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It don't mean a thing . . .

If the valves stick, wash them, remove all of the previous oil, and reoil with a different oil.

There's not that much difference, practically speaking, in oils as some may want you to believe.

I have, for half a century, just put oil in my leadpipe and blown it through. Had many horns, never had sticky valves.

Matter of fact, for a couple of years, I used a mix of white kerosene and 3andOne oil.

No need to micro-analyse this. Just get an oil that works for you and fuhgeddaboudit.

{'m not doing squat. But I'll share this blast from the past.

On July 4th during the 200th Anniversary of our country's founding, I was at Ft. McHenry in Baltimore harbor, home of the Star Bangled Banner. I watched a firework reenactment of the bombardment of the fort from a sailing ship that was in the harbour. On the ship, playing the National Anthem was the Tonight Show Orchestra and Doc Severinsen. It doesn't get much more overwhelming than that.

Well, my first reaction is, if you are a guitar teacher why are you posting on a trumpet site?

To your question: stress can cause headaches. Guitar hell can cause stress. But if it persists, I would have a talk with my doctor since it could be something else.

Beautiful women, good hearty food, good cross-section of arts. What more could a guy ask for? Czech it out.

(No, I don't live there. Just worked and visited.)

I have had three Committtees, all good horns. Better than other horns I've also had? No. And I kept exchanging them for different horns.

I suppose there are two factors. 1) how do you want to use it? 2) do you have "mad money"?

Barliman, you don't know who Alison Balsom is?
https://www.alisonbalsom.com/

BTW, she did play in a Munich brass band.

I'm sure she might help if she can, but I would be patient. With her recording and touring schedule, I would think an inquiry might take some time to get an answer. Good luck.

The thing to remember that is paramount, is that Jazz/Blues is an aural art. You need to hear and internalize it, not read it.

Yes, reading books can be helpful. But until you get the feel in your ears, everything is just peripheral.

Listen to some Blues and Jazz music and sing along with it until a listener cannot tell that there are two performers. You have to, without an instrument, internalise the feel. When you do this, as a by-product, you pick up idiomatic articulations, phrasing and all the other elements of music. Then -

Learn the six-note Blues Scale and start playing simple blues with these notes. You'll discover that a basic Blues has only three chords and the Blues scale fits over it very easily. The Jamey Aebersold Play-Along, Nothin' But Blues, (Vol. 2) is one good starting point.

After you/ve doing all that, begin playing along with recordings. You can also start transcribing useful licks to practice. Miles' solo on So What from Kind of Blue is a good starting point for transcribing. While it's not a Delta Blues, it's simple enough to use to learn transcribing techniques.

I can feel the crisp chill in the air. Great work.

This wording has long irritated me from various sources about various people. There is ~a~ A.F./Army/Navy/Marine band, and ~THE~ A.F./Army/Navy/Marine Band. They are not the same.

"Does anyone know someone with the Army Band? This reflects very poorly on the Band . . . ".
How does this reflect poorly on the Band as a whole?

Sorry that your options are limited. Good luck.

I would, personally, never sign up for a long-term contract like this and for this. But if I did, the fault would be my own.

What are you options, playing wise?

Exactly how were you scammed?

Please excuse my bluntness but you, over a great period of time, showed that you were willing to accommodate such behavior from your conductor/section leader. You set up a pattern of aquesing, yourself, to them. So, for them, it's second nature to move you around where they feel you are needed the most. It's kind of a play on that old American expression, "Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me".

If you resented this, did you ever have a sit-down heart-to-heart talk with your supervisors and let them know how you feel?

And now, you have an added dimensinon, that of a choral guy taking over a BBB (how did that happen?).

This may be a bummer or it may be a great oportunity to put things back on course, in your favour. Have you made a sincere attempt to help the new director in how to handle the band's, and your, needs? Maybe here is a golden opportunity.

@administrator said in Proper Embouchure?:

I learned a simple method. Say "m" like your about to say "mickey mouse". Now keep your lips in that position. They should be a bit moist. Now put the mouthpiece to your lips without adjusting anything. Blow.

This. Don't micro-analyse.

If the valves stick, wash them, remove all of the previous oil, and reoil with a different oil.

There's not that much difference, practically speaking, in oils as some may want you to believe.

I have, for half a century, just put oil in my leadpipe and blown it through. Had many horns, never had sticky valves.

Matter of fact, for a couple of years, I used a mix of white kerosene and 3andOne oil.

No need to micro-analyse this. Just get an oil that works for you and fuhgeddaboudit.

Danke, Barliman. Love to but logistics and, particularly finances, preclude that. Love to see my old stomping grounds again, though (Otterberg. Pfalz).