Posts made by Dr GO

@BigDub said in My First Complaint!:

I didn’t even look to see who replied but recognized the practice room, Doc. But to whom do these foreign pieces of art belong? And where is your accordion? I would like an explanation......heh,heh, heh.

To Your Last Point (accordion question) First:
Who needs an accordion when I can produce any instrument I want on that Moog synthesizer that is set up to the right of that Hammond organ!

To Your Picture Questions:
Most of the "foreign" pieces of the "framed" art belong to and were produced by me. These are pictures taken of the many bands and venues I had played in over the years. The other walls not shown in this picture have quite a bit more on display.

The exception is the one piece you see that is blue on white. That is a poster of Bill Watrous with his autograph above that he signed for me acknowledging his thanks after a concert tour I made with him as his lead trumpet player.

So no hard feelings, I did not purchase any of these art works and remain in contractual compliance with my artist in residence!

@J-Jericho said in My First Complaint!:

@Dr-GO You have wives in three shifts?!?!?

Shhhhh.... don't tell the other two!

I too like to keep piece with the neighbors. Now when I am rehearsing in my music room, no problem as it is in our lower level (below ground level) AND I have special soundproofing materials in the room's walls and ceiling (so I can play when my third shift working wife is sleeping).

If I should ever decide to play outside (usually with my outdoor speakers with my Sonos system) I insert a Harmon mute and play at the level of the speakers. I have never in the 5 years I have done this, had complaints from my neighbors.

AND when I go on vacations in hotels or cruise ships, I ALWAYS use my Yamaha silent mute (or a hand towel over my mouthpiece) and have NEVER had a complaint in all the decades I have practiced with these methods.

By the way, I still keep in touch through messaging with Alan Wise, who played with me in the Statestman Big Band, and then went on to play with Maynard. Then next time we message I will ask him for his impressions of Maynard as a disciplinarian. No better way than to hear it from someone who worked under him.

I met Maynard at a rehearsal that he came to to hear our big band when he was in town. He was very kind to me and actually GAVE me (as in gifted me) the Jettone Studio B that I use to this day. So if he was a disciplinarian, he was a very kind and nurturing disciplinarian, at least from my experience.

@Kehaulani said in Maynard was no disciplinarian ?:

You're not well-mannered. It's called passive-aggressive.

Sometimes, musicians may become incontinent of urine, especially when playing high notes, loudly. I call that pissive-agressive.

@Newell-Post said in How do you feel about vibrato?:
"How do you feel about Brussels sprouts?"

With my fingers...

...and then throw them directly into the trash as to me they taste horrible no matter how they are prepared, or how much beer and wine I have had before inserting on of those suckers into my mouth.

@Tobylou8 said in How do you feel about vibrato?:

My voice teacher from decades ago said it was not natural unless one had poor breath control! She preached the "Circle of Breath" 25+ years ago!

In listening to Timofei Dokschitzer, I can safely say he does not have poor breath control. And I would say sets an amazing example of "Circle of Breath". Perhaps, just perhaps, your voice teacher was giving you a lot of vibrato?!

@Kujo20 said in And I thought we were exposed playing the Trumpet:

Schlub

The good news (for me at least) regarding Schlub is LITERALLY working in MY NEIGHBORHOOD!

By the way, Gary Dafler who is sharing space and equipment has been MY horn repair person for years. He too is amazing. SO if anybody is coming to town to check out Schlub, let me know and will meet at a pub and the drinks are on me!

[Just got a new job so I'm Good!]

In the spirit of Christmas in July, now most everyone has heard of "Straight No Chaser". Harmony paired with humor:

@Seth-of-Lagos said in And I thought we were exposed playing the Trumpet:

@barliman2001

I recognise a few familiar names here.

Seth! Welcome old friend! Dr GO; formerly gmonady.

@Kehaulani said in So how did you start out to learn the trumpet?:

You know what they call the guy who finished last in medical school, right?

The do call them doctor. However, having just left a medical school as a Professor and teaching in all four years of the curriculum, graduating last is still graduating above a 70% level AND passing the USMLE (our Federal licensing exam). Compare this to how often physicians (who have ALREADY graduated) actually choose the best outcome for their patients (numbers published in Advances in Health Sciences Education):
Internists 57%
Family Physicians 50%
Surgeons 45%
Pediatricians 38%

During Graduate School, I actually kicked my academics into high gear and gradated from the City University of New York with a 4.0 average and from medical school number 7 in my class (out of 108) and received the Outstanding Senior Student Award. So I rallied significantly after under graduate years, in part, due to playing in a working band on 3 school nights. Would I do it different.y. Absolutely not as my life was truly enriched with all of these experiences!

My first Rock Band paid my room/board and tuition for 4 years of college at the University of Cincinnati as a chemistry major:

We played 4 nights a week (3 school nights) which is why my Student Adviser recommended instead of continuing on as Pre-Med, that I go into Oceanography, as my grades were all below "C"-level.

[Which sadly, they were... but I get the last laugh as I now sign my name as Gary M. Onady MD, PhD]

A couple thoughts about vibrato. It is a part of a players voice... of all players, I think of Harry James as the trumpet voice where vibrato worked for him. In an interview with Miles Davis, Miles noted when he was taking trumpet lessons in grade school, he tried to mimic Harry James vibrato with during his lessons. His teacher waked him on his hand and told him to cut out the vibrato... and the rest is history. Miles developed an anti-vibrato approach by playing the "simple, pretty notes" that gave him his voice.

For me, my voicing rarely uses vibrato, and only when that color is truly needed such as during a Dixieland piece or perhaps sparingly and tastefully during a ballad. I do sometimes use vibrato when ending a song, if it works well against what the other horn player(s) is(are) playing.

How do you feel about vibrato?

A bit shaky!

When I was 7, I had a steady monthly gig at a night club in Anderson Township Ohio called the "Golden Roster", run by Ronnie Dale (in the background of the picture below), organist for the Cincinnati Reds.

Evidence of said night club gig (with subliminal trumpet prop on the organ next to my tip and down a bit from my cigarettes on the other side):

There were a couple of times that I played there where Ronnie would have a Trumpet player come in and play with him. That is when I fell in love with the Trumpet.

I then picked up the trumpet after our school system finished our mandatory training on the flutaphone as a recruitment tool for our school system's band program. On successful completion, the band director (Russel Hinkle) would come to each classroom with a band sign up sheet, and I put my name down and next to it, trumpet. And that is how it all started, that I gave up the Hammond B-3 for an Olds Trumpet... I guess you could say it's that Olds Organ Transplant Story!

@administrator said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

Just bought a DVD on "pro" Walleye fishing. Found it for $1 at the local thrift shop.

If any of you wants it, I'll ship it to you for $5.

Hence the REAL meaning behind the fisherman's phrase: Being lured.

@Tobylou8 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

You can msg me not to spill the beans.

I just want to know why you need msg in your beans. I just add mustard, ketchup and molasses. If you haven't tried it this way, you don't know beans.