@Robrtx said in Happy Birthday Bix !!!!:

116 years young........

At the risk of going way off topic, we adopted a rescue dog (white German Shepherd) back in October. The shelter names didn't fit, and I wanted a short and distinct name so he'd know when I'm talking to him. Plus, he's "really cool" so we named him Bix. And we needed a birth date to license him, so we picked March 10th.

Not only does he not mind my playing, he seems to love it (must have a tin ear and no real taste in music). He lies next to me when I'm playing, and even pesters me if I haven't started practicing at the normal time.

@Newell-Post said in RIP Trumpet "Master":

...flugelgirl too. Need more ladies. Too much testosterone on trumpet sites sometimes....

Flugelgirl has joined us. Welcome!! Please join the Qualified Repair Techs group as well.

This message is from a Marine Corps Colonel in Afghanistan. I think he'd be ok with Whitney and Gaga's renditions. Fingers crossed for the Super Bowl.

"So with all the kindness I can muster, I give this one piece of advice to the next pop star who is asked to sing the national anthem at a sporting event: save the vocal gymnastics and the physical gyrations for your concerts.

Just sing this song the way you were taught to sing it in kindergarten - straight up, no styling "Sing it with the constant awareness that there are soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines watching you from bases and outposts all over the world. Don't make them cringe with your self-centered ego gratification.

Sing it as if you are standing before a row of 96-year-old WWII vets wearing their Purple Hearts, Silver Stars and flag pins on their cardigans and you want them to be proud of you for honoring them and the country they love - not because you want them to think you are a superstar musician. They could see that from your costume, makeup and your entourage.

Sing 'The Star Spangled Banner' with the courtesy and humility that tells the audience that it is about America, not you.

And please not everything needs to be spunked up! We’re getting a little weary of that.

Francis Scott Key does not need any help."

@Kehaulani said in What Is Your Favorite Version of the National Anthem?:

As an aside, many of the interpretations I hear at major sporting events make me want to puke.

Like this version?

@tjcombo

From Wikipedia: In 1955 Gleason gambled on making it (The Honeymooners) a separate series entirely. These are the "Classic 39" episodes, which finished 19th in the ratings for their only season. They were filmed with a new DuMont process, Electronicam; like kinescopes, it preserved a live performance on film but with higher quality, comparable to a motion picture. That turned out to be Gleason's most prescient move. A decade later, he aired the half-hour Honeymooners in syndicated reruns that began to build a loyal and growing audience, making the show a television icon.

Frame from the end of this episode.

“Some days you get up and put the horn to your chops and it sounds pretty good and you win. Some days you try and nothing works and the horn wins. This goes on and on and then you die and the horn wins.” — Dizzy Gillespie

@dupac said in Why not another thread about bigger horns ?:

I know a lot of people on this board also play alto/tenor horn, euphonium, and so on...
So do I (Yamaha alto):

Guilty as charged. Wessex BR140 Baritone. I'm even worse on it than on the small horns, but it's a lot of fun.

@trumpetlearner

And the LEAST common method is probably the one I use on my Connstellation. Two zip/cable ties added to adjacent pipes so that the "knobs" hit. It doesn't interfere with playing, and rotating one tie to move the knob enables slide removal for cleaning or draining.

@jamiejazz

I suspect we'll be hearing from Dr Go on this topic.

Hmmm... now that I think of it, "Dr Go" fits the topic in a way.

1903 Connqueror.

@kehaulani
If you view it on YouTube, you'll see it.

(Click on the word YouTube at the bottom right of the window).

The comments are pretty entertaining, too.

@dbtrumpet

Thanks, Dave, for posting this warmup routine. I've found it very valuable in several ways. It took me a few tries to figure out how to play it, and more to play it reasonably well. It's a nice little workout--even a routine you can run through when there's no real practice time.

Being a rank amateur, I should probably pick a horn and a mouthpiece and stick with it, but I love cycling through the horns in my signature. It used to take me a while to make the switch, but this exercise works as a "reset" for me. Even going to the baritone is easier.

I also owe you thanks for a post you made quite a while ago over on the oTHer site. You quoted a discussion about using a 3x5 card to determine your dominant lip. That led me to discover that I'm weird (in yet another way) in that my bottom lip is dominant. I can play a reasonable tone with a business card over my top lip, but the only thing I can get out with the bottom lip covered is a pedal tone.

What did I learn from that?

1. I believe I'm an upstream player with low MP placement. Moving the mouthpiece down a bit more allowed me to disable the double buzz I was getting at low C -- where my upper lip wanted to join in.

2. I'd always believed the accepted science that the top lip was dominant, so you should punish the lower lip when pressure was required. Doing that cut off my top range, making high C impossible other than early in the session.

3. The lower MP placement cleared up the tubbiness on low G and F#.

Using a bit of pressure on the top lip (in lieu of the bottom) helps with high range. Too bad my dog starts to whine when I get above high C. Otherwise, I could practice up there.

When asked for his opinion on the new US Space Force Anthem, USAF Chief of Staff General C. Q. Brown's response was “I’m sure it will grow on us.”

He was being far too kind, IMHO.

@tjcombo said in Musician Jokes:

Mother to young son "what do you want to do when you grow up?

Son - "I want to be a trumpet player mummy".

Mother - "I'm sorry darling, you can't do both"

It seems that a lot of trumpet player jokes are interchangeable with fighter pilot jokes.

@dr-go said in Old Photo:

Here is one of me in 1976 with my Rock Band:

That is NOT what a rock band looked like in 1976. I guess you're just playing on the name?

@dale-proctor said in Old Photo:

@georgeb said in Old Photo:

@dale-proctor

As for the picture, I must say, Dale, you look like a very distinguished gentleman indeed.
George

I was trying to appear so…lol. That was about 40 years ago, but I’m still playing!

And looking more distinguished than ever.

@mike-ansberry said in Buying a new home audio system:

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?

I had a Sansui amp/receiver from 1973 that did that. Had a pair of power transistors replaced, and that fixed it for a while, then it started up again. So I replaced it 25 years ago with a Kenwood that was reasonably priced. Saved myself the cost and ass-pain of repeated repairs. It's hard to find competent techs who still know how to work on in-circuit components.

@rowuk said in Why are so many threads just getting locked down?:

I would be happy to know what the community thinks. Maybe I am just too old and grumpy.

I think J. Jericho was on point with his comment:
"There are threads for which no new posts appear for sometimes many months at a time, but for which there is no more appropriate thread when someone adds a new post. It wouldn't make sense in these instances to start a new, identical thread when one already exists, especially when starting a new one would duplicate the title, cluttering things up, so to speak, and leave no previous context to which the new post is related."

As well, a locked thread takes up just as much space as an unlocked one, so I don't see the clutter issue.

Whether or not ROWUK is too old and grumpy is another issue; one which I will not attempt to resolve.

Protec Trumpet/Small Brass Multiple (4-Piece) Leather Mouthpiece Pouch with Zipper Closure, Model L221