@Tobylou8 said in Brass instruments are not pneumatic circuits:
Do fluid dynamics play any role?
Depends on how much one drools!
See my remarks on cup size. If I recall correctly, I did drool initially, but applying more suction helped eliminate much of the drool that leaked from the cheek, so to speak.
@Tobylou8 said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:
...I favor the "proportional route" and matching the rim diameter to the lips as much a possible. Smaller lips should get a smaller rim.
My solution was to kiss a lot, and I mean a lot of girls during my school years to help build more functional muscle. My rim diameter got bigger to match their cup sizes, most of them C cups... but I do remember one with a D cup! Yes!
@Tobylou8 said in Mouthpiece recommendations for young beginners:
I hated my 7C ... The bite was too sharp for my liking but what's a kid to do?
Bite back?
@barliman2001 said in A little humour:
@J-Jericho said in A little humour:
Whatever happened to Peter Cetera's brother Et?
He married and took the surname of his wife, Aliis.
But couldn't perform in marital bliss so thought if he changed his fist name to Cee, all would be corrected.
@Dirk020 said in Brass instruments are not pneumatic circuits:
After all, if you compare the bore of a mouthpiece with the inner diameter of the tubing in a trumpet, well that makes me think about why bore size of the instrument says very very little
A very profound correlation and I agree entirely!
Wow. What an experience last night (this morning) was. We played a New Years party with a 1920's "Roaring 20's" theme. The place was PACKED! And everyone, I mean everyone was wearing 1920's attire. Men in tuxes with wing top shoes, women in flapper dresses. And our band played nearly the entire time from 9 pm to 1 am, with just one half hour break for two burlesque performances by two very talented women.
But the most memorable time, was during my solo through Mack the Knife, a very appreciative lady dressed in a black sequenced flapper dress with her hair coiled in golden locks started fingering trumpet valve flurries against her thumb. While I was playing my solo, I signaled to her with my index finger to come toward me. As she came toward me she kept her trumpet air solo going to where I bet over to meet her reach, then released my fingers so that her fingers could play my valves. Oh my God! I was able to direct the proper air support to make her fingerings sound to the changes the rhythm section was providing. She was ecstatic, I was mesmerized with the combined partnership producing an amazing improve, and the crowd went simply wild.
Never done ANYTHING like that before, but if any of you are looking for a REAL crowd pleaser, this is it,
Eliane Ellias and Randy Brecker. This is a Great Combination!
@Vulgano-Brother said in Brass instrument 101:
Acoustics* was in its first edition.
Never heard of it.
@Bob-Pixley said in What Are You Doing New Years, New Years Eve:
Yeah, that sucks. I've never turned down a paying gig (just because I didn't want to do it) with a group where I was a regular member and my absence meant the group couldn't play the gig. I know some of the guys in those groups are full-time musicians and need the money, and I owe the group my loyalty if I'm a member and can't easily be replaced for a gig.
I gotta admit, I am not doing the gigs for the money either but for the musicality that comes from them. This New Years gig I am doing had an interesting twist. We are being hired to play music for the 1920's. What an amazing twist to a song list. Gershwin, Fats Waller, Cole Porter... I mean this stuff is beautiful! And to play it with Eddie Brookshire at the bass, this will be an amazing time, and I still do not know what I am being paid. But I do know what I am being played and that is what draws me into this bill.
@ROWUK said in Who did it better??:
@Dr-GO said in Who did it better??:
@Kehaulani said in Who did it better??:
Yeah, but Chicago doesn't have the brunette.
BTW, mellow? Diane Kral is mellow.
I'll take Diane Krall over the brunette any day (or night).
No doubt in my mind that Ksenia is the real thing.... I think that I would have a nicer time with her than Ms. Krall.
I respect this. I just think Diana Krall would bring out more of the musician in me. She leads with her amazing piano talent, well above that Ksenia, and her vocals to me put more emotion into the delivery. Not that Ksenia doesn't have an amazing set of vocal chops, she does. But Ms. Krall's words and phrasings go way beyond simple lyrics. Check out the first two cuts as evidence supporting my entry:
@tjveloce said in Martin Committee Club:
@Dr-GO I love it. Where are you in the world?
-tj
Dayton Ohio where our house just over 4,000 sq ft is just under $400,000.
@Newell-Post said in What Are You Doing New Years, New Years Eve:
Packing up so I can hit the road at 5:45 am to get to the airport to fly home with a carry-on dog. What could be better than that?
The dog packing up to hit the road at 5:54 to get you to the airport to fly home with carry-on human!
@tjveloce said in Martin Committee Club:
...share photos of the home and property.
-tj
This room DEFINITELY says TRUMPET PLAYER lives here. Trumpet on the floor next to the piano to transcribe those trumpet parts... And Miles on the wall... That says it all tj-Committee Club Member extraordinaire!
@tjveloce said in Martin Committee Club:
Thanks OS Euph...we are blessed to call this place home. This is probably the easiest way to share photos of the home and property.
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/21854-Bear-Creek-Rd-Los-Gatos-CA-95033/16160474_zpid/
-tj
tj! What a GREAT PLACE to come home to. Can you adopt me as your son? Please!
@Kehaulani said in Who did it better??:
Yeah, but Chicago doesn't have the brunette.
BTW, mellow? Diane Krall is mellow.
I'll take Diane Krall over the brunette any day (or night).
Jason Harrelson additionally brigs out the points posted by Trumpetsplus and uses the sound wave transmission as a key component to his design ideas.
Kehaulani, Were you able to get the G2 from Kanstul? The rim on that mouthpiece is so comfortable for a small cupped mouthpiece. Makes it easy to fully use the increased depth of this cup.
@tjveloce said in Martin Committee Club:
That's super cool! What style of architecture is your home? We live in a Craftsman that was built using the Gamble House in Pasadena as inspiration. I love Craftsman aesthetic but also really love Spanish Villa and Mid-Century Modern.
!
-tj
Tj... Also have the Fire Pit vibe going as well. Love to sit back in the Adirondack chairs with my Harmon muted Committee and duplicate the smoke in sound that comes from the pit in a cloud:
