Posts made by Dr GO

@Dr-GO said in Professional musicians on this board question:

Another position. I am a union member for the American Federation of Musicians. I am also a chemist. There is no chemistry union, but there is the American Chemical Society of which I am also a member. Now here is the real interesting part:

As an American Federation of Musicians member, I interpret unionized as UNION-ized.

As an American Chemical Society member, I interpret unionized as UN-ionized.

So maybe there is a difference? (at least for chemists)

From my training in medical school, we discussed in our ethics class what it means to be a professional, and individuals brought up physicians, lawyers, plumbers, electricians, but at the time, musicians (another healing art) were not discussed. Perhaps the committee that came together to publish Merriam Webster's definition speaks best to this:

Let me put this another way, I am licensed by the State of Ohio to practice medicine. I do not know of any state that licences musicians. Does not being licensed as a musician make me less of a professional?

Another position. I am a union member for the American Federation of Musicians. I am a member of the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American College of Physicians. So do either of these memberships acknowledge that I am a Professional Musician or a Professional Physician.

@tmd said in Professional musicians on this board question:

My definition is different ... You're a professional trumpet player, if playing the trumpet is how you make a living. Of course, it's okay to have different definitions. And I think GeorgeB's definition is very reasonable, too. And I think many would agree with him.

Mike

Interesting concept, but let me put this real time scenario to you. There has been a several of years where my income as a musician surpassed my clinical income as a physician. So in the years I earned more as a musician, I was a professional musician and as a physician I was a quack. And the years I made more as a physician, I was a doctor and as a musician I was a hack?

Shepherds_Crook.... Will truly miss seeing that Carol Brass Dizzy Trumpet at the next Cincinnati Trumpet Hang!

@Shepherds_Crook said in WTS: Carol Brass Dizzy Trumpet:

SOLD! Lock thread, please.

QUICK! DO THIS before Shepherds_Crook gets me to buy another horn from him!

niner and Tobylou should relabel the posts as: Pre and Post

@djeffers78 said in Brick & Mortar Music Stores:

@Dr-GO

Yes!
Buddy Rogers is a house hold name around here. Rented my first trumpet from there.
I play in band with some of there employees. And I’m pretty sure they’re a sponsor of not only ours but many local bands.

Got my college tuition paid for from a post I answered on Buddy Rodgers Community notice board to audition as the organist in a rock band to compete for a "Battle of the Bands" in Cheviot. We only had 7 days to rehearse before the competition. We played Blood Sweat & Tears, Chicago, Procol Harum, and Billy Preston tunes and won the night. That band stayed together albeit I switched out to playing trumpet and that band continued to gig 4 nights a week and paid my room and board, and college tuition. Would never have happened without Buddy Rodgers!

@tmd said in Brick & Mortar Music Stores:
...I purchased my first 3 pro horns at Sam Ash in Paramus, 2 of which I still have ... my Bach 43* Trumpet and my Getzen Eterna Flugelhorn.

Mike

Mike. I got my Getzen Eterna Flugelhorn at Sam Ash as well in the 1970's. Very easy to work with them and had no trouble getting the exact horn I wanted.

@djeffers78 said in Brick & Mortar Music Stores:

Wow!
Cincinnati has still quite a few mom and pop music shops.

djeffers. Do you know if Buddy Rodger's Music is still around. I use to teach trumpet lessons at their North College Hill location when in college at the University of Cincinnati. I remembered they had an excellent selection of sheet music... and instructors as well!

@Kehaulani said in Trumpet playing and dentures/implants:

@Dr-GO

Viola (got'cha again. )

Not when I have dyslexia, doG damn!

@dupac said in Trumpet playing and dentures/implants:

I haven’t your level in trumpet playing but have already five implants inside my mouth... and never had any problem with them! After each surgery one week without any playing followed by one week of gradual recovery and voila…

Never thought dental implants would effect voila playing! Unless you have a nervous tick and chew on the bow, just sayin.

@Kehaulani said in Why do scales go up?:

@Dr-GO said in Why do scales go up?:

Oh, I believe I would scale down on that sweat morsel. SWEET!

@Dr-GO said in Why do scales go up?:

Personally, my scales are going up because I am eating more sweets.

And on another note.... eating all that turkey, dressing and pecan pie (not necessarily in that order) isn't going to help either...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!

Personally, my scales are going up because I am eating more sweets.

@GeorgeB said in This is a hoot and is very well done!:

@Vulgano-Brother

I guess she didn't like the soundtrack to Clockwork Orange...

My bet is that she was unimpressed by only going on a dollar date. VB didn't even take her to Dollar General for a snack for crapping out loud!

@OldSchoolEuph said in Anybody master the 1-3, 2-4 trill?:

I've spent nearly half a century doing 1-3,2-4 over and over, and 4,2,3,1,3,2,repeat to build/maintain flexibility . . . .

I'd give my right arm to be ambidextrous!

@Kehaulani said in Professional musicians on this board question:

BTW, Eddie Brookshire Quintet, and you, play their butts off. That album is a gas!

Thanks Kehaulani! That album was a real work of love. Eddie drove the band hard, but Kenny was the talent that blended all that energy into a unifying force.

However... Right up there was playing back to back improv solos with Allen Vazzutti, both of us on flugelhorn playing Wayne Shorter's "Footprints". Allen started the song on trumpet, but I played flugelhorn around his parts, leading into the first solo. Allen took my lead and changed over on his solo with his flugelhorn. An amazing call and response moment that I will always remember.