http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb Take a break from trumpet talk. en Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:07:58 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/images/trumpetminer/misc/rss.jpg http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/prince-returns__humor-nordlandstrompet-50698.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:35:29 GMT My Dear American Friends, this is your friend Prince Ndugood of Nigeria writing to thank you for your many appreciations of my emails and your much... My Dear American Friends, this is your friend Prince Ndugood of Nigeria writing to thank you for your many appreciations of my emails and your much kind words. I am overjoyed with gladness to bring you the news that I have been invited to your country for a celebration of jazz and world music at the Obama White House. My village's touring band, Dark Incontinent, will be playing the jazz of music for your new president. The band is also learning the American traditional song "Hell To The Chief" , to play for the president. (I had thought that Mr. Obama was merely your president, but apparently he is a chief as well! What a truly great man!)
I will be leaving soon for your country. I am still filling out the secret service clearance form for jazz musicians (Q. Are you now or have you ever been a member of an organization the advocated the violent overthrow of diatonic harmony? Q. Have you visited the middle-east or played in the Phrygian mode during the past 12 months. Q. Do you have a license to carry a concealed animal?).
I hope that you will be able to attend the musical performance. The band will be playing many of the great presidential jazz tunes:

--This Mass Parade (inauguration theme)
--I Loves You Putin
--Kim Jong il Wind
--Ain't Misappropriatin'
--Stars Fell Upon Obama
--Impeachable You
--(Senate) Confirmation
--Goodbye Porkbarrel Hat
--I Could Write A Bill
--I Remember Clark Clifford
--My Little Vote
--Mr. P.C.
--And a couple of Nigerian jazz standards: Nancy With the Hyena Face
Tse Tse Bon
(from the album As Victoria Falls, So Falls Victoria Falls).

The band will also be performing special tunes for the President's cabinet members, such as:
Secretary of Defense: Dear Old Stockpile
Secretary of the Treasury: Mounting Greenery, When I Fall In Debt
FBI Director: I've Got You Under Surveillance
Budget Director: Just Squeeze Me
Secretary of State (Hillary Clinton): Wedding Bill Blues
EPA Director: How Deep Is the Ozone


As you can see this will be a wonderful occasion. There is only one obstacle to my appearance at the ceremony. I will need to quickly raise $132,050 for my airfare. I am sorry to have to ask you for this money but I have been a victim of the recent worldwide financial plunge, particularly the collapse of the market for sub-saharan mortgages. I have also been foolishly generous with my contributions to Nigeria's "No Primate Left Behind" educational program.
But do not fear, your contributions will be rewarded by the Obama White House with benefits for the following contribution levels:

$20,000-- You will be appointed Neuro-surgeon General.
$15,000--You will be appointed Gastro-enterologist General.
$10,000-- You will be appointed Coroner General.
$9,000-- You will be appointed Surgeon Corporal.
$8,000-- You will get to name the first family's next dog (names limited to former black US presidents and Motown singers).
$1,000-- You will receive a presidential pardon for all video store late fees.
$500-- You will have someone from NASA replace your amplifier tubes.
$200-- You will have a brick with your name on it placed in a White House toilet tank.
$100--You will have a US aircraft carrier deck skid mark named after you.
$50-- One of the gibbons at the National Zoo will wear a trucker's hat with your name on it.
$20-- Receive a set of Crayolas with all of the federal terrorist alert colors.

Finally, all donors will receive a transcript of the actual secret service agents' sleeve-cuff microphone conversations from the Obama inauguration (Samples: "Give me more of the president in the monitor"..."roll off some of the high end"..."are we on overtime yet?"..."Quick! Get me a satellite-cam view. I think the First Fly is open").

It is with the deepest sincerity that I express in advance my appreciation for your great kindness and credulity. Your erstwhile Nigerian friend, Ndugood. ]]> TM Lounge Prince Ndugood http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/prince-returns__humor-nordlandstrompet-50698.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/youll-never-guess-what-i-found-50657.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:10:21 GMT I never knew these existed, but here it is: a piccolo cornet. http://horncollector.com/Cornets/Piston Valve Cornets/Martin/Martin Prototype... I never knew these existed, but here it is: a piccolo cornet.


http://horncollector.com/Cornets/Piston Valve Cornets/Martin/Martin Prototype Cornet/martin_prototype_piccolo_cornet.htm

NOTE: there is a space between "Piston" and "Valve" which is why it won't let you click on the entire link, so you may have to type it in yourself, or even google PICCOLO CORNET and click on the article "Martin Prototype Piccolo Cornet" (on the first page of the results). Sorry about that, but I don't know how else to deal with this.


