Wow, sir, your experience scares the hell out of me. Even though my lungs are healthy, at 85 years of age, one never knows when something like pneumonia can rear its ugly head. I can't offer any advice, I just wanted you to know I feel for you and wish you a speedy recovery.
I'm sure Doc will reply to your thread once he sees it.
George
That video...WOW ! I would gladly play for nothing just to be a part of that band. I love how one of them cleans her trumpet with her tongue. Now I gotta go take a cold shower.
George
Let me tell you, at 85 I still take 45 minute walks twice a day and I've been doing that since I retired in 2001. I credit those walks with giving me the ability to play the trumpet as well as I do today, even though other health issues have made playing a bit tougher. So walking your dog, sir will pay dividends.
George
Well, it's something to think about. It just seems strange to me that my breathing problems only became noticeable after I started taking Metoprolol.
It's minor so I don't really know if I want to start an exercise program. It could be a case of not playing with the band very much this past year. The band is starting up again this month so maybe the old two hours of hard playing every Wednesday night will get me playing better.
George
I am wondering the same thing, Mike. I made a comeback in 2016 at the age of 79. This was after a 50 year hiatus from the horn and at 79 my breathing was pretty good. Last summer at the age of 84 I was diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and was prescribed a drug called Metoprolol that slows and regulates the heart beat.
Since I started taking that drug I have found in the past year that my breath control is not as good as it had been. I am thinking that this breathing measurement tool may help me improve that situation.
So far I haven't been able to find a Spirometer locally because it seems to be on back order everywhere.
George
@curlydoc said in All That Jazz: Miles Davis’s Onetime California Home Asks $15 Million - WSJ:
@ssmith1226 Who did the painting?
I don't know but I have seen it before somewhere.
I'd love to take this beauty out for a cruise. Great work, Wayne.
George
Here a 16 year old Alan Rubin plays at the 1959Newport Jazz Festival. What a talent even back then.
Thanks for that. Anytime I heard Rubin on the radio I always knew who it was. Someone in the article called his trumpet tone buttery and, yes, very buttery. I was a big Blues Brothers fan and a lot of the reason was Alan Rubin. He had so much talent, he could have been anything he wanted in life, and I am really grateful he chose entertainment and the trumpet.
When I read of his death a few years ago, it was hard to believe. He was one of those talents you felt would never die. And he really hasn't. Who he was and what he accomplished will go on forever.
George
1969 version True Grit sound track : Uan Rasey.
Hi Mike. Click on thetrumpetblog.com .
George
@bigdub said in Artist on BOARD:
Thank you, George, that is very kind of you to say.
Ideally, that’s what I try for- every new painting I do would preferably be better than all the others. Of course that is a bit hard to achieve, but what I strive for!
It is definitely working, Wayne.
@bigdub
Great, Wayne. I can almost hear the waves crashing against the rocks. Man, you are getting better and better with each new painting.
But be careful not to drink too much. I once did a water color after consuming several ounces of Jack Daniels and well...what a royal mess....
If worse comes to worse, Wayne, you are such a realist artist that you ciould just paint yourself a new 3rd valve...
It's probably stupid of me to ask this, but is there a chance that somehow the valves may have got mixed up ?
George