February 12, 2009 by John Ericson
Archived under: Deep thoughts, Horn study | Brass players, Tips
What’s the Goal Here?
One site I follow is Trumpet Matters, the blog of Phil Collins, former principal trumpet of the Cincinnati Symphony and Pops Orchestras and Adjunct Professor of trumpet at CCM. In his recent post “Put Progress on the Fast Track” he wrote,
One of my boys’ teachers at CIM suddenly stopped to ask him this question in the midst of his lesson. “So, what’s the goal here?” Play all the notes in tune?, he guessed. “No, to be gainfully employed!” He let that sink in for a moment.
Read it all, and keep your focus on the goals.
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