| Comeback player new here.....
Greetings,
My name is Michael Constantin. I live in central California. I am 45 years old, love God and my family. I played through high school; even spent some time with Maynard Ferguson back stage in 1974 while he was touring and playing his Chameleon album stuff. My family was grooming me to be a pro which I was dreaming of becoming. Well, my family disintegrated when I was 16 and so did my trumpet playing. I took another road and am now a former cop/military, 7th degree black belt martial arts professor and school owner. I have been playing guitar and piano, but, wondering for 20 something years what I could have been on the trumpet. I started playing again a few years ago for a year and a half then was forced by work to put it up again. Well, four weeks ago I started playing again after crying out to God. I am playing along with some Maynard Ferguson CDs. I also started training with the principal trumpet player for the Tulare County Symphony. I played a double high C for him on my 1st lesson and he freaked! Well, then he saw the state of my sight reading and the freak out was over. Anyway, I will play from now until God brings me home. My goal is to play professionally as a lead jazz/contemporary Christian artist. I start college jazz and concert band in August and will be slowly putting a Christian contemporary/big band/funk/rock fusion group together. Kind of like Maynard Ferguson meets the Christian group "The Newsboys" ! Anyway, I hope it's not too late for me. I am playing things I never dreamed possible at 4 weeks. I hope God lays His hands on me and gives me a pro career. I bought a "Blessing" LTML-1S, professional jazz/lead horn. When I get some financial freedom I will upgrade equipment. Anyway, I look forward to learning as much as I can from you all. Any advice or resources would be appreciated more than words can say. God's blessings to all of you,
Mike |