John Ericson, 10/30/2011

Name that YouTube Horn

Embedded in the article yesterday was one of the more recent videos of horn solos by Steve Park. It gave me a case of the game lots of horn players play, “name that horn.” In his older videos he used a Conn 8D. This video, for example (his number 1 video in his YouTube series [...]

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3 Aspects of Achieving Fame and a Look at the Park Effect

Bruce Hembd, 10/29/2011

So, you want to be famous? Our recent report - Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups (NRIAG) - takes a glimpse into that and other interesting trends. That being said, any number of conclusions can be drawn and there is not a lot to get excited about. Conclusions from this study can be really only be looked at as [...]

Mouthpiece Multitasking and ‘French’ Horn Poll Results; Introducing the Park Effect

Bruce Hembd, 10/27/2011

It has been an active week in terms of collecting and presenting survey data. Now that some time has passed, the time seems right to close previous polls and also to put forth an opinion on the Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups in the Online (French) Horn Community Report. Specifically I would like to address [...]

4 Key Things the Great Horn Players Have

John Ericson, 10/27/2011

You love the horn. You want to ramp it up to a new level. Besides accuracy and general technique there are four key things that the great horn players all have that you need to focus in on developing to the maximum as you practice. Strength and endurance. So how do we develop that? The [...]

From the Who’s Who Survey: 14 New Comparison Charts in a New Report

Bruce Hembd, 10/26/2011

UPDATED: Weds. PM – the link to the original report has been fixed. * * * Crunching the numbers from the report Name Recognition, Influence and Age Groups in the Online (French) Horn Community, another layer of the onion is peeled away for us to look at. Survey takers were asked a simple Yes or [...]

Hornmasters on Average Tonguing, Part III: Fox and Berv

John Ericson, 10/25/2011

Continuing our series, we turn to two more Classic horn methods for their notes on tonguing, both of which hit on some ideas outside of the conventional wisdom on the topic. Fred Fox in Essentials of Brass Playing has quite a bit to say about tonguing. He begins his general discussion from the angle of [...]

‘Answers’ to the Names on the Who’s Who Survey

Bruce Hembd, 10/24/2011

Here are online resources for the names used in the Who’s Who survey - in a single list. Radek Baborák Andrew Bain Dale Clevenger Stefan Dohr Annamia Eriksson Ronald Janezic Richard King Frank Lloyd Philip Meyers Jennifer Montone Marie Luise Neunecker Marc Papeghin Steve Park David Pyatt Arkady Shilkloper James Sommerville James Thatcher Richard Todd Tom [...]