| Re: Contemporary sound
Hello, I believe that a contemporary sound can be obtained (in the long run) by applying what you've absorbed from your trumpet influences and putting that to use in contemporary musical settings. You have to experiment. Also there are certain things like excessive vibrato that can make your style sound "dated". I recently discovered Greg Adams playing "smooth jazz, or instrumental pop" and was very surprised to hear an "older mature person" playing this type of music so well and sounding very very hip, and young. Ingrid here has an amazing "contemporary" sound in a more straight ahead jazz setting. Just wanted to share my thoughts on this. Keep on playing, and like Ingrid said, have fun! All the best - James |