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@Dr-GO said in pet peeves:

@SSmith1226 said in pet peeves:

I will ruminate over that.

For that, you get my udder respect.

That is very kind of you. Your words make me feel like I am teetering on the verge of something big.

I’m sure that many of you saw the 2019 multiple Academy Award Film, La La Land. There was a Bar Jazz Club House Band depicted with a heavy set featured trumpet player, played by Bijon Watson. He is an outstanding lead, commercial, studio, pit orchestra, and jazz trumpet player. He has been called to fill in at the Hollywood Bowl, when the parts are too demanding range wise for the regular players.
He was more than able and overqualified to play what ever music the house band played in the context of the movie. Obviously his portrayal was extremely realistic. The irony of it all is that as he was playing the trumpet seamlessly on screen, a friend of his, Wayne Bergeron was playing In the studio what you heard on the Movie’s sound track.
By the way, he was a featured as a soloist at the 2017 ITG. Below is a performance video featuring Bijon and a second video of some scenes from the movie.

@bigdub said in Lawler C7 P s 119:

@kehaulani
Pretty sure there are horns with better intonation than others.
Otherwise we would all be playing Bundy's.
True?

No, Mendini by Cecilio!!!

Expressionism.... Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it radically for emotional effect in order to evoke moods or ideas.

@Vulgano-Brother said in A little humour:

Prequel
Imagine this: A knock on the door. The victim answers it. The President of the Condo Association says, “We have all taken a vote and want to offer you $150 for your Banjo.” The victim thinks about it and says, “No.”

Any suggestions for a case for my new horn?
Youtube Video

The Ukrainian National Anthem played in subway station repurposed as a bomb shelter in Kyiv.

Lyrics in English:
The glory and freedom of Ukraine has not yet perished
Luck will still smile on us brother-Ukrainians.
Our enemies will die, as the dew does in the sunshine,
and we, too, brothers, we'll live happily in our land.

We’ll not spare either our souls or bodies to get freedom
and we’ll prove that we brothers are of Kozak kin.

What are the original lyrics to Ukraine’s national anthem?

In Ukrainian alphabet:
Ще не вмерла України і слава, і воля,
Ще нам, браття молодії, усміхнеться доля.
Згинуть наші воріженьки, як роса на сонці.
Запануєм і ми, браття, у своїй сторонці.

Душу й тіло ми положим за нашу свободу,
І покажем, що ми, браття, козацького роду.

In Latin alphabet:
Shche ne vmerla Ukrayiny, ni slava, ni volya,
Shche nam, brattya-ukrayintsi, usmikhnet’sya dolya.
Zginut’ nashi vorizhen’ki, yak rosa na sontsi,
Zazhivemo i mi, brattya, u svoyiy storontsi.

Dushu y tilo mi polozhim za nashu svobodu
I pokazhem, shcho mi, brattya, kozats’kogo rodu.

https://www.classicfm.com/discover-music/periods-genres/national-anthems/ukraine-state-song-lyrics-english-translation/

@Vulgano-Brother said in A little humour:

What's the definition of perfect pitch? When you throw a banjo in the bin and it lands on an accordion.

FULL YOUTH ORCHESTRA PLAYS MAHLER FROM HOME
By Norman Lebrecht
On March 27, 2020
The New York Youth Symphony had to cancel its spring date at Carnegie Hall but nothing was going to stop them playing.

Click on link below for a movement of Mahler’s first symphony, 74 young musicians playing from home, conducted by Michael Repper.

https://slippedisc.com/2020/03/unbelieee-vable-full-youth-orchestra-plays-mahler-from-home/

@dr-go said in What are you listening to?:

An amazing example of teamwork:

https://www.facebook.com/watch?v=1587756054984781

Try this one!

@Dr-GO

Two months before the start of “The New Reality” this video was released. They must have been clairvoyant.

When you go to see the symphony, you never expect to join the performance impromptu.
But that’s exactly what happened to one man who stepped in from the audience.

WRTV’s Megan Shinn spoke to Scott Deal, who had the once in a lifetime opportunity.

Watch the video below for Deal’s story.

I know that Barliman had a similar experience with a Big Band Performance., that he has relayed in a post in the past. Has anyone else been called to perform from the audience mid performance?

Youtube Video

@ButchA said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

I know this is the Off Topic section, so I just wanted to ask a quick question after returning from a little hiatus... When not practicing trumpet, playing gigs with bands, does anyone like to go fishing in their free time?

Even more than fishing, I love catching, especially when my kids were growing up, taking them fishing / catching. My son now, nearly 37, takes his kids down to a lake to fish. The following are some of his catches when he was four and nine.

Mahler No. 2- Resurrection Sympjony
The conductor, Karel Mark Chichon has put together a Mahler-2 highlights video with 79 home-bound musicians of the Orquesta Filarmónica de Gran Canaria and his wife, soprano Elina Garanca. This was all put together with 80 separate cellphone videos.

This past weekend I had the opportunity to listen to, as well as play trumpet ensembles with a 16-year-old girl from Central Florida. She played circles around me and had a fantastic sound. Her sight reading was superb and her range was at least to G above high C. Trumpet playing is no longer just a boy’s sport.
Oh, I forgot to mention, the talented teenage trumpet player is Dr. Mark’s Daughter.

@ButchA
The fish was catch and release. Estimated 500 pounds. Had an estimated 900 pounder on for a short while and pulled the hooks. Had a 800-900 lb Blue Marlin on in Puerto Rico that looked considerably larger then the boat we were on. We released him, or I should say, he released us after about an hour of playing with us. Coincidentally at the time we were in Puerto Rico to attend the Heineken Jazz Festival with Arturo Sandoval as the headliner. See !!! I made it about Trumpets after all.
Here is s photo of a catch and release 150 lb Tarpon at the side of the boat at home in the Florida Keys.

This covers two current discussions:


@Tobylou8 said in Anyone like fishing? (when taking a break from Trumpet, that is...):

Love fishing. Prefer wading mountain streams with ultra light gear. White Miller maybe the best lure I've ever used. It catches everything. Nothing like landing a 3 pound trout or large mouth bass in clear mountain water only 2-3 ft deep! I did catch a 5 pound Largemouth in a muddy pond whose eye was bigger than the spoon on the lure!! Will try to find the pic on my phone and post later.

I understand completely the thrill and challenge of ultra light gear, which uses 2-6 lb test line. Everything is relative though. The tarpon above weighing around 150 lbs was caught and landed on 20 lb test ( the heavy line in the photo is the leader). It dragged us over the flats (2-3 feet deep), into the channels ( 10-15) feet deep, tried to drag us under a bridge, and the fight lasted about an hour before we could get the fish to the side of the boat for a release. I’ve been in sailfish and marlin tournaments where we were given 17 lb test line that was required to be used, and released fish at the side of the boat. I’ve also caught pacific sailfish on fly rod with 16-20 lb tippets. Everything is relative. For example the tarpon above would be the equivalent of catching a 15 pound fish on 2 lb test given equal environmental issues.