@ButchA said in SEASON'S GREETINGS:
Here's a hilarious You Tube video I made once I plugged into the amp and started reading the owners manual. It's a BOSS KATANA ARTIST 1x12 massive 100 watt amp!
Warning: The last few amp settings are not for the faint of heart. You'll hear some vicious heavy metal guitar tones!
Now, that’s a “saving grace” type of mouthpiece!!! Does it come in 7c, and where can you get one?
@barliman2001
The idea of a plate, bridge, or implants sounds good following extraction when affordable. It sounds like you may have significant periodontal disease.
To temporize, another option to look into would be plastic brace to bridge the gap. It might help while playing. One brand in the United States is “Invisalign”. I have no idea of the cost involved is or what playing with one might be like.
Good luck!
@J-Jericho said in A little humour:
An oldie, but it gives me a chance/excuse to comment:
Q. What is the shortest period of time ever measured?
A. The period of time between the traffic light changing to green and the driver behind you blowing their horn in New York City (a.k.a. a New York second).My uncle (since deceased) never had this problem, as he would always launch before the light changed to green.
He lived in Brooklyn, not far at all from John Gotti's home. He and my aunt lived in a co-op, and he had to park his car on the street. Well, one day his car wouldn't start. He checked to see what was wrong, and the battery was gone. He replaced the battery, and the next time he went to his car, it was gone. Apparently the thieves didn't want starting problems, so they made sure my uncle's car had a new battery before they stole it.
I lived in Manhattan between 1970 and 1974. I would park my car between E23rd Street and the East River. After I lost my first battery I put a cable hood lock on the car. On a couple of occasions I found the hood unlatched but the cable saved my battery from being stolen.
After my car radio disappeared I replaced it with a RadioShack radio that I installed myself under the dash with duct tape. The geniuses who tried to steal the radio cut all my wires to the radio rather then pull the connectors apart, as they were designed to do, but didn’t have the technical ability to figure out how to cut the many layers of duct tape that I used to secure the radio under the dash board. I never could understand how the original thieves were sophisticated enough to remove the factory installed radio but the follow up thieves couldn’t figure out how to cut the duct tape or uncouple the connectors. I guess they were amateurs.
Here is a concert band virtual performance I put together from the New Horizons Band of Cape Cod. I chose this piece because the tempo does not change, the key does not change, and the music is not complicated. I used GarageBand for audio editing and iMovie for the video editing and production. The video (sound and picture) was recorded on the individual performers cell phone, many on the lower resolution “selfie side” of the phone.
@GeorgeB
I also sent this to a friend of mine, another trumpet player, who felt that this was a professional level production. He looked at the credits at the end and saw that girl’s father, Paul Langford, was involved in the production. He should be very proud of his daughter’s performance. The following are some of Paul Langford’s credits as provided to me by my friend.
Paul Langford
www.paullangfordmusic.com
Paul Langford Chicago based singer, arranger, keyboardist, producer and conductor, Paul Langford has a career that spans over 25 years. His work includes arranging for and performing with groups such as The Chicago Symphony Orchestra, the Chicagoland Pops, the Pensacola and LaCrosse Symphony Orchestras, and Walt Disney World.
Contact
Please use the following form to contact Paul: Your Name...
Studio
Paul owns and operates Paul Langford Studios, a state-of...
Booking
Chicago based singer, arranger, keyboardist, producer and...
Music
Featured Track. More Samples. Acappella Arrangements....
About Paul
Paul also appears as part of the singing duo, Penning and...
@Bb-Brass
Unfortunately GeorgeB passed away in 2023.
Below is a link to his obituary. He was a very nice gentleman as well as a frequent and relevant contributor to this site. He has been missed.
https://eaglesfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/1444/George-Bellefontaine/obituary.html
This is one I’ve seen before. Hopefully not here, and if so, hopefully not posted by me.
An aphorism is a statement of truth or opinion expressed in a concise and witty manner. The term is often applied to philosophical, moral and literary principles.
I read that 4,153,237 people got married last year. Not to cause any trouble, but shouldn't that be an even number?
l find it ironic that the colors red, white, and blue stand for freedom until they are flashing behind you.
When wearing a bikini, women reveal 90% of their body. Men are so polite they only look at the covered parts.
Relationships are a lot like algebra. Have you ever looked at your X and wondered Y?
America is a country which produces citizens who will cross the ocean to fight for democracy but won't cross the street to vote.
You know that tingly little feeling you get when you love someone? That's your common sense leaving your body.
My therapist says I have a preoccupation with vengeance. We'll see about that.
They say that money talks .. but all mine ever says is good-bye.
So you've put on a few pounds. You're not fat, you're just easier to see.
If you think nobody cares whether you're alive, try missing a couple of payments.
I have always wondered what the job application is like at Hooters. Do they just give you a bra and say, "Here, fill this out?"
