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When I awoke yesterday, I didn’t know exactly what was in store for the day. I knew there were a few things to get done related to my business, need to get in a good practice session on the horn, and beyond that I wasn’t 100% sure. My wife Sana has her days off on…
One thing I found particularly interesting in my interview with Chris Botti, which I published on the Trumpet Dynamics podcast last week, was how he had aspirations to be known as a great jazz trumpeter – yet the first album he published was a pop album. In fact, hardly anyone today knows him as a…
Last Thursday, I had the opportunity to meet the great Chris Botti in person and interview him for my Trumpet Dynamics podcast. You can listen to the interview here: https://trumpetdynamics.com/botti This was actually my second time interviewing Chris. The first time was when I was a wet-behind-the-ears podcaster and through a mutual connection was able to meet…
I’ve been recording and publishing interviews for nearly 9 years. And in that amount of time, I can count on one hand the number of times I’ve published a video version of the interview. I’m not referring to a video with a graphic and the interview playing on YouTube, I’m talking about the two people…
Something Vinnie Ciesielski, my recent guest on the Trumpet Dynamics podcast said multiple times is along the lines of he has been given a tiny amount of talent by his Creator, and he has “worked it, kneaded it, repurposed it for everything it’s worth.” That’s not a verbatim quote, but that’s the gist of it.…