Welcome, @gloucestre.
There is an app I use for photo reduction that is called Resizer.
It is extremely easy to use and there are about three steps and you’re good to go. Oh, it might be important for me to mention that I use it on an iPad, but I am fairly sure it is PC ready as well.
Feel free to message me if you have questions, mate!
If one player stands out to me that has virtually one and only one signature song, then it seems to me Chuck Mangione's “Feels So Good” fits that like almost no other. And from the general public's perspective I think you would be hard pressed to find one out of a hundred who could name any other songs he ever did!
@atrumpetdude said in Merry Christmas!:
@bigdub
Yes I've also always thought the sound of a C trumpet is very Christmas-y
It seemed to fit perfectly. Very clean delivery on your part. Very.
Do you have a brass ensemble there? If so, message me.
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.
@atrumpetdude said in Merry Christmas!:
@georgeb
Thanks! I was playing my Bach 238 bell C trumpet.
I thought it might have been a c trumpet. Good for church music for sure. Especially where guitars are playing, too.
@atrumpetdude
Really nice playing! Loved it. I kind of know the area a little bit. We have a second house in Boise Idaho. This is Eagle, Idaho I am guessing right? Unfortunately we have not gotten out there for quite a while now because of COVID.
@tobylou8 said in A little humour:
how much does it cost Santa to park his sleigh???
Nothing! It's on the house!!!!
Also, how is Christmas like work?
You do all the work and the fat guy in the suit gets all the credit.
@bodine said in Recording yourself during this lay off:
Re: Staying in top playing shape post band shutdown
I kept up the practicing for a couple of months then things started to slide. I was able to get a couple of jazz gigs so I learned a few new tunes and practiced a lot for several weeks. The gigs went very well. Hard to stay motivated after that for sure. I do enjoy downloading play along tracks, importing them into my recording program, then recording myself on aa separate track. Started doing this a lot more since Covid and things have really improved, intonation, time, right notes!! etc. Fu=ind fun ways to try new things, you have lots of time...
I do the same thing myself. It is more fun for me and motivating, for sure. I am not a pro, nor do I have to answer to anyone who might tell me, “ you should be doing this, or that, or long tones, or short loud tones, or unpleasant tones”, you get my point, right? Here is a sample of a track. I added bass, guitar and light percussion with the use of GarageBand on my digital keyboard.
#SoundCloud? #np https://soundcloud.com/bigdub-3/o-little-town-of-bethlehem
This trumpet only comes out at Christmas time. It might well be my favorite ornament!
@tobylou8 said in A little humour:
Parallel lines have so much in common. It's a shame they will never meet!
They get along great, though. They never cross each other.
@administrator said in Mobile Menu Bug:
I am aware of a bug that has recently appeared where the mobile menu does not work properly. I am working on fixing this, it may take a few days. Thank you to those who helped make me aware of this issue.
I‘m still trying to order something from the stationary menu.
Just sayin'.
You have all heard teachers, advisors, seminar leaders and the like say, “there are no dumb questions”.
Would anyone like to put their two cents in on this?
@Dr-GO said in Artist on BOARD:
Some of us may even own one!
I can’t imagine who that may be.
Can you give me a hint?
Some snowy scenes. Some you may have seen some scenes 
you may not have scene......
Kind of odd that non-hyphenated is hyphenated.
Shouldn’t abbreviate be a lot shorter?
And pi? Longer than my arm.
Covert, overt. I just don’t c the difference.
I wouldn’t say I do a great deal of flying, but with that being said, here are some things I have heard:
When I asked for a coffee, “I'm sorry, we are out of lids so the FTA won’t allow us to serve it”
Later I asked a real airline flight attendant if this was a real thing, and she said, “what??? I NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING”
Another time I asked how could I report that someone asked me to transport something for them without my knowledge if I would have no knowledge of it?
“That’s why we have to make that announcement”, they said.
On another flight, an announcement was made, “please feel free to hesitate to ask if you need anything”
Another thing I just put together pretty quickly. The painting part was fast, but the preliminary planning lasted over many days...
