| Salutations
Greetings all, my name is Douglas Park, but most of my friends call me 'Doc'. I am originally from Manhattan, but have been away from there for quite some time. Currently, I reside in Bangor Maine, but am expecting to move within the next six months or so. Between the center of the world and the border of Canada I have lived near Hudson, NY; and in Camden, SC; Great Lakes, IL; Pascagoula/Gulfport, MS: and Jacksonville, FL.
I first picked up a trumpet when I was around ten years old and played fairly regularly, through school band and outside events, until shortly after I turned eighteen.
At that time, I am sad to say, my career choices finally got too much for me to continue regular practice, and I bequeathed my original horn, a 'Bb' off the shelf (probably a Yamaha) to my little sister, who still owns and plays it.
Flash forward five or six years to about a half-year ago when I found myself with some extra time, and cash, and decided to go pick up another horn. For some reason I got it into my head that I wanted to leave what I remembered of the 'Bb' horns and move to a 'C' instrument.
All of my reasons seemed justified at the time, but looking back now, I am pretty sure that it had something to do with the shiny Conn 'C' from the old Elkhart plant (1976 or 77) sitting in the window that had a price I couldn’t beat coupled with my impetuous nature.
Since then I have been trying to re-train my ear to think in 'C' instead of 'Bb', and retrain my lips to buzz for hours without feeling like I just got done kissing cacti.
Things of note are that with my job I probably won’t do too much regular posting.
-Doc |