Posts made by Dr GO

@administrator said in mickvanflugel is back:

Did A-N-A Mendez ever make his way back?

I believe he came here earlier but with another avatar. Haven't seen him back though in quit a while.

@shifty said in Fickle playing...:

“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.” — Dizzy Gillespie

So true. I am still playing on horns that have ages that may challenge my own longevity, such as my 1939 Olds Super Recording (although so far GeorgeB has this one beat!)

@bigdub said in Jackie Gleason Plays Cornet:

@dale-proctor
Another thought: how many times have you seen someone ( try to ) play the Carnival of Venice with about a 6”x8” sheet of music on a lyre?

Not me, oh no, and trust this response as I am not a lyre.

My perspective, is bad days and good days happen. When practice routine is regular where physical tone (not sound tone) is maintained, it still happens. And typically it is you, the player that feels it, but others around you don't. So, even after decades (6 for me) of playing, this still happens to me. perhaps one or two days out of the week, to my own expectations, I am a bit off. And after all these decades of playing, I have not come up to recognizing one particular barrier that is responsible for this. And when this happens, I accept it, then move forward to continue playing, but with more concentration and thought to keep me on tract.

Who knows, maybe these "bad days" happen for the better to get us concentrating more on our playing, otherwise we would be taking things for granted and when we become blasé we loose our ability to progress. Reframing these events into a positive prospective helps, I do believe.

@dale-proctor said in King Silver Flair - Buying Advice:

@richard-iii said in King Silver Flair - Buying Advice:

Why wouldn't you put the horn back in the case when you are done playing?

He doesn’t want to put it back in the case, so he’s building a case to put it in...lol

...just incase.

Reading this just validates my decision to get 5 mm mouthpieces by Harrelson. They have 5 modular parts that include the rim, cup, throat, back bore, that screw into the main base. Each kit comes with several choices of these components so you can mix and match.

@georgeb said in KGU Brass Mod Kits & Boosters:

@stumac

If these kits add weight to the horn I'm guessing it darkened the sound considerably, which a lot of jazz players like, and perhaps Bob is one of them.

Added weight may also be good for heavy metal!

@administrator said in KGU Brass Mod Kits & Boosters:

@bobmiller1969
Wow, beautiful. I feel the desire to refurb my Radial now.

DO IT!

SMART DAD

@bigdub said in A little humour:

@newell-post

Spoiler alert: The answers are the same regardless of whether you can see the numbers.

Ah but what's the answer for the yellow circle Mr Smartypants?

@newell-post said in Dreams about marching band:

@dr-go Maybe it was March Fourth (or forth).

Yes, National Marching Band Directors Day

@tjcombo said in A little humour:

@dr-go I have your diagnosis can I get a prescription please?

The reasoning being, that perhaps, just perhaps, your insurance company will pay for it? GREAT IDEA!

@newell-post said in Dreams about marching band:

Why have I kept having dreams about marching band for the past month?

Perhaps because it's March?

First Gig On Deck:

I am the Handsome guy on the Right, standing next the our chick singer!

Wow. Things are beginning to open up for me. In just a week time I have 12 performances booked going into this year. Hope they keep coming in fast and numerous. Hopefully others here are finding the world to music is slowly opening up!