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@Dr-Mark said in What about non-trumpet Brass players:

What should be the first topic?
Range, sound, endurance, sight reading, articulation, trumpet care, improvisation, ensemble playing, how to approach Bach, types of trumpets, brands of trumpets, mouthpieces, job opportunities, how to prepare for an audition, trumpet injuries, breathing, posture, mental approach to trumpet, were should we start?

That'd be perfect, Dr-Mark. Can you whip up something on all of those by tomorrow?

Seriously though -- the mental approach to trumpet would be novel; not just rehashing old topics from oTHer forums.

Born and raised in Pennsylvania. The Air Force took me to Texas, Alaska, Michigan (UP), Florida, Ohio, Korea and Arizona. We've been desert rats for 31 years now, so I guess we're here to stay.

@Kehaulani said in "Star Trek Next Generation":

Probably the weirdest accent I heard, was a guy from Cuba who was raised in Alabama. I defied anyone to identify that one.

I can hear it now: "Y'all got some 'splainin' to do, Lucy."

@flugelgirl said in "Star Trek Next Generation":

He could have been educated at Oxford. I’ve known some folks whose first language was not English that picked up the accent of the place they studied English in - for example a Polish girl with a Canadian accent.

Ok, this is a long story but on topic, I think.

I went through USAF pilot training in 1972, and half of our class was from Germany (joint training). Lt Herb Hoenig was a German who spoke English with a British accent. His English teacher was British, as was his wife. The wife, BTW, became pregnant just in time to give birth in the US to their son.

Fast forward 30 years. I was working as a contract F-16 instructor. One of my coworkers came into the office with a puzzled look. He had just given the first lesson to a new class that included a German Exchange pilot. He said it was the strangest thing -- the guy had a British accent.

I asked "his name wasn't by any chance Hoenig, was it?"

Looking even more puzzled, he replied "how did you know?"

I had a lot of fun with the younger Hoenig (callsign "Limey"), including showing him a picture of his mom, a few weeks before his birth, at a party with a lampshade on her head.

@Kehaulani said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

@Kehaulani said in Does a large bore horn take more air?:

I've read a bunch of threads on this and they all devolve into other factors.

Like I said.

Albert Einstein actually said “It can scarcely be denied that the supreme goal of all theory is to make the irreducible basic elements as simple and as few as possible without having to surrender the adequate representation of a single datum of experience.”

What he meant was "Everything should be made as simple as possible, but no simpler."

@L-A-Horn said in Best Off-brand Trumpets:

Alright, what do you consider the highest value trumpet with the lowest price?

You've posed a question in a way that it can't be answered. The highest value trumpet will certainly not have the lowest price.

If you could quantify what you mean by "value" (fit/finish, reliability, durability, intonation, response, etc) you could divide by price and find the best bang for the buck.

You'd need to define each parameter associated with value, find a way to evaluate it quantitatively, and give it a weight relative to the other parameters. You can't optimize without defining your criterion for optimality.

@administrator said in Andrea Motis, Moanin:

Gosh, she looks like she is 14. Some people have all the talent, though.

I believe she was an old lady of 20 for that performance. But you can find her on Youtube at 14 and even younger. Joan Chamorro runs a great program in Barcelona.

@Kehaulani said in King Liberty:

Diverting. I'm addressing the "why" question, which was posted by the post's originator.

Sorry, I don't see a "why" in the OP. And I thought he was referring to the "Instruments Discussion/Historical and Collector's Items" forum, not TrumpetBoards in general.

@Kehaulani said in King Liberty:

This post is, for me, exactly why this "new forum isn't exactly taking off" - jokes and gear . . and pretty pictures.

If people want a lounge type format, that's fine. I'm just making a contrast. Where's the music? I want to learn and discuss things about music, not peripheral stuff.

I recently got frustrated and decided to just go back to Sax on the Web. It has it's fair share of equipment stuff, too, but it's also balanced with more meaty musical topics, and it applies to music, in general, not just sax players.