Anyway, I wonder why they aren't popularly used. There is an instrument in every other range in the cornet family. I'd sure like to hear what it sounds like, or play one. Too bad that's the only one ever made. :thumbdown:

Another interesting find. Most trumpeters are at least to some extent familiar with a bass trumpet. I found two prototypes of a contrabass trumpet. Here they are:

Bass and Contrabass Trumpet



Roger Bobo - Brass Legend: Contrabass Trumpet in F

Again, it would be interesting to try out one of these, or at least hear one. I haven't even tried out a bass trumpet yet :oops:. ]]> TM Lounge trumpet_man http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/youll-never-guess-what-i-found-50657.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/how-long-can-you-play-loudly-50643.html Tue, 17 Nov 2009 17:11:53 GMT I can only go for about 30 minutes, then my lip starts to feel a little tired and my sound starts to sound a little less rich. Most of my band songs... I can only go for about 30 minutes, then my lip starts to feel a little tired and my sound starts to sound a little less rich. Most of my band songs are loud, so I feel a little unfortunate. ]]> TM Lounge trmpt_plyr http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/how-long-can-you-play-loudly-50643.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/tom-turner-where-bach-you-50582.html Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:29:32 GMT TOM TURNER...
WHAT'S UP?...WHERE "THE BACH HAVE YOU BEEN?" I AM STILL WAITING FOR YOU TO FIND ME ANOTHER UGLY ROAD-RAGE BESSON CORNET?????


Old Shultzie...the BAD TO THE BONE...exiled here in Gig Harbor Wa. ]]> TM Lounge BADBOY-DON http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/tom-turner-where-bach-you-50582.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/do-you-play-french-horn-50572.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 18:36:32 GMT I was quite surprised at how many trumpet players I knew that turned out to be french horn players as well. Just out of curiosity, I'd like to know what % of trumpet players play the horn (not just picked one up once and played a few notes, but are fairly familiar with the notes and have played for others). Thanks. ]]> TM Lounge trumpet_man http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/do-you-play-french-horn-50572.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/trumpet-playing-help-please-50563.html Sat, 14 Nov 2009 12:52:46 GMT Hi, I have bean playing for a while now and i having some troble. My friend told me that Im ok but doin somethings wrong. My teacher says... Hi,

I have bean playing for a while now and i having some troble.
My friend told me that Im ok but doin somethings wrong.

My teacher says that im ok. i don't think she knows because she plays bagpipes. anyways,we pay her to teach me so i gues she knows.

my friend said that my trumpet is the rong kind. he said that I could play higher and have a better sound if I had one like his. we traded for a day and wow. lol My mouthpiece didn't really fit in his trumpet rite but it was way better anyways.

I play a kazeer trumpet. have you ever heard of them. the add said that i could play double c with it but the problem is I can only get double a. my friend can get triple c and when i used his trumpet, well you know the answer to that.

My mpouthpice is a soft #77. do you know that brand? my teacher made the whole section get them. (it's just me and my friend and he said no)

anyways, i live in the grand canyan an there are no roads to my house and it takes like 2 hrs to get anywhere. is there a teacher near by. even if they play clarinet, its at least in the brass family. lol

tomarrow in band we are gunna play buglers holliday. (my teacher is playing the third part on the bag pipe) any tips?

OH, one more thing. Im trying out for divison band. i know il get in because, well im like second trumpet in band and there is only one school in the division but the ausition pc is hindimith or something like that. i have trouble playing it. can you helo if i post a clip?

thank you soooo much for reading all this. i might spell something wromg because the spel chek on my compugter is broke.

I look forward to your answers so i can take them to school an show my teacher how rong she is

take care,
rex ]]> TM Lounge B15M http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/trumpet-playing-help-please-50563.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/help-anyone-50549.html Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:30:21 GMT *Just got this in my mailbox. I think he meant to send this to his US friends. Anyone prepared to help?* Dear Friends, my name is Ndugood. I am... Just got this in my mailbox.
I think he meant to send this to his US friends.
Anyone prepared to help?

Dear Friends, my name is Ndugood. I am a wealthy Nigerian prince who
loves the jazz of music. I am seeking your help to move $200,000,000
from my checking account here in Nigeria to the United States. I too love the
jazz of music and am planning to flee to America to open many jazz clubs
at which I would like you to perform. You will receive $42,000 a night,
plus a meal. My new "Tribal Village Vanguard" clubs will be of
great success and you will become rich like the rest of American jazz musicians.
I have already applied for building code exemptions to allow thatched stages and the spearing of live animals.

But I desperately need your help. My tribe, the Swindlisi, a peaceful,
jazz-loving people, has been horribly oppressed by the ruling military
junta, which despises the jazz of music. My father, an exiled king and
booking agent, was recently imprisoned under the draconian "three gigs
you're out" law. And now I must flee my beloved country with all of my
improbable wealth. But I need help in moving it. I have so much money
that it will not fit in the allotted two checked bags and one carry-on.
I am therefor want to transer the money through your ATM system. (The
Nigerian ATM system cannot exchange international currencies; it only
converts "antelope to money").


