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My Gigantic Mouthpiece Conquers ALL!
At the opera.*
The math is simple:
Rigoletto + iPhone + long measures rest =
*Humor
Flexible Career Goals
Flexibility is key.
Jason Heath at Arts Addict does some belly-button gazing on the topic of "how did I get here?" in "The Puzzle of...
Work Through the Suck: The Cycle of High and Low
We all go through cycles of highs and lows. In any given day, for example, your entire physiological system goes through a cycle of...
Finding Your Path
Crossroads can have many branches.
Many musicians like myself experience a pivotal moment in their lives when they hit the full-time orchestral employment wall and...
A Trumpeter’s Revenge
A hilarious video.
A colleague pointed this video out to me posted recently by Jeffrey Curnow, the Associate Principal Trumpet of the Philadelphia Orchestra.
In the...
Daydreaming in the Rests; Breathing and Blowing
A bit of free association.
During rehearsals of Verdi's Rigoletto this past weekend, I had a stream of free-associative thought during a long period of...
Those That Can't Do, Teach
Debunking a misguided popular phrase.
Those that can't do, teach.
Occasionally this saying (or a close variation) pops up in casual conversation. It is a saying...
Sexy Musicians; Rock Me Amadeus!
Introducing Venus von Hilf.
A recent article - "Too Hot to Handel" - at Playboy.com features a voting contest for the "sexiest babes" in the...
Review: Happy Aniversary to Horn Articles Online
One of the oldies but goodies.
I just noticed (!) that John Ericson's Horn Articles Online has hit its ten-year anniversary - a noteworthy accomplishment...
A Brain for Clam Control
There is nothing new about clam-xiety.
A great deal of attention has been flagged here recently on the issue of cracked notes on the horn...