Posts made by BigDub

I asked my friend what’s the difference between a loaf of bread and an elephant. He said, haha, I don’t know.
I said, remind me not to send you to the grocery store for anything.

@Niner said in A little humour:

Some things to think about when drinking :

Why doesn't a chicken egg taste like chicken?

Why is it that cargo is transported by ship while a shipment is transported by car?

Does peanut butter really have butter in it?

Do mimes watch silent movies?

Is the fear of flying groundless?

What would you use to dilute water?

Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?

Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

Can I get arrested for running into a Fire House yelling, "Movie! Movie!" ?

Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

Could someone ever get addicted to counseling? If so, how could you treat them?

Did Adam and Eve have navels?

Did the early settlers ever go on a camping trip

I am not drinker, but I think about these sort of things all the time. You're not surprised. I know.

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

Hi BigDub,
I don't know how you do it. How a person can take splotches of color and make me see stuff that's not there is magic. Keep up the good magic!
Thanks, Dr-Mark! I guess to answer your question, how I do it is often a mystery to me as well, lots and lots of flops and disappointments, trial, error and repetition.
Few are the times when I feel like the paintbrush is simply taking me along for the ride, but when it happens, it is quite exhilarating, to say the least. Most times it’s quite a battle and struggle. I cannot NOT paint, though, at least it would be hard to stop.

@administrator said in Artist on BOARD:

This is quite beautiful. Do you take commissions?

I do take commissions. They take up maybe a quarter to a third of my work, actually. Email me and I can give you more information. Thanks.

I probably have posted this one in the past, but not on this site.......
this is known locally as the Bridge Tender's Station. Actually it is a former switch tender's house from the Penn.RR.
They purchased the Delaware and Raritan Canal in the early 1930's and pretty much put the canal out of business simultaneously. I was able to learn this from my friend who had his little shop and art studio right across the street from this.

@Dr-Mark said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@Niner
Her Bell & Howell?
Which is Bell and which is Howell?

I think they had to be registered, though.

@N1684T said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

This can be a mechanic thing too. Or just a man thing as my girlfriend points out. She starts out talking about a problem, wondering about it and trying to understand it, and my simple "man brain" tries to solve it;)

Yeah. Sometimes you just have to shut up and listen, later you say, "uh, huh, uh huh, right, I know. Uh, huh."
They know there’s no solution. It’s just how they want to deal with it, to just discuss it.

At no time does my tongue leave my mouth nor detach itself from the host in question.
On a similar, but barely that, topic- my Father used to be able to form his tongue into a tube shape and actually whistle through it. He was not able to do that while playing the trumpet, which he never got the chance to learn.

I try not to be condescending. That’s when you assume the person to whom you’re speaking needs help understanding the very intelligent things you are saying.

Now, I heard that Julie Andrews will no longer endorse cheap lipstick. It crumbles easily and makes her breath smell. She explained, "The super colour fragile lipstick gives me halitosis."

That means...........well, if you don’t get it........never mind.....

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@BigDub said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

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OOPS! My bad. That's me once again not putting my common sense in gear.

Maybe it’s just a Dr kind of thing. They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@BigDub
This isn't about this topic but you may still enjoy it. Check out "what in tune sounds like"
I hope you like it. Matt Harloff is great in the videos

Very nice. I am surprised I found it. There was no link......I just highlighted it and pressed "look up"
I would like to hear that done by a pro trumpet player with various models of trumpets from yard sale to custom made for a top symphony trumpet player.

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

Hi BigDub,
You stated that, "You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically."
There's nothing natural about the proper breathing needed to play the trumpet.
Look at all the info that's out there addressing just that topic. For example Circle of Breath.
As for the tongue, it's just one way of monitoring tension and force.
When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

It’s a funny thing. You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically. But when you are playing you have to think about how to breathe correctly and in fact when I am playing in front of a crowd I find it’s very helpful to remind myself to breathe, breathe, breathe!
I don’t think about the tongue or what its doing. It just knows what to do.

These are the types of questions that get inside my head.
It will now take me weeks, maybe months, to stop concentrating on what my tongue is doing while I'm playing.
It’s ok, though. I got over the wet or dry lip dilemma fairly unscathed. My therapist says I am making great progress.

I have a 1980 Getzen Eterna 900. I was told the 1979 model Eterna was the last year Doc Severinsen had his name on the Eterna. They informed me none of the specs changed from the Severinsen from the final year. That’s all I have to go by, so anyway I am very very happy with my Eterna, which by the way, still looks like new and........the valves are fantastic.....

Different types of people process things in different ways, I dare say. Some are more feel, ear, sense of the music, while others want to break it all down painstakingly by way of a formula. Nothing wrong in either case, it’s just what makes us all different.
For me, once I feel something, it sticks. Often I need to hear it first, but just once will do it, usually. Not that I am a jazz improvisor to that extent, but with certain music that leans more towards a jazz feel I go that way.

@Niner said in Easy Quiz:

Ok.... so as not to irritate the disinterested any longer, Jericho has them right down to 5 and 6.

Five is the classic King Master cornet. That receiver end is classic and distinct. That model has been posted about recently on this forum at this site.

The last one is the hardest for those with little interest in vintage instruments but very distinct. That arrow brace is a product of the Elkhart Band Instrument Company over a few decades. It's The Elkhart model. Elkhart Band Instruments was balled up with Buescher with the founder being also President of Buescher ...see Horn u copia for the outline and the convoluted history. The model "The Elkhart" with the engraved Elk on the bell was made for a few decades. The later models add "by Buescher" on the bell. The early peashooter I have is one of my favorites. I had a later "The Elkhart", not pea shooter model but it wasn't the same quality and I sold it.

Don’t let my lack of knowledge be mistaken for lack of interest.
Kind of the exact opposite of my illustrious career as a student. I should have told the teachers, "Don't let my lack of interest be mistaken for lack of knowledge. I know. I just don’t care. Please teach me something interesting before I turn to marble here.”

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

Hi BigDub,
Isn't it amazing that when your painting is compared to a photo or to seeing the trees and mountains, your trees don't look like trees and your mountains do not look like mountains but our imagination allows us to appreciate your trees and mountains far more than we would if we were to look at a simple photo. Bravo!

The funny thing is, more than once I have had someone say in response to a painting I have shown, “you should paint that one, it would make a great painting”
Uh, hem, yeah.....I did already. That’s it right there. You're looking at it.
Here, for example, is something for your keen eyes to examine for “yer own self”
Which is which?