I can't understand why women are OK that JC Penney has an older women's clothing line named, "Sag Harbor."
Denny's has a slogan, "If it's your birthday, the meal is on us." If you're in Denny's and it's your birthday, your life sucks!
The location of your mailbox shows you how far away from your house you can go in a robe before you start looking like a mental patient.
I think it's neat how Chinese people made a language entirely out of tattoos.
Money can't buy happiness, but it keeps the kids in touch!
The reason Mayberry was so peaceful and quiet was because nobody was married. Andy, Aunt Bea, Barney, Floyd, Howard, Goober, Gomer, Sam, Ernest T. Bass, Helen, Thelma Lou, Clara and, of course, Opie, were all single. The only married person was Otis, and he stayed drunk.
The two person band version of Bolero, posted above, a month ago, was in preparation for a larger project I put together for the “New Horizons Band of Cape Cod”, which I am a member of. It served as a feasibility study as well as a source of individual instrumental click tracks for the below linked project. The New Horizons Band project used the same band arrangement. It was open to any band member, as well as local high school and middle school students by invitation of the Band Director. The end result was complicated and had a lot of moving parts. The lead up story was modified. The video is 11 minutes long and continues well beyond where you see “The End” on the screen to give a more conventional “encore” performance. It is best viewed on a tablet or computer screen and listened to with decent speakers, headphones, or earbuds. The individual parts were recorded on cell phones.
“Trains” by Blue Note Tokyo All Star Jazz Orchestra conducted by Eric Miyashiro
Very sad news. George was a very nice person. He will be missed, not only by his family and friends in Canada, but here as well.
@j-jericho said in Progress in my comeback:
Nice story. I think we'll hear more from her in the future.
Entering the time machine, here is another child prodigy through the years who is now age 22, Lucienne Renaudin Vary.
“French trumpeter Lucienne Renaudin Vary can be called a prodigy, making major concert appearances in French venues throughout her teenage years and releasing her first major-label album at 18. Her training and her debut album on Warner Classics have been notable for their mixture of classical, jazz, and pop repertory.
Vary was born in Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire, France, on January 28, 1999. Showing talent early on the trumpet, she enrolled at the Conservatory of Le Mans in 2007, taking classical trumpet lessons from Philippe Lafitte and jazz instruction from Santiago Quintans. At the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse in Paris, she matriculated at first as a classical trumpet student, under Clément Garrec, but in 2017 she added jazz and improvisation to her course of study. Vary's record of strong competition showings began in 2010 with a win at the Selmer Le Parnasse contest, and in November of that year she finished third in the European Competition for Young Trumpet Players, even though the contest was for players 14 through 17, and she was only 11.
Vary made her first festival appearances in 2012 at the Eurochestrie and Annecy festivals. In 2013 she appeared on French television in a tribute to trumpeter Maurice André, and by 2014 she had a busy festival schedule that included appearances in Colmar, Antibes, and Royan, performing at the last-named in a duet with star English trumpeter Alison Balsom. She also gave her first major jazz concert that year, in Le Mans at the city's Nuit de chimères event. Since then, she has divided her time roughly equally between classical and jazz appearances. Vary won a Victoire de la musique classique award in 2016 in the category of Instrumental Soloist Revelation. She made a guest soloist appearance at the Cartagena Music Festival in Colombia in 2017, becoming the festival's youngest-ever soloist and making her debut in the Americas.
The Voice of the Trumpet
In 2013
Vary made her recording debut on an album by French trumpeter Guy Touvron, playing a work by Benedetto Marcello and joining Touvron on two-trumpet concertos by Saverio Mercadanteand G.F. Handel. In 2016 she was signed to the Warner Classics label and issued her solo debut, The Voice of the Trumpet, the following year. The program combined classical works, few of them standards, with jazz treatments of Broadway hits.”
At age 16:
At age 19:
At age 21:
More musical innovation:
While under lockdown, here are two examples of how you can expand your musical horizons without a large monetary investment:
@Chuck-Rose
Welcome! May this site “bring you fair winds and following seas” on your trumpet playing journey as well as all others.
@ssmith1226 said in Need some information on this item.:
The latest iteration of the buzzit:
These are actually used to catch Trumpetfish, Cornetfish, Guitarfish, Fiddler Rays, Banjo Catfish, and Drum.
Your history is similar to mine. My layoff was 44 years and I came back 7 years ago. The trumpet is my main form of recreation and relaxation.
Enjoy the ride and welcome to the site.
Harrison Sheckler, a music student from Brooklyn College, put together 300 musicians and singers from 15 countries. This is the result.
For those who wish more details, here is a link to news article:
https://www.ketv.com/article/a-music-student-united-a-300-person-virtual-choir-the-video-of-the-song-they-sang-took-200-hours-to-edit/32426858
