the local symphony and he noticed the same thing. I suppose the slides were slightly longer than modern Bb slides.

Also true of the 1914 Frank Holton Revelation I have played a couple of times. It is in tune ( for me, at least ) without pulling the tuning slide out at all.

@Kehaulani said in Phony players:

I would think that, according to screen Guild policies, she is in an acting role in which she sings. I'm sure that she was being represented as an actress.

Douglas was, obviously, being represented by the Screen Actors Guild which, as has been shown, couldn't care less that a musician was being accurately portrayed.

I get it, sure, but do I like it, no. No one asked me, that is for sure.
One interesting thing about how far Hollywood will go to use their chosen actor no matter how qualified or not was for the movie about Lou Gehrig, The Pride Of The Yankees, where they had Gary Cooper picked for the role of Lou Gehrig. He could convincingly swing the bat, but the only problem was his swing was from the right side of the plate, and not left handed. I understand they went to all the trouble to film him swinging right handed and reversing everything in the entire stadium, bases were backwards, signs and advertisements were backwards- everything. Mirror image. Just so they could have their star Gary Cooper play Lou Gehrig!
Here’s another interesting part: Babe Ruth played himself.
They were smart enough to know no one would believe it if someone else played him?

@tjcombo said in A little humour:

@moshe I took a moment to get it too - a few seconds, but then again, I'm only 62
Well, I’m 67 and I don’t know what anyone is talking about....just kidding. I got it as soon as I saw it. Maybe it’s better to be a little older. I remember when the song was playing on the radio!

@Kehaulani said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

(Sung) "Strangler in the Night."

I used to end a lot of dance jobs with this. Audience loved it . . I hated it. Musical whoredom. I'll do almost anything if it keeps the wolf from the door.

Though all of your opinions matter, sometimes, I didn’t ask if anyone liked it or what your opinion of the song was in this case. In fact, my classmates and I didn’t much care for it either. That wasn’t my point.
My point was.......I had things happen in HS and they went right over my head.
Similar to now, I guess.

@Trumpetsplus said in Bore Size:

Haha, good one, Ivan! I am a proud owner of one of these books. Thanks! I also STILL love your mouthpiece. It’s not going anywhere.

@MasterWannabe said in Did something unusual this morning:

@BigDub I believe Amazing Grace is one of those songs that really demonstrates how music is the language of GOD. This is one of those pieces that is relatively simple but if one opens up their heart while playing, it (the song) will create many variations and speak to multitudes of people in their own way. I have never played it the same way twice and I have never played it that I wasn't touched in a new way.

Amen to that, Ray.

“‘‘Twas Grace that taught my heart to fear,
And grace my fears relieved.
How precious did that grace appear,
The hour I first believed"

My daughter texted me that night that her students were talking about it all the rest of the day.

@Dr-GO said in Phony players:

Just to be clear BigDub, I am giving you approval to play me in the next full length feature about me.

But that would be the exceptional situation where the actor would be able to surpass the playing skill of the person he was portraying........that would be like Wayne Bergeron playing me. just kidding. Calm yourself

@trickg
Never. Watched. One. Episode. Or clip. Or preview.
And yet, I feel fulfilled in life.

@dr-go said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

@georgeb said in On the, “ I wish I had had a little more sense of history” topic......:

@kehaulani

I actually like playing Strangers In The Night, but I skip the Dooby dooby dooo at the end.

I sing Strangers In The Night if I first partake of some Dobby dooby dooos just prior to said song breakout...

This is of course legal in Colorado... and of more recent, New Jersey, as BigDub probably knows.... and perhaps, we may see more abstract art offerings from BigDub as a result, yes?

Well, if I was so inclined, there would probably be a lot less productivity.
As far as playing Strangers in The Night, I seem to end up playing more TO strangers in the night. They haven’t heard me play yet, so I can surprise them at least until they can escape for the exit

@ssmith1226
Or a Sears, Roebuck Catalog trumpet, as did I.

@Vulgano-Brother said in Do you see what I see??:

@BigDub said in Do you see what I see??:

I have had that happen many times, now that you mention it.

Great! Get those resultant tones sounding in tune, and memorize the sound and its visceral aspects. For best results, use the first and third slides to do the tuning work.

My problem is more with some others rather than myself and whether there is any hope whatsoever for their improvement.

On the show, Hogan’s Heroes, Colonel Klink Would occasionally play the violin, much to the discomfort of those who happened to be in the same room.
He looked rather convincing, but if you looked closely, there weren’t even any strings on the instrument!

@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:

@BigDub
So much for autocorrect.

Often auto, not so often, correct.

@tjcombo said in Weirdest thing happened:

HNY Wayne, wonder if this is an electronic or ear issue? Thought I’d share my “one weird trick” story in case it helps.
A few years back, I acquired my first C trumpet and couldn’t believe how bad its intonation. Swapped back and forth between C and regular Bb horn in practice and the new horn didn’t seem to improve.
I can’t remember why, but I played few tunes on the Bb, reading from a Bb Real Book, then played the same tunes on the C horn, reading from the C Real Book and for some strange reason the intonation issues stopped. It was like something in my tiny mind switched - either that or some musical elves tweaked the C trumpet.

Cheers
tj

Interesting, but definitely not what happened to me. As soon as I switched to a YouTube recording it was spot on.
Also, in answer to Steve, I haven’t been using the AirPods when using the silent brass device.
It was so strange because I have been playing with this setup for close to 20 years and nothing with the pitch changing has ever happened.
Once I quit Apple Music and restarted the computer it corrected itself.

@ssmith1226
Actually it was made by Blessing, in Elkhart, Indiana, and people who are in the know have told me that it was equivalent to the Super Artist model. I just donated it last June to a school district in Western Idaho for some youngster to learn on as well.

Very nice, George.
Here is a favorite of mine, and I am not sure how I came upon her music, but she is one of, if not the most Famous trumpet players in Norway. Her name is Tine ( Tee-nah ) Thing ( ting ) Helseth. By the way, I probably have more Norwegian blood in me than many of the performers you will see in any of her videos, just saying....haha, it does have a lot to do with why I like her. Her effortless style and beautiful tone have a lot to do with it, for sure.
It is also to be noted that I picked one where she plays one of Edvard Greig's composition, appropriately.

Administrator: I couldn’t do a message to you in the normal way, so this is why I tell you here.

I just got an email from GeorgeB. He says he is locked out and cannot log in or anything. I had a similar problem but it worked itself out somehow. Could you please see if you can help him with that