Posts made by BigDub

The headache could be mental anguish rather than a physical thing. I am not a Dr. Though, Dr's GO and Mark
so I am owning that.
I do know this, if I have to sit in front of the drums I sometimes end up with a headache.

Ticket prices were higher this year for the balloon festival due to inflation

There’s a crew building a deck across the street. They seem to be doing an ok job, but man, are they slow.
How slow? I know you're asking.
They went off to another job about a week ago and I thought they were still making steady progress.
One of them had a girlfriend, it seems. Heavy set, big boned, pretty face, as they say. She would stop by and visit her Bo.
Well. At least they build a strong deck.

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

Intonation is learned, and the best way I've found is to play intervals with another trumpeter. One plays a "drone" and the other slides up or down until the resultant tones are in tune. You'll hear the resultant tones "buzzing" in your ear.

That is very helpful and encouraging to know. Thanks.
I have had that happen many times, now that you mention it.

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub said in Artist on BOARD:

@moshe said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub

I thought it was a stunningly beautiful photograph.

But another poster said that it is a painting?

Morris / moshe

Haha, nope, it’s a painting. I'll make sure to let you know when it’s a photo.
One thing that happens is people look at some of these paintings on a small screen like a phone and that makes it look much more like a photograph.

It is a fine work of art on a big or a small screen.

The check's in the mail, George! Oops. Did I say that out loud?

@moshe said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub

I thought it was a stunningly beautiful photograph.

But another poster said that it is a painting?

Morris / moshe

Haha, nope, it’s a painting. I'll make sure to let you know when it’s a photo.
One thing that happens is people look at some of these paintings on a small screen like a phone and that makes it look much more like a photograph.

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

Knew a trumpeter that could peg any note on the tuner up to double c any time.

Problem is, if you are playing a chord tone, the Major 3rd will need to come down about 14 cents, the fifth about 2 cents up. If everyone does their part and play the exact degree of "out-of-tuneness" needed, the chord will ring. If everyone pegged the tuner, the chord will not ring.

I worked more than the above-mentioned trumpeter did.

That brings up a question for me. Can folks learn to hear that or does it rely on some natural ability ingrained. I ask because I wonder about some players and their seeming lack of hearing when a note is just not right, and then further into it, what you were saying, Brother Vulgano, how on certain chords you have to "hear" the amount you need to push a note to make it ring. Can that be taught or learned?

A very good trombone playing friend told me once when we were working on a piece that I was about an eighth of a step flat.
I said, I'll take it, that’s about as close as I can be, then.

A scene not too far from my home. This is a small switch house originally from the Pennsylvania RR, but the "myth" that has spread about it is that it was the Bridge tender's house, I have since found out otherwise. The PRR bought the Delaware & Raritan Canal and essentially put it out of business in the early 1930s. At its peak, the D&R canal did more commerce than the Erie Canal.

today I have a piece from Ketchikan Alaska where there was this scene and we even saw some Salmon trying their best to swim up this very strong current. I love attempting to re create the raging white water, and sometimes I get it, and sometimes not so much!

@Tobylou8 said in Do you see what I see??:

@Dr-GO said in Do you see what I see??:

@Tobylou8 said in Do you see what I see??:
...I see 2 trumpets with tuners on them.
BINGO!!!! If these two cats use them.... just sayin'. Thanks for responding. I had forgotten about this awesome video!!

And I am not so sure this is a good thing... Perhaps just perhaps in a recording studio, but not in real time performance.

Why? It is a section leaders responsibility to be in tune with the ensemble, not necessarily the perfect pitch. I have played in many an ensemble when the leader (bassist) insists on tuning to them. Tonight, I play in a big band rehearsal at the University of Dayton's piano is a quarter tone flat where I have to put the tuning slide out about an eighth of an inch from the perfect pitch. I have a tuning app on my phone, but I tune to the piano, not the app, and I expect my entire section to tune with me (which they do).

Tell Wayne... , and Dan.... . I think they know what they are doing. Be interesting to know why they used them I think.

I feel that great players like that would be hampered by a tuner, unless it corrects the pitch somehow electronically. Watching or relying on a tuner when you’ve already got a trained ear seems like a Tour de France racer using training wheels to keep him/her upright

Back in the day, they had a thing called the Irish sweepstakes ( before there was a lottery ).
So Shamus Murphy bought a ticket, with the amount of the prize being $50,000. That was a huge amount of money, in those days, if he were to win. Mrs Murphy and his lovely daughter got to the mailbox before Shamus did, so they found out he won.
Concerned for his weak heart, they thought it might be best to call the local parish Priest to bring it to him gently....he would know better how to break it to him, of course.
So the old Priest gladly came over to do the kind deed.
"Mr Murphy, I heard you bought a ticket to the sweepstakes"
"Yes, father, I sure did"
"Well, isn't that something! And what would you do with all those winnings, if, of course, you won?" He said.
"Why, if I won, I would surely give half of the winnings to you and the church, father!"
The priest fell over dead with a heart attack.

@SSmith1226 said in First Valve Slide and more:

Ivan and Dr.Go- I had all three valves rebuilt just under three years ago. As far as I know compression is still good, but I will check them again, you never know.
As far as TMJ (Temperomandibular Joint) problems, I have no clicking, headache, mastication problem, pain, discomfort, or disability in these areas.
Lastly, who are you calling “mature”?
Seth and VB thanks for your input.
Wayne- see above.
Again, thanks everyone for their help and suggestions.

No wonder I didn’t know

@Trumpetsplus said in First Valve Slide and more:

It is possible that your endurance increased because the Bach had worn valves and took more work.

I have found, especially with mature age students, that sharp lower notes are often due to TMJ issues.
Not sure what "TMJ" means.
Here are my guesses:
Never mind. Better just tell me. I will stay out of trouble this way.

@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:

@BigDub
That was really nice of you, Wayne.

The pleasure was mutual, George. To see how interested and inquisitive they were, plus the fact that they were very respectful at all times made it a true win-win

Sharing my artwork with High School students at Lawrence, NJ High School. I have no family connections there, but a good friend is an art teacher there and invited me to visit. I had something set up so that they could have hands on fun actually painting a version of my own work, which was on the easel in front of them. Other paintings are scattered around as well. They were fully involved!

For what it’s worth, when I first got my Getzen Eterna, which was my first real pro trumpet, I tended to be flat on the F for some reason. It did seem to resolve itself the more warmed up I got. I think I had developed some habits out of necessity on my Bach TR300.

@J-Jericho said in DIY Practice mute out of PET Coke bottles:

@BigDub I'm guessing here, but is it because GG is more brittle and matches that particular characteristic of wood so there's less variation in drag on the cutting bit?

One thing I am sure of is that the seam is invisible and yes, no drag and the two pieces appear as one seamless piece. I usually wet one surface with water and put the glue on the other. This results in an incredibly strong, almost molecular(?) bond.

@tjveloce said in Martin Committee Club:

I'm curious if there's interest in a Martin Committee tee-shirt. I bought a Benge shirt (pictured below) from a guy who had them made for a Facebook page and thought it would be cool to make one for our favorite horn. I don't know if the Deluxe engraving could be used, but even just the standard late model Martin engraving would be cool. I like minimalism so it could just be that.

Thoughts?

-the ChiefGearhead

Just out of curiosity, do you have a sofa in your garage?!

This one, a coastal scene from northern California, (from a fine photo given me by my son in law), was done as a demo for my FaceBook Page, taking the viewer through the process from beginning to end. I awarded it to a member who won a contest involving sharing my page.....she was ecstatic!