| I think I agree with you... that the regional norm of trumpet timbre is the archetype. Also, what the major teachers in the area are saying is the "correct" sound. I'm a free-lancer now on the east coast, but spent a short time on the west. I started as a legit player, then saw the writing on the wall and am now doing jazz/commercial/show work. I've had the experience first-hand of being "looked down upon" on an east coast legit gig because I showed up with my Reeves/Calicchio set-up [yes I have a reeves piece as well]. It didn't matter that the cats playing in the rest of the section were out of tune whenever they changed registers, were splitting attacks and straining to make their Bach set-ups "work"... Don't you know they were doing it the "right way" [ and I'm talking free-lance gigs with so-called major symphony players].
I didn't see this attitude when I lived in California. And more and more I'm seeing a lot more of the younger commercial guys on the east coast playing with whatever works for them and accepting the other set-ups [a lot more "west coast" type of set-ups are starting to show up on commercial gigs here]. The legit players just have too much tradition to unload and maybe even a fear of change. |