I started pretty late at 19. Anyway, the first contact with a trumpet was on a garden party, where somebody had a trumpet and I had fun honking like crazy on that thing. Later on a friend of the family came to our home, made me try playing and I could play a C major scale right away. That was the beginning and I soon played in a church brass ensemble, then also in an amateur symphony orchestra. Finally I switched to jazz and am currently playing in a big band. That is the short version.
