Best posts made by J. Jericho
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RE: Phony players
@BigDub said in Phony players:
I have a question that someone Might have some insight on.
There are plenty of instances and occasions when a tv show or motion picture portrays a trumpet player, or any other instrument, for that matter.
Anyway, why is it that almost 100% of the time, the person doing the playing has no clue how to play.
Any idea how this came to be?Hollywood hubris.
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RE: A little humour
More from the airwaves:
A father takes his daughter to work with him on the appropriate day. He shows her around his workplace, and after a short while, the girl starts crying. "What's the matter, Sweetheart?" asks the father as his co-workers look on. The daughter replies loudly: "Where are all the clowns you keep saying you work with?"
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RE: Taps Across America
Mine had its moments, mostly good. Cracked a couple of notes, though. Never did that before. The video will not be released.
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RE: Soulo Mutes
@tjveloce Is the connecting rod in the picture from one of the pistons in your Committee?
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RE: Absence explained (mother passed away...)
@ButchA Please accept my sincere sympathy on the passing of your mother.
You'd be surprised and disheartened to know how often people reveal their unimaginable ugliness after a death in the family. It's closer to the norm than you'd want to believe. When my mother died, a couple of her beneficiaries tried to prevent me from receiving my portion of her will. I got the court involved, and the judge quickly put an end to their disputes.
On the other hand, when my mother-in-law died, my wife's male sibling (He in no way qualifies for the term "brother"... nor "son" nor "husband" nor "father", for that matter.) found a lawyer who specialized in contesting wills, the result of which was that, even though my wife and I were in the right, the entire experience cost us an astronomical amount of money, which would have been substantially more had we gone to court and not settled instead.
Most of the money went to our attorney. The rest went to the male sibling, who had to use almost all of it to pay his lawyer, who dropped dead himself eight months later.
And don't get me started on predatory funeral expenses....
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RE: Curry Mouthpieces
@Dale-Proctor I haven't gotten my hands on a Bach 3 to measure for comparison, but I, like you, suspect that the difference between it and the Benge could be the spelling.
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RE: A little humour
@BigDub When my wife and I checked in to Hotel Monteleone in the French Quarter in New Orleans, after greeting us, the doorman said "Hello Benji" to our dog. We asked him how he knew our dog's name, and he replied that he didn't; he just thought she looked like the star of the movie of the same name (which is why I named her "Benji" in the first place).
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RE: Welcome to TrumpetBoards!
I'm in! Thank you administrator! Good to see friendly names here.
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RE: Welcome to TrumpetBoards!
I'd like to give credit to LaTrompeta for introducing TrumpetBoards on anoTHer website. I didn't see it until just now.
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RE: A little humour
Heard this yesterday:
When driving in a country where one drives on the left side of the road,
The left side is the right side;
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RE: Seeking input on Rules
Keep TrumpetBoards a community. Most of us here are humans; we have lives, and virtually all things in our lives affect our approach to the trumpet to varying degrees, either directly, such as practice routines, techniques, etc. or subtly, such as health, approach to life, personality, musical preferences, and so on. There is and has been room for participation in varied subjects, some related to trumpet and some not.
We can demonstrate a willingness to help others and share with others that which interests us and find a commonality and diversity among us that enriches all. All knowledge is useful; it's what makes us continue to grow and mature in our trumpet playing and in all aspects of life itself.
I would not enjoy nor often participate in a forum that is restricted and reduced to a narrowly focused catalog of equipment and pedagogy. There are other trumpet websites that fit this description, and they have at best less the sense of community, and I daresay family, that we found on TrumpetMaster and now find on TrumpetBoards. We can have all the trumpet-related information and discourse possible here without resorting to being restricted to a membership of humorless, narrow-minded automatons.
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RE: A little humour
An oldie, but it gives me a chance/excuse to comment:
Q. What is the shortest period of time ever measured?
A. The period of time between the traffic light changing to green and the driver behind you blowing their horn in New York City (a.k.a. a New York second).My uncle (since deceased) never had this problem, as he would always launch before the light changed to green.
He lived in Brooklyn, not far at all from John Gotti's home. He and my aunt lived in a co-op, and he had to park his car on the street. Well, one day his car wouldn't start. He checked to see what was wrong, and the battery was gone. He replaced the battery, and the next time he went to his car, it was gone. Apparently the thieves didn't want starting problems, so they made sure my uncle's car had a new battery before they stole it.
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RE: Seeking input on Rules
@administrator Your posts are always appreciated.
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RE: So how did you start out to learn the trumpet?
@JorgePD said in So how did you start out to learn the trumpet?:
... trumpet never hurt me with girls either....
In high school, trumpet players and majorettes tended to gravitate toward one another. This was in pre-PC times, when appearance was a requirement to be a majorette, so they ranged from cute to unforgettable. Oh, also... if you didn't maintain a "B"/3.0 average in your classes, you couldn't be in Band. That was a win-win for trumpet guys! But I digress....
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Taps Across America
15:00/3:00 PM Memorial Day May 30, 2022
https://www.tapsforveterans.org/tapsevent/taps-across-america-2022/