Sandy,
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Originally Posted by Khora  I see a lot of students spending a lot of time online - but the ones winning the jobs are the ones in the practice rooms / listening rooms. |
You can't mean less time on TrumpetMaster, can you? (nodding) I'll assume that you mean playing online games. (nodding again, even harder)
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Originally Posted by Khora Learn the rep early on in life - and learn it stone cold, so you can play it no matter what, in your sleep. Play it along with recordings if you don't have a chance to play it with an orchestra - that process is so simple these days with an iPod and headset! Push the tempos, dynamics, etc. in all directions. When you know this stuff in your sleep, you're really ready to take the auditions. |
Brava. I couldn't say this better. (nodding once more)
Best,
EC (stiff neck)