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@Kehaulani said in Covid-19 Closing Down Music Venues:

Sounds good. I'm in Texas and most people are not wearing masks or keeping social distancing and I just heard on the news that it's third in the nation in rising cases. Since I'm in the most vulnerable demographic, I'm starting to get worried.

My thoughts go out to you. I am sure you will be one of the smarter ones and will wear a mask when going out and only going to stores were employees wear masks and keep your distance from less considerate individuals that will not wear their masks.

@tmd said in What's in your mute bag?:

What's in your mute bag?

Trumcor Straight Mute
Harmon Type-B Mute
$1.95 Hardware Store 4" Plunger Mute
Soulo Cup Mute
Soulo Bucket Mute
Felt Mute (Crown Royal Bag)

Mike, minus the Crown Royal felt mute, we have a nearly identical composite. While my Bucket is a Soulo, my straight and cup mutes are Stone lined. Otherwise, identical equipment, as after all we ARE both Internists!

Leading up to Christmas, the Big Band I play with played a Christmas Party for a College Holiday Party, then the next week two concerts at two separate dance halls in Dayton. Really neat arrangements of Big Band Arrangements of Classic Christmas Songs and a couple Big Band arrangements from Charlie Brown Christmas. We also had a cool arrangement of Your A Mean One Mr. Grinch. Loved watching the ball room dancers dancing to Christmas Big Band Dance Music. I am attaching a pic of the trumpet section at our gig last Thursday at a Dance Club in Dayton called the Milton Club:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:

@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:

Look as if the tracks are listing around car #3. Any chance the painting can be repainted to fix the problem with the tracks... This will make me feel much better... as I have a one track mind.

Here is a little something I did. Just finished today, DrGo, with your inspiration. Maybe I fixed some things, added some, took away others?
Dale, forgive me for straying a little from Railroad enthusiast's exactness of the engine.i sort of created my own. Some of you may recognize the location of this?

Nice work! Less vertigo when riding that third car!

Here is one of my favorite Trumpet Players I would never have heard of if it wasn't for my morning workouts that I listen to to keep my pace up an the Elliptical while listening to Luna (Latino Jazz). It is Pete Rodriguez. Not only is he playing the amazing trumpet parts on this piece but is also the vocalist:

I played a Christmas Concert at a local club 2 nights ago where one of my big bands performs every 3rd Thursday evening. This is a picture of the band:

And this is the picture looking in the other direction at the crowd (dancers). The place was packed and full of Christmas Cheer (in part due to the fact that the venue has a very full service bar). One of the patrons actually gifted me with a "Bee's Knees" during the break!

In fact, here is a close up of me "lit up" after returning from the break:

Pip Pip and cheerio Mr R. Happy 4th for the rest of us in the colonies!

@barliman2001 said in Having to play in too many sharps?:

@GeorgeB said in Having to play in too many sharps?:

@Trumpetsplus said in Having to play in too many sharps?:

@GeorgeB QED

Sorry, Ivan, my ignorance is probably going to show here: What Is QED?

Originally, it's Latin and the abbreviation for Quod Erat Demonstrandum, meaning, "what was intended to be demonstrated". The abbreviation was first used in mathematics.

"So it is proved" is another interpretation of QED. And Barliman, quid pro quo if you agree, yes?

Congratulations Dale!

I am playing the Christmas Eve service with the Lutheran Church in my city. It is just me and the organist (an amazing 4 keyboard instrument with a very big sound). These our the songs we will be playing:

In Dulci Jubilo
I Am So Glad Each Christmas Eve (Jeg er så glad hver julekveld)
Angels We Have Heard On High (Descant Trumpet)
Angels, from the Realms of Glory (Descant Trumpet)
What Child is This? (Communion Hymn with Harmon Mute)
Joy To The World (Descant Trumpet)
For Unto Us a Child Is Born G.F. Handel (Descant Trumpet - which has the last 3 measures toggling around the E above staff - a rather vociferous send off!

I am much grateful for the Dayton Musicians Union (AFM) that has contracted me with this performance now for the 6th consecutive year.

By the way GeorgeB, old age hasn't caught you. I have patients in their 40's with new onset afib. It is more common than you may think. So don't look at it as getting older, but now, your heart is learning syncopated rhythms!

@J-Jericho said in Vintage Bach Club:

@Tobylou8 A bluehair. Just lovely... all that's missing is an assortment of tattoos.

Most "standard" committee's had minimal engraving!

They tell us in medical school, patients are not suppose to die from prostate cancer. I have lost my most important teacher of the trumpet to this disease. I have seen three of my patients die from this disease. They are not suppose to die from prostate cancer. To my professors that taught me this, reconsider.

I have learned from experience, not from my medical teachers, and from the many of our medical professional organizations not to screen. I screen my patients for this cancer.

@J-Jericho said in Happy 4th of July!:

Do away with Electoral College, and we'll have a true democracy, which is defined by two wolves and a sheep voting on what's for dinner.

That can only turn out Baaaaaaaaaaaaad for the sheep.

@Kehaulani said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

VINTAGE HORN EYE CANDY?

I don't see it.

Claudio, our conversations we had together. How many times they went beyond the trumpet? All those conversations, trumpet and otherwise are forever in my memory and framed into the perspective of your warmth and kindness.

Those many trips down to SoHo to jam and record with your colleagues are forever engraved in my mind. What fun we had, and Oh how we learned.

And when you shared for me to play that street trumpet you were so proud of and bought for only $25, then gave it to me to play, you accepted my comment, "Claudio, it sounds like a $25 trumpet." Then you gave me a mouthpiece to exchange for mine.... your magic (knowledge of the horn) turned that piece into a gem. Then you you wisked me from your Manhattan apartment and paid once again, cab fare as you lead me onto a mouthpiece safari for my Olds Recording. On that trip, you introduced me to Jarome Callete, who made a piece for me from scratch. Never had to use the microphone again when I played with my sextet on 53rd and Lexington for my Friday evening gigs. Again, you will be forever in my mind.

You are truly be missed, my friend from Rio!

@BigDub said in Happy 4th of July!:

Enough politics.

I don't see this as a political discussion, but rather a political science dissertation, and I'm cool with understanding political science as best I can. [See next post]

@J-Jericho said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

@Dr-GO said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

@J-Jericho said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

@grune said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

@Dr-GO said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

@Kehaulani said in Vintage Horn Eye Candy:

VINTAGE HORN EYE CANDY?

I don't see it.

IF you look real close, you should see a bugle.

I thought the purpose of the picture is to eye Candy. That is her name, right?

Eye?... don't know for sure.

Perhaps you're having a hard time visualizing.

To what are you referring to by hard?

I originally posted this in "Little Humor" but I do believe it applies to this thread to illustrate where the discussion can go:

@J-Jericho said in A little humour:

Ooooh that stings!

Man does Olds make beautiful horns!