Jude

But I found it on the web!!

omelet

..because of the bad grammar or the irony with the kid holding the trumpet up in the air? ;)

Jude

A while ago there was a discussion somewhere about whether there'd be a brand new, revolutionary method for teaching everybody to play like a pro coming out in the next ten years. I don't know about ten years, but eventually scientists are going to be able to do more than simply follow the pathways in the brain associated with certain activities and be able to store and then transmit them to other brains. One of these activities is bound to be trumpet playing.

Kids will nag their parents for the Jon Faddis version or the Sandoval version (extra for pedals) the way they nag for silver finishes on pro-level horns now. I'd imagine the sensation after the procedure would be like getting on a bike after not having ridden for 50 years - you can balance, you can pop a wheelie - but you don't have the muscle to ride any distance. So students will fool around with their newly implanted habits for a while and discover it still takes work to build the muscle... or maybe the muscles could be stimulated during the procedure and there wouldn't be any need for practice even to build up strength? I'd almost rather see those trumpet-playing robots take over.

Eeviac

Trumpet Hero instead of Guitar Hero?

BTW in Sunnyvale California (epicenter of what was once called the "Tech" industry, you'll have to study a history text to learn what that WAS) I saw a guy playing a thing that's a sort of electronic trumpet, invented by a guy in Australia of course, we'd never do anything that advanced in the US. I should try to find the web page for it, part of me says it's neat and part of me thinks its on the same level as the .... electric viola.

__________________
Conn Pan Am made in 1950 silver + Bach 7C
King American Standard cornet made in 1940 + Olds 3C
Striving for a Touchy Tone, rather than obnoquious

Eeviac

Yeah! Here it is! Looks about as romantic as the M60 Machine Gun ....

MDT Morrison Digital Trumpet at Patchman Music

__________________
Conn Pan Am made in 1950 silver + Bach 7C
King American Standard cornet made in 1940 + Olds 3C
Striving for a Touchy Tone, rather than obnoquious

misty.sj

Sorry but what in the world are you talking about? The US invents advanced stuff all the time -- or else there would not BE a Silicon Valley. I work in the tech industry and used to live in Sunnyvale. There's still lots of innovation going on.

__________________
--Misty
Hit it hard, and wish it well. -- Claude Gordon

1925(?) Conn Cavalier Bb (s/n 14142)
2007 Barrington Bb student trumpet

Eeviac

Misty - yes, some, by people coming over from Europe and Asia/India, innovating a bit, bringing over innovations to meet with investors in the US more like ..... how recently have you been in Sunnyvale? I like sunnyvale, nice town. Nice area. But tech is sure not the place to be right now.....

__________________
Conn Pan Am made in 1950 silver + Bach 7C
King American Standard cornet made in 1940 + Olds 3C
Striving for a Touchy Tone, rather than obnoquious

veery715

Sorry, the M60 IS romantic!! And still in widespread use 51 years after it was first issued in 1957!! That's 10 years younger than yours truly, and believe it or not, I am also romantic!! (though not in widespread use...)
Thanks for the double exclamation point idea, Eeviac!!

__________________
Never play it the same way once.

Trumpets:
Lawler Bb / Stage 1 Calif Bb Special / Conn 12B / Yamaha 8310Z / Getzen 990S / Holton MF ST 550S /
Stage 1 California C / Mannheim (Chinese) / Benetone / 1934 Cleveland (HN White) 603 Silver Plate w/ Gold Bell
PUJE!!
Kanstul ZKT 1525 Flugelhorn
Cornets:
'77 B&H 921 Sovereign / '41 Conn 36A / King Super 20 Master / '68 Olds Ambassador / Conn 18A /
Easyplay (??) / King HN White 1904 Bb/A / Ohio Regent Soloist

Vulgano Brother

Rambo would look cooler with a Morrison trumpet than a real one.

__________________
www.letsbuildhope.org

tatakata

great left hand position.... LOL

__________________