@Rapier232 said in Hello! Welcome to TB, who are you?:
I suppose I should do a serious one.
...Might retire again soon, losing interest with nothing to practice for.
No don't do it... as fate has it, as soon as you do, you will be asked to do a gig and you will wish you had stayed with it...
Also sorry you are not coming back to the states, but truly understand as it is CRAZY here. So do stay safe.
@Tobylou8 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:
@Dr-GO A "sigh" or phew of relief!
More like Phoooowwwwwww... Just call me air-o-gent.
@barliman2001 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:
Ok, if there is no need to lock it, I won't. Just wanted to test the general feeling.
Very good, now we can all breathe a little easier. Total thumb's up barliman
@BigDub said in I really should be a better player.:
@Dr-GO said in I really should be a better player.:
Pre-Trumpet but warming up for the event on the Hammond B3 at my first club gig. Played once a month at the Golden Rooster, Anderson Twp, Cincinnati OH. That is Ronnie Dale in the background. He was the original organist for the Cincinnati Reds.
I think my first trumpet might indeed have been better than that trumpet there on top of the organ
Maybe so, but at one point I had a dancer sitting on my organ.
@Kehaulani said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:
Why is this thread still alive?
Because it breathes air.
Pre-Trumpet but warming up for the event on the Hammond B3 at my first club gig. Played once a month at the Golden Rooster, Anderson Twp, Cincinnati OH. That is Ronnie Dale in the background. He was the original organist for the Cincinnati Reds.
@Rapier232 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:
Well I can play the trumpet and I’ve never needed to do a breathing exercise.
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Now that's a breath of fresh air!
@barliman2001 said in A little humour:
In this rather macabre vein, I quote James Young Simpson who during an operation suddenly turned to the anesthesist, saying, "Dear colleague, I don't know how the patient is doing at your end, but he seems to be dead at mine."
Reminds me of an ACTUAL situation where I was the patient. I was a poor grad student living in NYC where the cost of living is as sky high as the buildings, and had a knee injury requiring surgery. The anesthesiologist came in the room and told me his plan. In order to try to cut costs on my medical expenses I asked him if there was any way he could cut his fee down by half. He told me for half fee, he would just put me under.
@Tobylou8 said in Is Air Needed To Play The Trumpet:
I've never understood folks that think you can play without air. If one could, there would be no need for breathing exercises. Now I just need to buy an artificial electric drill tongue! Might be inefficient with all the new equipment I have to learn to use.
You need more than air... you need vibrations as well... good.... good... good... good vibrations.
@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
And for the musicians' sake, rubbing elbows with audience members, even though you may have taken all precautions on stage, then puts you at greater risk off-stage. Point is that, even though you may take precautions on stage, as soon as you socialise with others at the venue, all bets are off.
Sadly, this is so true.
@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
@ROWUK said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
Doesn't Fauci "serve at the pleasure of the President"?No, he does what is right...
What's that supposed to mean? Do you mean that he can't be fired by the President?
So Kahaulani, I believed I answered the second part of your question to ROWUK regarding who and who not a President can fire (I said a President not The President as that commentary is based on Political Science, not Politics).
For the first question: What's that suppose to mean by "No, he does what is right... I believe I may share with ROWUK that Dr. Fauci, a scientist, is guided by the science, not politics [i.e. trying to make a decision in saving the economy for political gain over diminishing loss of life for optimal medical outcomes]. As it is the science behind Fauci's course of decision making that impacts on health. If the decision is made based on politics then the opposite may be the fate for We the People.
So before I am challenged on this as being a political comment... I am only stating current fact that the science has been ignored, the the US is now at 5 million infected. So our governments, State or Federal, has been ineffectual in the United States of America to protect We the People.
So how does all this impact on "Playing risks in Covid-time"? Whether the trumpet does or does not significantly produce infectious particulates, I doubt this will impact significantly on spreading Covid over the higher risk of an audience that dances on large dance floors to musicians that may be social distancing, or with the patrons that sit at the bar shoulder and shoulder to drink or eat, obviously without the ability to wear a face mask, whether they believe in doing so or not. No politics here, just human behavior. Right?
And elected officials cannot be fired by the President. So if the VP does something to totally violate the President's intent, the President cannot remove his VP.
@grune said in A little humour:
uh, grammatically...
Accordion to
whowhom ?
But I was talking to grammpa.
@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
But isn't the NIH a government agency under the Executive? Not quibbling or arguing, just want clarification.
From a CNN New Feed: Under federal law, Trump doesn't have the power to directly fire Fauci, a career civil servant, and remove him from government. And while Trump could try ordering his political appointees to dismiss the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Fauci could appeal -- a time-consuming process.
@Kehaulani said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
@ROWUK said in Playing risks in Covid-time:
Doesn't Fauci "serve at the pleasure of the President"?No, he does what is right...
What's that supposed to mean? Do you mean that he can't be fired by the President?
No. Fauci cannot be fired by the President. He is a division head under the director of the NIH. The President can choose to kick him off the task force though.
My optometrist has created lenses that my left eye is corrected to see close distances, my right far distances. I believe it is called monocular vision contact lenses. This works VERY WELL if I skew my stand to rotate at 45 degrees NW relative to my stance. My left eye sees the left written notes and my right the further right written notes and it is amazing that there is no blur in the transition across the page in so doing.