So please to just provide me with your full name and address, social
security number, bank account and PIN numbers. And you will become
incredibly (literally) rich from playing many jazz gigs. (Note: normal
Nigerian Musician's Union rules apply: three-hour performances, two
15-minute breaks allowed, musicians to provide their own mosquito nets,
one open fire per bandstand, one free meal plus anything you kill).

Act now. The first ten musicians to respond will receive a free copy of
the Nigeria's Greatest Jazz Hits CD, by our beloved 'Disoriented'
Gillespie Band, which contains the hits:


The Night Has A Thousand Flies
Goodbye Shrunken Head
Here's That Rainy Season
Just Tribesmen (Lovers No More)
Take the 'A' Trail
When I Fall In Quicksand
Half-Nelson Mandella
Blue Monkey
Leopard Skins and Moonbeams
Blue Mombossa
Almost Like Being In Lagos
Sunny Side of the Goatpath
I Didn't Know What Century It Was

Thank you for your many help.
Your inordinately wealthy Nigerian brother,
Prince Ndugood. ]]> TM Lounge nordlandstrompet http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/help-anyone-50549.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/rememberance-day-50508.html Thu, 12 Nov 2009 04:33:27 GMT In Flanders Fields In Flanders Fields the poppies blow Between the crosses row on row, That mark our place; and in the sky The larks, still... In Flanders Fields

In Flanders Fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

By: Lieutenant Colonel John McCrae, MD (1872-1918)
Canadian Army

This poem always gets me when I hear it being read. Rememberance Day always reminds me how proud I am to be Canadian.

I wouldn't trade 1 million dollars for 1 Maple leaf. ]]> TM Lounge Wlfgng http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/rememberance-day-50508.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/veterans-day-50485.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:58:21 GMT To all those that have served, are serving, or about to serve: *THANK YOU! Image:... To all those that have served, are serving, or about to serve:

THANK YOU!


]]> TM Lounge The_Lip http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/veterans-day-50485.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/favorite-band-50469.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 02:57:30 GMT I'm talking something other than marching band. Rock, Country, anything other than the trumpet things. My favorite band is Brand New - Alternative Rock ]]> TM Lounge Ian000450 http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/favorite-band-50469.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/login-problems-my-new-android-50465.html Wed, 11 Nov 2009 00:51:35 GMT Hey, any y'all experts in Android? Got me a new phone yesterday (HTC Hero), it does everything except oil my valves and warm the horn. And it also wont log me in here for some weird reason.

It goes through the normal login thing, I get the screen that states login was successful, "click here if you aren't redirected" link, and then when it does so, I'm not logged in. I've tried clicking the redirect link, NOT clicking the redirect link, and have done both "remember me" and not.

Ideas?

Pj ]]> TM Lounge PiperJon http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/login-problems-my-new-android-50465.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/where-did-links-page-go-50455.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 22:20:24 GMT I get a blank page when I click on Links. I get a blank page when I click on Links. ]]> TM Lounge gzent http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/where-did-links-page-go-50455.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/children-sanchez-50430.html Tue, 10 Nov 2009 08:02:25 GMT Don't know how many other Chuck Mangione fans there are out there, but I grew up on his stuff as a trumpet player in the mid-to-late 1970's. We're playing Children of Sanchez in chamber orchestra this cycle. The background arrangement is quite different from the original, but most of the original trumpet/flugelhorn arrangement is preserved (Minus any screaming). Our lead trumpet put together a great solo that he plays on Flugelhorn. It's a rare opportunity for an orchestra trumpet player to do a piece like this, and just flat out fun... and I just wanted to say so! Anyway, it beats the heck out of the hundreds of measures of rest we trumpets have on Beethoven's 3rd. Don't get me wrong. I love Beethoven, but he does not often have trumpets carry the melody :play: ]]> TM Lounge Darthsunshine http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/children-sanchez-50430.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/spam-50425.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:15:13 GMT Why don't we spam the spammer?

They give an email address and there are a lot of us here. We should all send a couple of emails back and fill up there email so they can't tell the difference between an order and us. ]]> TM Lounge B15M http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/spam-50425.html http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/carpet-bombing-50408.html Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:44:35 GMT WOW..... Spam in all but 2 of the topics at once... At least it is only one at a time....just 12 posts at once. WOW.....
Spam in all but 2 of the topics at once...
At least it is only one at a time....just 12 posts at once. ]]> TM Lounge TotalEclipse http://www.TrumpetMaster.com/vb/f136/carpet-bombing-50408.html