cloudnine

Hi there! This seems to be a fantastic resource and discussion place from what I've read so far.

I'm currently a student at York University in the jazz guitar program. I just picked up the trumpet about three weeks ago after deciding that I was ready for some new musical juices to flow - and why not my favorite jazz instrument? I'm absolutely in love with it so far. I love the fact that it's a totally intimate thing - unlike guitar, the horn is connected right to your body - no strings, picks, amplification, or anything. Just you and the instrument, and what you put it into it is literally what you get out of it. Good lord, that sounded like a shoddy Danielle Steele excerpt.

I've just got a Yamaha student model at the moment, the YTR-1335. I'm sure it's nothing special, but at $17 a month rental and a general consensus that Yamaha is a solid brand, it seems to be working out really well so far.

I'm taking a bunch of lessons from local folks and soaking up all I can at the moment. Picked up a couple exercise books, I'm still working on getting past C above middle C, but it's coming, albeit slowly. I don't sound quite like a dying cat anymore - just a suffering one.

Anyway, it's great to find a forum like this, and I hope to contribute what little I can do it, and just keep learning.

Thanks very much!
Sean