I don't usually have problems with chapped lips, but lately, my lips have been getting chapped every week, and it's starting to get me down.
I tried beeswax - no good- and a few other stick-type meds off the shelf, without luck. So I thought I'd better just get on Amazon and get some Chopshaver. I ...

I have just kicked off a new brass quintet. (Two rehearsals so far) I love playing quintet, but I haven't been involved in one for 30 years, so I figure if I want to do it, I'll have to build the book and launch! For now, we are not doing any standard rep.
I'm doing a lot of listening and searching ...

I just watched the first few minutes, and I'm laughing my as876 off. Just what I needed today. I'm watching the whole thing tonight. Oh, I'll listen for tuba, but mainly looking for some good ol' time light comedy. Thanks Ed. BTW, I think I'll skip the Odyssey and watch this one.

https://youtu.be/I1LOI9r4PAw

tj

I am trying to buy this as soon as I figure out how to use the site.
https://musicrioja.com/products/lipcam- ... ntact_form

TJ

I always wanted to see this view. I wish the video showed a variety of pitches. Some pedal tones would be good so we could see that the lips don't actually buzz/hit to produce sound.
https://youtu.be/y4sr2mxYLNc?si=XxUgCWVc55064Qw9

On a whim and maybe a little tuba boredom, I decided to pick up the Giddings Jon Sass mouthpiece off eBay the other day.
Also, I couldn’t resist the description. (listed below) Not sure who wrote this, but what other mouthpiece can do all this?
Besides the boastful and over-the-top description, I ...

Yes, try a heavier-gauge string. Also, elevate the E string a bit. Sometimes I will elevate each string slightly higher from G to E... just a hair. I do this even more on my upright setup.

Round-wounds will give more overtones, and flats are usually less resonant. I use half-rounds quite often ...

Re: Lesley Varner (Ball State)
Post by runelk » Wed Apr 25, 2018 12:27 pm

He was my undergrad teacher at what was then Southwest Texas State University (now Texas State) in San Marcos, Tx. He was part-time faculty and worked in his parents jewelry store that was on the main strip by the campus ...

yes, they are long gone, as is the money i received for them.

The search is going reasonably well. Not really producing that much because I'm now convinced there's just not much in print/published. I have come to grips with the fact that the best jazz arrangers & composers are not inclined to score for brass quintet or any other classical chamber group. I have ...

HAPPY NEW YEAR!
I'm starting in on my bucket list early!
I'm looking for some really hip jazz arrangements for a brass quintet. I have been all over the web, and I have only found a handful of Jack Gale arrangements on the Canadian Brass site that spark my interest. artofmusicsound.com seems to ...

I purchased a very nice South Bend lathe a year or so ago. It is certainly large enough to turn a tuba mouthpiece. Looks like a piece of 2-inch stock will cost around $40 for the 4 inches I need for a mouthpiece. - If I buy a 14-18 inch length for a couple of hundred dollars.

Lathes seem plentiful ...

I have given this method a little time, off and on, since I bought it long ago. I have the original edition. It seems like studies I’ve had over a long period of time always have a different meaning and effect on me when I revisit them.

This time, I’m digging deep and giving it much more time in ...

I just saw this on Marketplace and had to laugh!


Weirmar trombone with Case & Nozzle. Excellent condition. $125.

T

I'll never forget making the elephant "call" back in high school. Two sousaphone players facing each other hold the bells tight together and blow like hell. It is glorious! I guess we invented that version, as I had never seen it before,

TJ

Something cool to look at!

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/it ... tn__=!%3AD

Sold!

I have not played this horn much since I got it. A little to heavy for me and I have a Wessex BBb helicon that I like for jazz gigs... plus the recently acquired 184 has all my attention.
This 1961 Reynolds Contempora BBb recording bass really plays well. The high range has a great vibrant feel and ...

I had one of these years ago. The tone is amazing. The build is incredible as well. Best I could tell, mine was from around 1900. The Vitak emblem was present but a little more ornate. At that time, I found articles on the web discussing the unique brass alloy of these instruments, accounting for ...