derekkress

The secret to playing a free blowing horn is not to over blow. You have to let the horn work itself. We are so caught up with the sound we want to hear "in the section" as opposed to what should be heard 20-40-60-100 feet away.Unfortunately I never had the chance to play next to one of my heroes Arnie Chykowski(lead for Rob McConnell and the Boss Brass), but knowing the players who played with him they will tell you that no one in that section tried to play "loud" . Instead worked very hard at blending, balance etc... and let their equipment sing.I've learned over the years to relax and concentrate on the "focus" part of my playing , to project my sound forward instead of outward as in tune as possible with as many overtones as possible. No one equipment is suited for everybody but an open blowing horn has in my opinion more advantages than disadvantages!And I play a large mouthpiece, equivalent 1 1/2 C bach

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Celebration Bflat by Flip Oakes
Early Yamaha Flugel prototype(Guido Basso)
GR and Stork mouthpieces