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@Kehaulani

I'm pulling your string, but I have found the West Coast guys Schlossberg routine very rewarding.

So, nothing should progress?

@OldSchoolEuph said in Professional musicians on this board question:

This prompted me to think of some of those who augmented their playing income in order to make a living (so technically not professional players by this standard, but are amply represented in trades media, held significant posts, have multiple commercial recordings etc.):
Wynton Marsalis
Doc Severinsen
Rafael Mendez
Al Hirt
Frankie Avalon
Miles Davis
Dizzy Gillespie
Louis Armstrong
Renold Schilke
Elden Benge
Rudy Muck (both of them)
Vincent Bach
Don Berry
Joseph Gustat
Gustav Heim
Earnst Couturier
Henry Distin

I don't understand your post. To the best of my knowledge, all of those folks are professional musicians.

Well, maybe not Frankie Avalon.

I stumbled into something yesterday that is a real check on one's intonation. It is developmental and probably only pertains to developing players, either beginners or come-back, which I consider myself. And it is simply playing recognizable songs.

I am posting this because it might be an overlooked technique that some can use.

One can play flexibilities like Schlossberg and Irons or other similar exercises and think you're O.K. with intonation. Maybe you play flatter as you ascend but don't really notice it, fooling yourself.

But you can more easily hear with a song that you know. If your intonation is faulty, you know immediately that something is just not right. The intervals you can readily hear because you know how the song must go. Try it and see if it helps.

Professional is an arbitrary term in its common usage.

A professional usually means one who makes a living at it. But within that category, I have known sublime musicians to downright hacks who don't really deserve the term - but they do qualify. OTOH, I have known weekend warriors who play very well.

It seems to me, then, that the term is relative and is more descriptive using two different terms, professional alone, referring to their income source, and professional-level relating to their skill.

@tmd Here we go again.

Ich vermisse die Weihnachtsmärkte sehr!

That was a fun read, flugelgirl. I was surprised that, with all of the direct sales and internet business, you have only one person doing the shipping. Man, s/he must be wasted at the end of the day, LOL.

I'm curious. Is there a distribution between brass, woodwinds and misc. repair personnel or do all three of you mix it up just depending on what type instrument comes up next?

Play this!

LOL. And if you start at the top?

Regarding the implants, this doesn't relate to classical playing but if all else fails, there's always the example that there is life after new teeth: Chet Baker.

I coincidently was just checking out my printer and printed out a transcribed solo by Chet. I was astounded to notice that he only played one G above the staff. The rest of the solo was lower! And it was good. Didn't need no stinking high notes!

@Dr-GO

Viola (got'cha again. )

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@Dr-GO said in Why do scales go up?:

Personally, my scales are going up because I am eating more sweats.

I just used the trade-in system every twelve years or so.

@ROWUK said in Brick & Mortar Music Stores:

Musik Bertram

I used to use Musik Bertram regularly. They had a neat catalogue, too. Remember them?

Funny little anecdote about music stores.

In Honolulu, if you wanted any musical items, you went to Harry's Music. One day, I needed a bottle of valve oil and found out about a big music store right across the way from the band room. When I went in, I told the salesman I was surprised. I had no idea they were so close and he said he wasn't surprised. The good-ole-boy and kickback system was so strong, that here was a music store right across the street and I usually took an hour round trip on the bus to go to Harry's.

On the other hand, I took Saturday morning music lessons at Harry's and right next door was another mom and pop store that served a great breakfast of rice, Portuguese sausage and eggs. I used to live for that "music-lesson" trip. Ono.

When I saw my first Spaghetti Western, I was so disgusted by the violence that I walked out. Now, I watch it on late-night T.V. and don't even think a thing about it. Sad commentary.

@Dr-GO said in Professional musicians on this board question:

I had played with Kenny Drew, Jr until his death a couple of years ago.

Unbelievable talent. I heard his dad at the Montmartre years ago in Copenhagen and then had the pleasure of hearing Jr. in Perugia, Italy with the Mingus Big Band.

That band has some incredible musicians in it and when someone soloed, didn't necessarily register their reaction. I guess it was common place for them. But Kenny had a solo and little by little, I noticed all players had turned facing him to hear and savor the moment. He was awesome.

BTW, Eddie Brookshire Quintet, and you, play their butts off. That album is a gas!

Manny Klein suddenly standing up on the band bus and playing a bullfight fanfare on my borrowed pocket trumpet.

On a tour with Mendez, him falling backwards and disappearing behind the curtain but re-emerging, still playing. The audience went wild, thinking it was part of the show. He and the MD had found some of Mendez' favourite Tequila that afternoon.

Playing periodically for a regional home for the severely handicapped. It always had a funny smell and one group was so far gone that they were laid side-by-side in a bed like firewood. One guy always stared at me with menacing eyes. I thought he was going to spring up and attack me at any moment. Very unsettling, yet I persevered. I think the residents liked it because I kept coming back.

Going shopping for a trumpet with Jimmy Nottingham. What was touching was that he wanted me, light years behind him, to test out the horns because he had chop problems.

Having Maynard autograph my ex-girlfriend's photo because it was spontaneous and I didn't have any other paper . . . and I was high. Maynard thought it was funny.

It was more personal in the old system. I had the pleasure of having lived for 20 years in Germany and, while there were national chains, it was nothing like it is here. Things cost a little more than in mega stores and the internet makes shopping about as simple as it can be, but I miss the homey touch.