| It's really tough. I'm lucky in that I teach band. I play with every class. So I get a lot of long tones, flexibilities, and scales at work. When I get home I can just jam with Band in a Box or work Arbans. It is hard with a family. My wife and daughter think I love the trumpet more than I love them. My wife knew what she was getting when we got married (25 years ago) and basically has been pretty patient. She had lived her whole life in the same house. Then she married me and it was off to Denton, Tx. for 3 years, then to St. Louis, and finally to the Nashville area. But it does bother her that I spend so much time with the horn.
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"Music is a fire in your belly that has to come out of your mouth, so you'd better put a horn in the way before someone gets hurt" (paraphrase of Bleeding Gums Murphy) |