Hmm. I have been playing for what will be my ninth year in about a month (started in fifth grade), and I have looked back and realized that I could have done so much better, I guess.
Of course, I had no plans on continuing my music until a couple of months ago (figured I was going to be either a car salesman or lumberjack..), so I guess I SHOULD say I have really been playing trumpet for about five months
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Since I've started really practicing and getting some books and started obsessing about trumpets way out of my price range (heh), my range has improved to a max Eb with comfort zone ending at a Bb, a heck of an improvement from max C with comfort zone at F/G!
I have been thinking of wild things to do with my musical career, and thought of studying abroad, going north and playing in a polka band (Anyone watched "Big Joe Polka" on RFDTV?), and hell, maybe going to Julliard or Northwestern for graduate studies!
Maybe I should have asked "What should I start working on to get to these levels I have set in my mind?"