@Dr-GO said in Favorite Music:
One of my favorite pianists of all time is Kenny Drew Jr . . It's just so amazing not only the hear him but to watch him in action:
I saw Kenny Jr. with the Mingus Big Band. The personnel were a bunch of hardened warriors, not impressed by much. Kenny took an extended solo and, as it went on, players little by little, turned towards him until they were all absorbed with Kenny was doing. Remarkable not to just play your butt off but to captivate his comrades.
Well, I'm not quite sure what you want but I'll just contribute this and it's personal. What works for one doesn't always work for another.
In my first generation of trumpet playing I just was average. Played better than a lot at North Texas, not as good as others. Then I concentrated on writing and then on conducting, taking a long hiatus from playing. When I did get back to playing, it was on woodwinds (ww), not trumpet. I eventually came back to brasses.
One psychological thing was a carry-over from ww playing and that is, instead of a bunch of gyrations getting upper octave on WWs, you just moved your thumb. Yeah, you made a little adjustment but compared to what I had previously done on trumpet, it was easy and simple.
So, when I returned to trumpet, I used the same psychological concept. Keep it (octave jumps) easy and just think of flipping a switch, not going through muscled gyrations. That concept of playing easily served me well.
Pedagogically, I went to Jeff Smiley's The Balanced Embouchure and Maggio's book and system. My range went from the former workable range of A above the staff and a possible High C, to a workable E above High C and a playable Double High C.
I don't know if I expressed this well, but the point is playing with the least possible strain.
Louis Prima had the answer back in the 50s: High Note Grease.
(The Lip.)
Jazz or classical. If jazz, I would add UNT and Berklee.
No insult intended to anyone, but I don't see what's the big deal, whether you like it, don't like it or have not seen it. Who cares?
If I'm not mistaking, the Circle of Breath is not rowuk's but is just another way of describing time honored techniques. No disrespect to rowuk, who's posts I always enjoyed and am grateful for lot of good advice, but what is unique about it to give it a distinct name and attribute the techniques to any one man. What did I miss?
Let's see. A guy who works at Vassar has a machine that can see through things. Hmmm.
@Dr-GO said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
@Kehaulani said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
@djeffers78 said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
Even new methods can be made to look ancient
...in front of me was this huge stone carved Mayan Wall Calendar... I reached out and touched it. It was plastic.
Oh My [or Myan] God! The Mayan's were more advanced then we EVER expected. They discovered the formula to AND were able to synthesize polyvinylchloride!
@djeffers78 said in Notre-Dame de Paris:
Even new methods can be made to look ancient
Word that. I was at a World's Exposition at the Mexican Pavilion going down a staircase and in front of me was this huge stone carved Mayan Wall Calendar. I was blown away. Feeling an urge, I looked around for security personnel. There were none and I just had to. I reached out and touched it. It was plastic. 
@Newell-Post said:
Disasters like this . . also present opportunities to preserve original structures, eliminate badly-done modifications that have crept in over time, and add new statements about our own age.
This is an aside, Newell, but your post points out something very valuable and that is restoring to the original.
I had quite an experience in the Sistine Chapel years ago. They were restoring the ceiling, getting rid of centuries of grime and soot. I got to see the restoration in progress which still had much of it the latest look and the restored original painting. I was raised thinking it had one look (soot and all) while Michelangelo used vibrant colors. Quite a contrast! And shock to me as well.
. . . some people think I can be condescending . .
. (that means they think I talk down to people)
It is, indeed, very sad. At the same time, it's a stark reminder of the impermanence of things.
"Nothing lasts forever". Siddhartha Gautama
@Newell-Post said in Game of Thrones Thread:
@Kehaulani Did you require more than one throne?
Same Throne but multiple times. Thank God for Walgreen's Pharmacy. 
But this does not extend over your shoulder with the sound going behind you, it goes right in your face.
I order Roto-Rooter once a year. Works for me. 
And I was referring to, "Our chicken is Fu King good", and the like.
