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It’s no secret that our bodies, our minds, our perspectives in life change as we age. Yet we often believe that what we learned about playing trumpet while we were in our teens and early twenties will continue to work as we get older. Maybe it’s because we heard something in a masterclass and decided…
The US Open is upon us, perhaps the most commercialized and ego-driven event of perhaps the most commercialized and ego-driven sport, which is individual tennis. Why doubles teams don’t get anywhere near the attention of the individuals, I have no idea. If you think about it, an overt showing of individual effort is a welcome…
In the year 1972, on or about, in the tiny town of Brookings, South Dakota, a simple kiss on the hand of a high school girl led indirectly to the birth of a quite prolific musical family. The great Rafael Mendez, one of the most accomplished and stunningly virtuosic trumpeters of the 20th century was…
The summer of 1994 will go down as one of the highlights of my entire life. That was the year I graduated high school, after which I toured the United States with the Madison Scouts Drum and Bugle Corps. For those who don’t know the first thing about drum corps, imagine the marching band at…
In September 2015, I had an idea for a podcast focused exclusively on my longtime friend and nemesis, the trumpet. I had no idea what was going to come of it. I just knew that 1) I was a diehard fan of trumpet and 2) podcasting was something I wanted to do for the long…