@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
BigDub,
You're a blessed man. Not everyone can do this. Some art is so realistic that it looks like a photograph. You take splotches of paint and create something even better.
You too are blessed Dr. Mark. I have heard you play and you take splotches of sound and turn them into beautiful music!
@GeorgeB said in Artist on BOARD:
@moshe
Yeah Wayne's work has a bit of magic to it.
AND that magic is for sale. You can have a little bit of BigDubs magic brighten up your house!. I have 6 rooms in my house (and one at my Mother in law's house - as a gift) of BigDubs brightening pieces of magical art!
@Dr-Mark said in A little humour:
@BigDub said in A little humour:
It’s the sudden stop at the end that seems to be the problem.
This seems to be the problem with a lot of things. It's not the act but the sudden stop of that act that seems to be the problem. Just ask an alcoholic who tried to go cold turkey from alcohol...
Yep, its the sudden stop that's killer.
Dr. Mark, you are so right with sharing this. The mortality rate of an alcoholic stopping cold turkey is 30%! That is why we admit them to the hospital for detoxification.
It is also interesting as to how acutely life threatening narcotic abuse is; however, when an opoid dependent individual stops cold turkey, while going through a horrible period of withdrawal, they will rarely die from this choice,
It is of interest in reviewing the harm of both alcoholic and narcotics, that while alcohol is the most deadly, it is legal... while narcotics are illegal. Our society really always keeps me guessing as to our rules. But in my profession, I don't make the rules, I just treat the consequences. And my heart goes out to individuals that suffer though these and any other dependencies.
@Niner said in The hammered bell:
@FranklinD That's interesting. It's not a dead proposition. The main things the bell shaft dings are claimed to produce are:
Improved sonority: more warmth, more substance, fuller tonal sound
Improved balance of sound: enhancement of wanted, and reduction of unwanted frequencies
Improved projection: more power and better carrying capacity of the sound
Reduced blowing resistance: improved and easier responsiveness, therefore improved slotting
You know it is my experience and gleaning from all the reading I do on trumpets that if you will change the sound of the horn, the places that most will make this change is working with the bell and the bracing. Niner, it sounds [no pun intended] that you are proving this point! Nice post and great looking horn.
@tjcombo said in no prayer requests allowed:
@moshe I'm afraid I can't assist with prayers Moshe, but can wish you the best of luck. I hear that plenty of study brings luck and can even trump prayers in matters like these.
de vk3azr
Interesting tj how you use trump and prayes in the same sentence says the good doctor with tongue in cheek. Nudge, nudge... A nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat.
@tjcombo said in The hammered bell:
It would be very difficult to say if the hammering had any effect on how the horn played.
I believe that comment nailed it!
@Seth-of-Lagos said in Alternate (lack of) fingering above High C:
@Vulgano-Brother said in Alternate (lack of) fingering above High C:
Chase would use 123 for high A.
Isn't that the nineteenth harmonic? (18th is G#, 20th is A#). Interesting.
Wonder whether the deciding factor in this choice is pitch, timbre, or testosterone.
For me it's convince. Using just one finger, and a very flexible one at that makes an otherwise temperamental note to sound so much easier to play. Especially if playing in a rapidly passing phrase.
@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
BigDub sez;
"Maybe. But you're a Dr, Dr Mark. Remember that"...I'm a scholar and smart... I've got so much more to learn before I can sit in the "smart section" where Dr-GO, my partner in musical crime legitimately sits.
My father was a gypsy... I believe therefore I may be illegitimate.
@administrator said in A little humour:
What is humour? I've heard of humor, but not humour.
HUMOUR | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary
https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/humour
humour meaning: 1. the ability to find things funny, the way in which people see that some things are funny, such as spelling of the word humor as humour. 2....
Please pardon my editorialized version in bold
How can you tell the difference between a frog and a horny toad?
A frog says: "Rib-bit; Rib-it"
AND
A horny toad says: "Rub-it; Rub-it"
@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
I had a dream the ocean was filled with orange soda.
It was a Fanta Sea
Maybe down South, but not up North where it's Canada Dry!
@Dr-Mark said in Set lists:
Hi Dr-GO
..."If you play a wrong note or passage, do it twice. That way the audience will think it was intentional and you were just being
avant-garde"
That's EXACTLY what I do! That's EXACTLY what I do!
Just came back from a gig. No set list. We exclusively took requests from the audience. Heck half of the songs we didn't even have the music. The gig went fabulously well.
ooooh. That would be a tremendous step up for our group....a bigger step than our legs can reach. At least we can manage sight reading a piece we have never done.....we do a pretty good job sight reading.
Um... Our organist is blind. Believe it or not, that really helps us out as he literally knows EVERY song in the standard books. So we are never in need of the changes. It is his sixth sense and this serves him well.
Just came back from a gig. No set list. We exclusively took requests from the audience. Heck half of the songs we didn't even have the music. The gig went fabulously well.
@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub
My favorite artist is Picasso because sometimes my underwear bunches.
This is my expression when MY underwear bunches a bit Munch:
I personally don't paint by numbers. I use braille. Interesting thing is the finished version has a lot of texture to it.
@Tobylou8 said in Not exactly a trumpet but.....:
Dale Proctor would know!!
That is so true, and in trumpet forums his vast knowledge earns him the special title of "Proctortologist", even if his reviews are delayed and he falls a little "behind".
@Dr-Mark said in Blues Band with Horns:
Please feel free to take a picture and post it.
Here it is. Please note the base of notes is on a circle and the functional relation is a separate square that sits on top of the circle held in position by a peg, to allow the square to be dialed to the key one is wanting to play a function against:
@Tobylou8 said in Marching Season and Triple Super C:
@Dr-Mark said in Marching Season and Triple Super C:
Hi N1684T,
You got me! When I saw the post I thought "WHAT?!" This poor unfortunate's goal is sadly misguided. But silly me took the bait, hook line and stinker.Anyway, I gotta talk to this guy about some "octave oil" (I'm just about out). I use it on my valves and its so slick that it makes hitting high notes easy
Where can I buy Octave oil?
In Octavia?