Posts made by Dr GO

I find it easier to understand German!

@Kehaulani said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

@Dr-GO said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

For those interested, another piece of info:
https://deaddeath.com/ryan-anthony-death-cause-of-death-ryan-anthony-obituary/

Is this Covid related? Very young!

In the article I linked, it said he had Multiple Myeloma.

Sadly MM does hit at this age range. So sad.

Never had a lay off in all the years I played post high school. So wouldn't know what that is like. The closest I ever came to layoffs is when I go on Disney Cruises as they will not let musical instruments on board. So in those situations I play on my mouthpiece (which Disney will let you bring on board) into a cloth towel.

Even when I was in the intensive care unit (as a patient) in July of 2014, I brought my pocket trumpet with the Yamaha silent mute into the room and played EVERY DAY. The nurses were very accommodating and understanding.

So I have gone every day since the 1970's without EVER missing a day.

@Kehaulani said in We Lost One of the Good Guys:

51, man that sucks!!

For those interested, another piece of info:
https://deaddeath.com/ryan-anthony-death-cause-of-death-ryan-anthony-obituary/

Is this Covid related? Very young!

@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:

Who was that that left handed trumpet player?
Hint: It’s not the Lone Ranger.

That would be a Martin Committee Sir Paul is playing. Always thought he was a classy musician!

@SSmith1226 said in The New Reality:

@neal085 said in The New Reality:

Also, is that Fred Flintstone's car going past at the 5:08 mark?

You’re right! Here is a screen shot.

Yabba Dabba Doo!

@Kehaulani said in For those who remember gunshowtickets:

Yeah. I saw a case of child molestation. Made me physically sick.

Sadly, I see these cases in my office much too often. I report the all to Children's Protective Services.

Tmd is a physician. He is double boarded in internal medicine and emergency medicine. He also works in a university setting but more focused toward a clinical position. He is a gifted musician as well, multi-talented, and was honored as well by visiting him on several occasions, and once invited to sit in with his band at a club they play at regularly on the weekends.

Dr Mark has a doctorate in psychology. He also taught in a university setting, as well as statistics, and then retired as well. He is devoting much of his time now to music, teaching, performing and inventing accessories for the trumpet. He is a very brilliant man, as I have met him personally. He is also very troubled at this time and my heart goes out to him hoping he can find his way back.

@Kehaulani said in Dr. Mark, now A Former User:

I get Dr. Mark's and Dr. GO's backgrounds confused. Which is which, please.

(Also, if I'm not mistaking, tmd is also a physician, correct?)

I am a physician. Double boarded in internal medicine and pediatrics recently retired from an academic medicine position where I taught all 4 years of classes to medical students, served as a combined medicine-pediatrics residency director and as the founder and director of the adult Cystic Fibrosis program. I additionally taught evidence based medicine statistics and integrated jazz improvisation into the medical school curriculum to improve patient-physician communication. I also had an appointment at the School of Professional Psychology teaching their doctoral students on personality disorders and somatization disorders. I am now in private practice with a family medicine group making the big bucks!

@administrator

YES!!!!

My back yard after the daylilies started blooming:

Being that the flowers are in bloom, would love to see our members gardening skills.... so get out there and send in a pic of your art work with Mother Nature.

@ROWUK said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

@Kehaulani said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

Just imagine a student asking how to produce vibrato - in a 1 on 1 lesson, in a lesson with 6 teachers each with a different opinion, in trumpet forum.
The single teacher in a private lesson would (hopefully) demonstrate, explain the context, history of the different types - as well as showing that certain music does not need it at all.

AND... Sometimes the approach is totally out of character, aggressive, yet civil and the student "Gets it"! ROWUK's comment reminds me of the store of Miles Davis, where he was so proud of playing vibrato (self taught) by listening too closely to copying Harry James. His teacher scolded Miles for doing this, actually rapped him on his hand with a hard object, and Miles NEVER played vibrato like this ever again... and the rest is history.

@Kehaulani said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

@ROWUK said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

You're playing with words, Robin. Regardless of how you receive the word "ignorant", it was not something benign and up to various interpretation. The poster of that clearly meant that as an insult, as if he were talking to a person who didn't have a clue.

I see calling one stupid as an insult. There is no chance to improve on stupid.

Ignorant is a label that acknowledges a person is not educated on the subject well enough to convey knowledge but still has the ability to become more educated.

BUT your point Kehaulani is well taken as knowing your audience and their potential sensitivity to hearing the truth (the goal to communication) is important. At the medical school I never gave feedback to a medical student that they were "ignorant" (of course many were... that is why they were in medical school). Rather I would let them know they had a "knowledge gap" and in so doing, the student was: A) More receptive to doing the extra work to correct this gap and Not likely to report me to the Dean for unprofessional behavior.

@Kehaulani said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

This is almost Zen like. Looking at the finger pointing at the moon instead of looking at the moon, itself.

We seem to spend an awful amount of time talking about how we should talk about things trumpet/musical rather than talking about trumpet/music itself.

Ah, but if you look at that moon with a broader perspective of civil discussion, you see that moon with more clarity.

I would teach medical students how to wash hands before they would go into the newborn nursery, telling them they needed to do at least a 20 second hand wash, and suggested they sing (to themselves) twinkle, twinkle, little star rather then do a boring 20 second time count.

One year a Russian immigrant was admitted to the Med school class and when I gave my hand washing discussion, she looked scared into my eyes and said, I do not know this twinkle, twinkle, little star. I told her, no worries, but just to hum the first 40 bars of Shostakovich Symphony No. 5. A look of relief passed over her face, and she turned to find a sink and washed perfectly!

Interesting as I LOVE Shostakovich!

@ROWUK said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

@OldSchoolEuph said in PLEASE KEEP CIVIL!:

So the issue is civility.

...I am criticizing what I see: paler shades of gray. If that is what the community wants, cool for the community. I am trying to get to the meat of the issue here. I do expect more response - especially from those with "more power". Luke warm is NOT an option (neither is war).

I think a pinch of spice applied just in the right places will support perfect civility (formal politeness and courtesy in behavior or speech). Spicing up the conversation, I believe, enhances the understanding. I believe there is currently a good stability in the mental health of this community, that I am hoping we evolve in the direction of context described above by Rowuk.