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Trumpet Matters: Becoming an Unstoppable Force
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Monday, May 11, 2015. Becoming an Unstoppable Force. Winning an audition is not about staying calm and avoiding mistakes. It's about presenting an impressive musical product, one that will not be hindered by nerves or adverse circumstances. You must be so confident in the musical message, that you are able to play it anytime and anywhere. Your internals must defeat the external assaults. Be preparing yourself for your most convincing musical presentation possible! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).
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Trumpet Matters: February 2015
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Saturday, February 21, 2015. Getting Out of Jail. Does your practice room feel like a prison cell? About as exciting as Buster Keaton's deadpan stare? Here are a few suggestions that might help you break out of that solitary confinement:. 1 Practice with eavesdroppers in mind. 2 Don't stop listening to those who inspire you. 3 Practice singing each passage perfectly with full dramatic impact. 4 Make all fundamentals musical. 5 Turn boring drills into beautiful phrases. 7 Play ballads on flugelhorn.
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Trumpet Matters: Got Anger?
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Thursday, April 23, 2015. Got an audition coming up? Tired of fretting and wondering what the committee will think of you? Try injecting large doses of anger, and then just play hard! The stage is no place for fear or self doubt. Squash the fear monster with the anger monster. Unleash the mad demon on the fear demon. Fierce determination is way more impressive than careful, cautious coziness. Your winning formula: Artistry Anger = Job! Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). View my complete profile.
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Trumpet Matters: December 2014
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Saturday, December 06, 2014. To think, or not to think? Too much thinking about your playing can be just as bad as too little. Both can end poorly. A performance can be crippled by over-thinking as well as by recklessness. Somewhere there is a safe middle ground between brains and no brains, between too much caution and none at all. Think about this: The question is not about thinking but about sounding. A total focus on the beauty of the product. A great performance is about great music-making.
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Trumpet Matters: June 2015
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Sunday, June 14, 2015. Passing the Pencil Test. There they sit, that great and powerful audition committee lurking behind that huge screen. Each judge wields with great authority his or her pencil which serves as note-taker and timekeeper. They wait patiently for someone, anyone, to save the day and play in time! But no. Contestant after mediocre contestant fails to correctly match the notes with the tapping pencils. And so comes that dreaded response, "Thank you. Next! Why not eliminate that problem?
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Trumpet Matters: May 2015
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Monday, May 11, 2015. Becoming an Unstoppable Force. Winning an audition is not about staying calm and avoiding mistakes. It's about presenting an impressive musical product, one that will not be hindered by nerves or adverse circumstances. You must be so confident in the musical message, that you are able to play it anytime and anywhere. Your internals must defeat the external assaults. Be preparing yourself for your most convincing musical presentation possible! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom).
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Trumpet Matters: Getting Out of Jail
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Saturday, February 21, 2015. Getting Out of Jail. Does your practice room feel like a prison cell? About as exciting as Buster Keaton's deadpan stare? Here are a few suggestions that might help you break out of that solitary confinement:. 1 Practice with eavesdroppers in mind. 2 Don't stop listening to those who inspire you. 3 Practice singing each passage perfectly with full dramatic impact. 4 Make all fundamentals musical. 5 Turn boring drills into beautiful phrases. 7 Play ballads on flugelhorn.
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Trumpet Matters: October 2014
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Thursday, October 30, 2014. What's the purpose of practicing? Is the purpose of playing just to practice? And should we continue plowing through that same checklist of assignments hoping for a good result? How easy it is to loose sight of where we're going and why. There is always a gap between how we sound and how we want to sound. The main purpose of practicing is to shrink that gap as quickly as possible. Sound like a student! Wednesday, October 08, 2014. Practicing the Midas Touch. Sadly, it is the 8...
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Trumpet Matters: March 2014
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Saturday, March 22, 2014. A Trumpet Lesson with Professor Mahler. Professor: Come on in, you're next! Student: Hi, Professor Mahler. Professor: I hope you're warmed up, because I've got a lot of stuff I am expecting you to play well for me today. Student: What kind of stuff, Professor Mahler? PROFESSOR MAHLER'S TRUMPET STUFF:. Lyric sweetness not expected of trumpet players. Long fluid chorales in all registers. Gnarly fanfares, fast and slow, soft and loud. Sudden rude pokes and jabs. Rather than anothe...
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Trumpet Matters: To think, or not to think?
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Saturday, December 06, 2014. To think, or not to think? Too much thinking about your playing can be just as bad as too little. Both can end poorly. A performance can be crippled by over-thinking as well as by recklessness. Somewhere there is a safe middle ground between brains and no brains, between too much caution and none at all. Think about this: The question is not about thinking but about sounding. A total focus on the beauty of the product. A great performance is about great music-making.