Well, this post is in the "Instruments Discussion/Historical & Collector's Items" forum, so it seems totally appropriate. Certainly not "Lounge" material. I would expect to find the music in the "Music Discussion" forum.

@N1684T said in How about a forum for Curio and Relic horns?:

I can't believe no one ripped me for watching such a cheesy movie;)

On the contrary. My recent retirement has provided me the time to make up for having missed out on a great deal of culture. I watched Buckaroo Banzai for the first time yesterday. Loved every minute of it

@Kehaulani said in How do you feel about vibrato?:

Well, I don't believe there is. There must be historical commentaries on vibrato performance practices of their time. Assumingly, no one on this board knows about them. That ignorance (not meant condescendenly, I don't know, either) does not trump historical sources and research.

https://repository.asu.edu/attachments/93464/content//tmp/package-k2tMBa/Verville_asu_0010E_11489.pdf

https://www.earlymusicamerica.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/VibratoWars-1.pdf

https://scholarship.claremont.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=https://www.google.com/&httpsredir=1&article=1105&context=ppr

http://www.classicstoday.com/features/ClassicsToday-Vibrato.pdf

@Seth-of-Lagos
Welcome aboard, Seth. You've been missed.

@administrator
They cost a lot more than $400.

https://www.aniwaa.com/best-of/3d-printers/best-metal-3d-printer/

@Kehaulani
If you use the "Recent" icon at the top of the page, the most recent posts are shown with the newest on top. If you use the "Unread" icon, you will see the newest on top. [Ooops, that's optional -- see the added comment at the end] In either case, you can select the most recent post of a thread by clicking on the link at the right margin.

If you access the main menu and go to a topic, you have the ability to sort the threads either way:

Actually, the order shown in the Results and Unread is an option as well. I hadn't noticed.

@Kehaulani said in Buy your horns here, not there!:

Well, I give a vote for the following. I have used them all.
Austin Custom Brass (ACB) https://www.austincustombrass.biz/
Wichita Band Instrument Co. http://www.wichitaband.com/
Woodwind and Brasswind https://www.wwbw.com/

Another vote for Austin Custom Brass. And I'll also recommend Dillon Music https://www.dillonmusic.com/

@Niner said in I was a member of the old Trumpetmaster board once.:

Can you edit a post after you have posted? I wanted to correct a typing error as in "new" instead of "no".

Click on the three dots to the right of Reply/Quote. It'll let you edit or delete.

@Kehaulani said in Monetization of/for TrumpetBoards:

Guys, no offense intended, but I think this forum has to elevate itself a little bit above just jokes and pretty pictures before it would be taken seriously enough to justify outside financial support.

At the moment, we're just a bunch of happy campers who've found a replacement for our beloved TM (RIP). So none of us is asking how to blow double C's in a week or if a new mouthpiece is the solution to our woes (since we have none, or at least few). It will take time for new folks who do have questions or want to discuss serious issues to find us -- it would help if a Google search for "Trumpet forums" would point to TB. At this point we don't appear in the search results at all.

@administrator Does disabling Ad Blockers help?

I thought this ad, shown at the top of the TB page, was a bit ironic (if that's the right word).

I've actually disabled my adblocker for this site in hopes it will help pay the bills. That's the only reason I saw this one

@Dr-GO said in 2019 Jazz Festivals:

Any members playing Jazz Festivals are encouraged to let us all know. If in the area, this may get our members to come out and support our TB family.

AND by coincidence, The Eddie Brookshire Quintet will be playing the Dayton Jazz Festival on Sunday, June 9th at the brand new Levitt Pavilion right in the heart of Dayton, across the street from the Dayton Convention Center and on the grounds of the Crowne Plaza. We start at 7:30 pm.

https://www.daytonlocal.com/festivals/dayton-jazz-festival.asp

I lived in Dayton about 35 years ago; you make me wish I still lived there.