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@neal085 said in Happy 4th of July!:

Glad we've had a ton of rain this year - no burn bans were in effect. We shot off quite a bit at our 4th gathering, although most of it was stuff the boys didn't get to shoot last year.

I am Sooooooooooo glad there are people such as you and your family that do this. First of all, I can only imagine it takes up most if not all of the stimulus checks received to fund this... but this neighbor is truly appreciative. I know in my neighborhood, we had 3 neighbors within eye shot of my home shooting off an amazing display from 9:30 pm until 11:30 pm. Never, I mean never, have I gone to a "professional" fireworks display and seen this long of a show. AND what is amazing is our neighbors were shooting off the real rockets. I would hear the poof, see rockets taking off toward the sky for at least 5-10 seconds then huge plumes of flash and color... 2 solid hours.... and many, many gin an tonics later.... THE BEST 4th OF JULY SHOW I EVER ATTENDED!!!

Song based on a minor scale, Joe Henderson's Canyon Lady:
https://music.youtube.com/watch?v=t-O7ifi6zKE&list=OLAK5uy_lXnOTsHrZsKs4KosVO-7x7LvI77ur4ehs

@Kehaulani said in CLEAN YOUR HORN!:

I cleaned out my trumpet once. Green slime came out of it. My range dropped a fourth!

My concern here was, did the range decline come from horn changes or the change in pulmonary airway from aerosolization of growth in the brass?

@Newell-Post said in Covid-19 Closing Down Music Venues:

I have written a couple of things and have given a few talks about the Spanish flu of 1918+. COVID-19 is not influenza and I'm not a doctor. But there are some interesting historical lessons learned, since COVID-19 and influenza are both RNA viruses.

One of the mysteries of the Spanish flu... it died down a second time in December, before resurging in January, 1919. ... My theory is....... air conditioning... today air-conditioning is nearly universal, at least in most parts of the US. In the Summer, work and events are mostly indoors in re-circulated air conditioned air, hence the current flare up in COVID-19 cases. Instead of a Summer die-down, we may see a die-down of the COVID-19 in the Fall, when more things happen outdoors and more windows are open.

That's my theory and I'm sticking to it.

Very cool with this theory. Your contribution to vent in this discussion is well appreciated.

@trumpetb said in Forced Layoff:

What I have seen in the past in forums is trumpet players who insist on buying a pocket trumpet when there is no need, and then they insist upon playing it in their hotel room and suffering intonation issues from unfamiliar gear and complaints from the hotels guests.

I insisted in buying a pocket trumpet when I had to travel for several weeks to Saudi Arabia as a consultant to help start up a medical school. Being away all that time from playing the trumpet was just not an option. I found a real cheap Allora Pocket Trumpet advertised in the AFM magazine for $250. I figured if the Saudi's confiscated my horn, I would only be out $250. As it turned out, they did confiscate my Pocket Trumpet three times. Each time I pleaded with the security supervisor, promised I would only play it in my hotel (with my Yamaha Silent Mute, which I would show them) and each time, they were impressed enough to give me my horn back.

I did sneak the horn in with me while going to a party in the desert. I snuck out away from the crowd, found a nice sequestered area in a sand dune, and proceed to play... "Midnight in the Oasis" and "Caravan" among others. Got away with it as I still have my hands to this day.

Here is a pic of our international group in a ceremonial tent set up at the desert picnic, The founding Dean of the Medical School has his hands all over me, but you can see, I still have my hands as well:

@FranklinD said in Please Help Me Understand Something (Pt 2):

tmd: ... But you bill for it as a Cluster B personality disorder. Passive aggression, rationalization, narcissism, splitting. It's all here in this thread.

You forgot ignorance, but of course you could not know that.

Please FranlinD STOP attacking the physicians on this site!

As for ignorance, let me show you what an attack looks like to give you a REAL example of your hate. Yes. Dr. Mike and I both know ignorance as your IQ is truly way down there in the shallow end of the gene pool.

This time I am going to the administration to request you are banned from this site. I know you already received one warning but yet you continue.

Seriously Seth and Dale, I am so envious of the both of you to have the amazing equipment to view these planets. How thrilling it must be to see the details of what I can only see as a speck of light!

If you can take a trumpet, the Yamaha Silent Mute.

If you cannot take a trumpet (like Disney Cruises-where confiscate your trumpet or to Saudi Arabia where music is outlawed and they confiscate your hands), take a mouthpiece and cup it in a hand towel.

Probably the best Hammond B3 solo in history on this song AND the organ percussion heading into the post solo, just amazing then the chordal bends... just amazing.
Youtube Video

@BigDub said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO

You mean, North Dakota?

I do... butt you gotta admit, this is a more southern exposure

What ever method decided, I cannot expand any higher on my transposition training I received from Mick Dennisen when he was teaching me at the University of Cincinnati College Conservatory of Music. At the time he had me run through many, many months of mental torture (like learning a new language with EVERY key change), it has paid in spades many many years later. Whether playing off the piano score in small group ensembles or going though various versions of Organ Music in so many keys for non-Bb instruments, it has been a real career enhancer to go into to any new performance rehearsal and playing off a score with my Bb trumpet in hand, and play any original keyed arrangement with minimal effort.

@Kehaulani said in Do You Prefer Classical, Jazz, Rock or Other?:

This is a joke, right?

First, who cares what happens to a bunch of rats?

Willard?

@BigDub said in A little humour:

What did you mean by "sky"?

Ahhhhhhhh my personal editor is back!

A poem I just found that puts into perspective, Ohio in the winter:

A WINTER POEM

It's winter in OHIO
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
At five below.
Oh, how I love OHIO
When the snow's up to your butt
You take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes,
The weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave OHIO
Cuz I'm frozen to the ground!

I give this a 100 Proof Rating!

@grune said in A little humour:

@Dr-GO On first read, I, too, wondered what the 'sky' meant. A dialect perhaps? But then, being raised with snow, I realised sky meant 'ski'. I forget what term the psych majors use to describe the phenomenon when people see something out of context but place it in proper context, or vice versa.

For me it's called a typo and bad eye sight. To BigDub it's a career opportunity as personal editor.

Now that I think about it, I pfeel that Moderna was a pfabulous choice pfor you. I've had trouble pforming words since I went with Pfizer.

Mike

Spoken like a true pharma representative!

@GeorgeB said in No emoji's:

I never could display the full emoji collection but now when I click on the emoji I get a search bar. Wierd,

I thought this was such an amazing story of a 12 year old that has serenaded many health care workers and patients during the pandemic, and find it amazingly gratifying that he has been given the chance to represent trumpet players in the inauguration.

https://www.ajc.com/life/decatur-trumpeter-12-to-be-in-virtual-parade-after-inauguration/W25I6F3JWFHZXGIV4CK2RQG6ZM/

Wayne, maybe GeorgeB will take the bait and be another one of you happy customers... I know I am!