Posts made by Mike Ansberry

Nashville Parks & Recreation holds big band dances at Centennial Park during the summer months. I have been playing some of these for years. The park is near Vanderbilt University. There are frequently a lot of college age kids there who an REALLY dance. A very fun gig.

Thanks for all the replies!

I decided to bring the Onkyo amp out of the house and into my studio. I found a pair of Klipsh tower speakers that have what I consider to be a really nice sound. I am enjoying the "new" rig.

My room is 14 feet by 30 feet.

I have a 50 year old Pioneer amp that cuts out periodically on one channel. I have cleaned the switches and pots in it but it still cuts out. I ave a Shure SM81-CN and a 50 year old Shure PE5888.

I would like to keep the cost for all under $1500. Is that doable?

My home stereo is ancient.

I sold my Wurlitzer piano and was planning on getting a keyboard amp for my Korg. A friend who is a keyboard pro said If I'm not gigging with it I Should put the money toward decent home stereo instead and run it through that. It sounded like a good idea.

I am not looking to spend a lot of money on it, but I would like to get a nice sounding amp and speakers.

Ideas? Cost?

fMy 2 GO go to horns.

Basics gleaned from the article linked by Dr. GO:

Patients were asked to lie down and were instructed to inhale through their mouth slowly over 10 seconds, exhale completely and repeat this 10 times consecutively. There was no recording available for exhalation. The patients were instructed to mark the highest inspired volume during their 10 breaths by sliding the plastic marker on the device. Patients were instructed to complete this exercise three times a day for 30 days.

Patients were also asked and committed to general cardiopulmonary fitness and endurance training through walking or light jogging to achieve 70% targeted heart rate for 20 minutes three times a week

Furthermore, the participants were instructed to perform postural drainage exercises to enhance the clearance of phlegm by using gravity and position changes. They were instructed to apply percussion to the back, chest, or sides. Patients were requested to perform postural drainage in the morning before eating, on the bed or floor, with the chest lower than the hips to allow mucus to drain. They were also instructed to use pillows, foam wedges, and other devices for comfort and to elevate the hips above the chest. Patients were instructed to first perform the exercise on the back, then each side, then on the stomach, holding each position for a minimum of five minutes. During each position, they were instructed to breathe deeply and slowly in through the nose and out through the mouth. Patients were informed that postural drainage could be enhanced by another person gently cupping hands and clapping quickly on the side of the chest, side, or back that is facing up during the five minutes.

https://www.vitalitymedical.com/cardinalhealth-airlife-incentive-spirometer.html

I received the tool to measure the amount of air I can take in today. I was wondering what your routine for using this was. How many reps in one set? How many sets in a day?

My Bobby Herriot Getzen is quite a player, but with the upturned bell I find it difficult to hold in the left hand. I was thinking about soldering on a bari sax thumb hook onto the bell side of the 3rd valve to facilitate holding it.

Will this hurt the resale value if I decide to get sell it? It would definitely make it easier to play.

I bought what I was told is a Getzen Bobby Herriot model large bore.

Does this model have a Bobby Herriot designation stamped somewhere on it?

It has a B on the second valve, but not LB. So is it not a large bore?

I find it hard to believe that the casings are nickel. Nickel is maybe the most widely used material for plating the valves themselves.

If it has nickel casings and you nickel plate the valves, will that cause problems with the similar metals galling?

It finally sold.

Aha! I didn't see that as a link.

@kehaulani All good suggestions. The Niehaus looks interesting, but I'd have to transpose the etudes and I really want to spend that time playing. I have quite a few Aebersold albums including Nothing But Blues. I do not have #42. I also have all volumes of the Rich Matteson/Jack Peterson play along recordings that we used in class with the book that goes along with them, the Rich Matteson Flexibility and Improv Patterns book, and a large number of transcriptions of various artists.

What I am looking for is a book of good basic blues solos to use as practice etudes.

I am looking for blues etudes to help me work out basic blues in all keys. Do any of you know where I might find .pdf's of these?

I may be misunderstanding this post. If you want us to visit your site, a link would help a lot.

What kind of things are you wanting to do a horn? Soldering can be done at home at little expense, but you can make a real mess if you don't have a feel for it. Dent work requires some rather expensive tools and requires even more of a feel for the metal than soldering. Cleaning can be easily done at home.

It's too bad that there isn't some substance that you could use to bring down the pressure in you eyes.