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A couple of weeks ago, my 7-year old son Gabriel asked me if he could play Call of Duty. Of course, I’m currently in Vietnam, and he’s in the U.S. So I don’t know exactly what would have happened had I said, “Yes, dear son, you have my permission to permanently corrupt your mind with…
I was having a bit of writer’s block this morning, trying to decide what to write about for my daily email/blog. Well, trying to decide would imply I had a couple of options to choose from. I had nothing, so I asked my son Gabriel via FaceTime what I should write about. “Write about how…
“Always be serious, but never take yourself too seriously.” That’s a quote I heard from General Douglas MacArthur in his farewell address to the cadets at West Point. I had a subscription to G. Edward Griffin’s audio series called “The Reality Zone” about 15 years ago, and MacArthur’s address was on one of the shipments…
For immediate release: Trumpeter James Newcomb is thrilled to announce a collaboration with Vietnamese virtuoso pianist Đoàn Nhật Anh for a mini-series of concerts in the EcoPark area, just outside of the capital city of Hanoi. “I became familiar with Nhat last fall when my wife showed me his facebook profile. I was blown away with…
I’ve been in contact with Adam Rapa about buying a new instrument from his new Lotus line of trumpets. If you’re not a trumpet player, or if you’re a trumpet player who lives under a rock (I do know a few) Adam is a terrific player; one of the better high registers I’ve seen/heard –…