Category: Thoughts
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Plants from my house part 4
I was afraid I missed my chance to see them because they slipped past the horizon. But Venus was so bright, I saw it through the trees.
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Plants from my house Part 3
Today is the longest day of the year. But the summer solstice is not why I’m excited. I’ve been following these planets for about a month now.
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Planets from my house part 2
earlier I shared a picture of Venus and Jupiter. Here is an other image as the two planets get closer in our night sky.
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BuzzFeed Made Me Cry
Generally I go to BuzzFeed to laugh at something or checkout something related to music. Then they hit me with a video about kids of asian parents thanking them for the sacrifices they made for them. I couldn’t help but to think of my parents and grandparents. The bit about students loans hit me the…
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Auto Correct…!
Originally posted on Humorous Dispassionate: Hey auto correct, quit tampering with my curse words you mother forklift !?
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MTV, Grief and My Grandparents
I’m sitting at home enjoying episodes of Ridiculousness on MTV and missing my grandparents. I realize how odd this must sound, but this show was put in front of me after my grandmothers funeral. After spending a week with my grandmother, where I watched as she slipped away from us. I boarded a plane hoping to just be…
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Title Change for this Blog
Sometimes I have ideas that I need help with. I’m hoping some of you can help with this by participating in this poll. I think the name of this blog could use an update, these are my ideas. This is my coffee cup. I just had a sip and thought about adding a picture of…
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Clark Terry RIP
One of my favorite moments as a trumpet student was listening to Clark Terry warm up back stage before a performance. He is also responsible for helping to shape my view of music and becoming a musician. In a master class his quote to the class about improvisation was “first you must imitate, then you…
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The Mouthpiece Question
I know what your thinking, yet another trumpeter writing about the importance of mouthpiece selection and striking the perfect balance between back-bore and throat size. I happen to follow all those trends religiously but this isn’t another one of those rants. Coincidentally, I currently play a Laskey 75C with a standard throat and back-bore, not…
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I Was Feeling This Way Also
Recently I listened to an NPR classical music podcast call Conducting Business. The subject of that talk was related to my blog post Faces At Concerts. During the podcast the host Naomi Lewin facilitated a group discussion about the diversity of both audiences and members of major symphony orchestras in the United States. I’m glad…
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