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I just think it's another example of looking at the arrow and not the target - another hypothetical meandering for those that want some diversion from practicing. I still say, "You can only do what you can do".

10,000 hours? 100,000 hours? What difference does it make? If you strive for excellence, there are not enough hours in the day. If you don't, you do what you need in order to get by.

There's another component, ability. There are some that are musically challenged. For them a million hours in the practice room matters little, when it comes to mastery. Others are mentally or physically challenged. Same story. Yet there are others who are musically and/or physically blessed and mastery comes easy and quick. Harry James is a good example.

Too many variables to make a blanket statement. Set your goal and do what you can do.

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Manhattan's no slouch either.

I had a friend who was "auditioning" The Juilliard School and Manhattan School of Music. He characterized the difference between the two as "Manhattan being somewhat humane while Juilliard students dragged their knuckles on the ground and ate railroad spikes for breakfast" LOL.

@GeorgeB said in Finally, I amd playing a Conn Trumpet again:. Today I'm going to try adding weight to the valve block to see if I like the sound. My understanding is it will give the horn a darker sound.

Unless you have quality playback equipment, I would consider having some other listeners give you feedback on what kind of sound is actually being produced. The placebo effect can be significant.

I've got a personally autographed ball too - the BROOKLYN Dodgers. Mid 50s. Includes an autograph of my role model at the time, Roy Campanella.

@Dr-GO said in Do you see what I see??:

@Tobylou8 said in Do you see what I see??:

Tell Wayne... , and Dan.... . I think they know what they are doing. Be interesting to know why they used them I think.

Ummm.... Tobylou, they are in a recording studio. Read my post carefully. They are playing in this artificial environment of perfect sound with digital instruments on tune. So they use this to stay on tune.

I recorded a session with Kenny Drew Jr on a highly out of tune piano. His virtuosity to work around those off notes and the rest of the ensembles ability to hear and adjust ended up in a fabulous recording. If we had those tuners set to perfect, the recording would never have made it to production.

I've said this before, but I have a friend who is a long-term player with the Philadelphia Orchestra and I asked him, one time, how they play so well in tune with each other?
"We don't play well in tune with each other", he retorted. "We play out of tune with each other, well"

Aebersold Play-Alongs Vol. 1, 2, 54.
Patterns For Jazz, Jerry Coker
Improvising Jazz, Jerry Coker
Jazz Improvisation: the Goal-Note Method, Sheldon Berg
Flexus - Trumpet Calisthenics For The Modern Improvisor, Laurei Frink and John McNeil

And for anyone really getting into the expression of Jazz improvisation, Paul Berliner's detailed book, Thinking in Jazz: The Infinite Art of Improvisation is outstanding.

Isn't St. Olaf where there is a killer annual Christmas concert? Absolute killer. I don't know about its instrumental program but what an environment, if that's the place I'm thinking of.

Or just giving it some time to readjust.
That happens in the sax world, often. Someone will switch horns and then comment that notes on horn X are out of whack, when they had adjusted to the notes on their previous horn that it became unconscious. You might just want to give it some more time and see if it doesn't "right" itself.

BTW, I've also never had a horn with a sharp "F", either.

English is an inconsistent language, just ask a non-English speaker, trying the learn it. Getting frustrated over it is a waste of time.

This is just a little gift for my Arturo friends out there. Leonid cooks. And here is Arturo with them
Youtube Video

I think I'm just getting frustrated with people who are chasing their tails as a diversion from spending their time getting in solid practicing. Micro-analyzing this and that; not only missing the forest for the trees, but nit-picking what kind of tree it is, how many rings, what kind of bark, when it might be more productive to grab an Arban, Claude Gordon, Papa Mitchell, sticking with it and getting as good as you can.

Based on your grandson's background, he might qualify for one of the service's Premier Bands. In the case of those, I would recommend he first see if he can find examples of the skill level by listening to YouTube videos of these bands.

The Premier Bands are The Air Force Band, The Army Band, The Army Field Band, The Marine Band, The Navy Band and The Coast Guard Band. Please note that these are ~THE~ ___Band and not ~a~ ___ band. Also be aware that the Marine Corps is part of the Dept. of the Navy.

Additionally, each service has its Academy Bands which are very good.

For requirements and more info, he can go to the web sites of each band.

You can also get similar information on the Fleet Bands and Field Bands by going to the respective service's web site. For example.
https://www.music.af.mil/
https://www.bands.army.mil/
etc. He can google the others.

(in this context "field band should not be confused with the Army Field Band by the same name.)

If he lives in proximity to any of these bands, I encourage a trip to it (them), listen to the band and talk to the band's band recruiter, who is a bandsman NOT a local generic recruiter.

It is important that you do not initially talk with any of these Recruiting Service Recruiter. That will come later but that recruiter may not be aware of programs. policies and other programs specific to band programs. . They are generalists and may not be aware of the finer points regarding military musicians. Deal with the local band recruiter and the headquarters band office in D.C. (D.C. in this case is a generic term to signify that it is the Headquarters. Physically. some bands or music-program offices may actually be located elsewhere.)

Not to mean that the Premier Bands are not superior, but the field/fleet band programs of today are not your grandfather's bands.

Over the years, band programs have been progressively reduced. What that has meant is that. as bandsmen were numerically reduced, whatever deadwood was there has gradually been eliminated. Nowadays it's not unusual to find a high number of college-degreed bandsmen in the non-special bands, some even with Doctorates.

@J-Jericho There are small bore and large bore playing instruments, but there are also other compensating physical things in the design that may mediate the bore size. I think they can be different but the end result of a bore plus all other factors may compensate so that you don't feel the difference on some horns.

Uh, dudes, my double entendre is still flying overhead. I know the grammatical difference. That was a joke.

Yes, sprinkled all over the country are wonderful players you'll never hear.

I was on the road once in Tulsa, Oklahoma and our guitarist said we should go out to an airport Holiday Inn lounge and hear this guy Tommy Crook. The guitarist was reading an interview of Chet Atkins and the interviewer asked, "Who does Chet Atkins listen to when you listen to guitar players?" and he said, "Tommy Crook".

So we went and listened to this guy at an airport inn playing a solo act and he played his butt off. We later asked him why he didn't have greater exposure and he said that he hated to travel.

A guy I've never heard of having wider exposure is Aubra Graves (sax). Man this guy is tasty. Here's a link but he has a number of tunes on YouTube.

You get it.

Rice may be outstanding but if there are two vacancies and 80 applicants, it's relative. Some of those other players may simply outplay the young man and that's the music business. And competition is fierce. There are no guarantees.

p.s. to the best of my knowledge, there are no P.T. entrance requirements only requirements to be met before graduation. But it certainly behooves one to be in the best shape they can get into before beginning boot camp/basic training. Less to worry about.

Now you'll be able to hear yourself better. You sure you want that?

"There's" is so rampant there's almost no point in trying to mention it. Nobody's listening or cares.

"There is", is singular. "There are" is plural. "There's" is singular, not plural. English 101.
Ex: There's 20 cars in the parking lot. No. There are 20 cars in the parking lot.

Geez.