@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:
Viola (got'cha again.
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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!:
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.
My most gratifying performance was after I was asked by my trumpet idol, Till Bronner, to join him on stage to trade 8's on an improv he was doing, and after we finished, his announcing to audience while pointing to me: "What an amazing F**king set of chops!"
I remembered an outdoor wedding gig. Not so much the playing, but after the band finished. I was bending down to put my horn in the case when I felt a pinch on my buttock. I was astonished when I tuned around and found the bride with a pleasant smile and her hand still positioned in a pinching position.
My response to her was, "That will cost you an extra $20." The next thing I felt was the bride placing a $20 bill down the front of my pants. I just smiled back and thought, how long is that marriage going to last.
In Dayton Ohio it's Hauer Music:
The founding owner was well know to bringing nationally known trumpet players (Louis Armstrong, Wynton Marsalis, Allen Vizzutti, Doc Severinsen) into concert halls and even his own original mammoth store. We did the Dayton Trumpet Hang at Hauer's downtown location a couple a years hosted by Allen Vizzutti. And the trumpet tech there, Gary Dafler is second to none. Wynton has brought his horns in an his trips through Dayton to have Gary work on them. This is my location whenever I get the urge to go an a mouthpiece safari.
@Dr-GO said in The One:
...and the way it feels in my hands, resonates on my chops, and the feelings it evokes are unparalleled.-tj
It really does feel good in the hands, doesn't it? This is a quality I forget to bring out in this horn. The valve block is so comfy cozy close to the face. The feel is intimate.
@OldSchoolEuph said in Contract Repository:
Says a lot about the excellent reputation of the group that it can book under these terms.
Eddie is so well known, There is an Eddie Brookshire Day in Dayton Ohio!
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/dayton-daily-news/20190414/282707638449682
@administrator said in Anybody master the 1-3, 2-4 trill?:
Yes, but trilling with your middle and pinky creates character!
And controversy if misinterpretated.
What I find even more amazing is the AFM contract I use is very vague.
@OldSchoolEuph said in Contract Repository:
It does not designate length of performance
It does state [items 6 and 7] the time (from to is implied) and has reflected this in our finalized contracts. Then the set time and number will be determined by the entry space in front of the 20 minute break statement. For example, item 6 will state from 7 pm to 10 pm; then item 7 will state 2 20 minute breaks (with the freedom of where and how the breaks will be spaced). So the band plays 140 minutes, the band breaks for 40 minutes. So length of time is defined in this way.
This is a valuable feature as there is improvisation as to when the venue organizers may want time to come to the mic to run a speech or their program material. This type of time line provides much flexibility.
As for recourse they have their lawyers and we have ours.
I am happy to say in the 13 years we have used this contract both sides have been content with the terms post performance and there has never been a need to litigate.
@Kehaulani said in Professional musicians on this board question:
Another saying is, "You know what they call the guy who's last in his medical class?" . . "Doctor."
Which reminds me of another saying: You get what your insurance pays for.
