Hello fellow trumpeters

lunchbox · 07-31-2007, 04:18 AM

My name is Bryan Fields. I'm new to this forum, although I post a lot over on Trumpet Herald. I gave up on RMMT because it's turned into Mikey's personal flamefest.

I play trumpet (been playing nearly forty years) and write children's novels. I'm a 1984 music graduate of Brigham Young University and almost finished a master's degree in jazz studies at North Texas fifteen years ago. Currently I'm trying to finish up the teacher certification requirements in music ed at UNT, but am also considering getting certified in English or journalism since band gigs are few and far between and I'm really too burned out to deal with a roomful of kids who've been babysat by the TV their whole lives,especially when they have noisemakers in their hands. I think I'd really prefer just teaching trumpet lessons.

Actually, I have ambitions to write full time. I've sold two novels to Henry Holt and Company; the first one, Lunchbox and the Aliens, was published last fall and has received excellent reviews. The sequel, Froonga Planet, is scheduled for release in fall of 2008. In addition to supporting my family, I hope writing will eventually help me support my trumpet habit! I need (okay, want) a bunch of new horns. Buy my books!

For more about me and my books, visit my website.
Author Bryan W Fields

Vulgano Brother · 07-31-2007, 11:36 AM

Welcome to TM, lunchbox! As a writer for children, your style should fit perfectly here!

rowuk · 07-31-2007, 02:00 PM

Welcome to TM!
Looking forward to poetic justice!

lunchbox · 07-31-2007, 02:16 PM

Actually, I stink at poetry...

rowuk · 07-31-2007, 02:41 PM

Then let us read the last chapter of the book FIRST!

bachstrad72 · 07-31-2007, 02:50 PM

Welcome aboard!

Vulgano Brother · 07-31-2007, 03:10 PM

Hey, maybe lunchbox can write a kind of Cautionary Tales for young trumpeters, like..."The Story of a Boy Who Didn't Clean His Mouthpiece and Blew His Eyeballs Out."

ROGERIO · 07-31-2007, 05:41 PM

VB....

"Blew His Eyeballs Out" ??? That should guarantee a decline in trumpet players coming up through the ranks.... LOL

Welcome Lunchbox. We can't promise you a sanctuary... but there are some nice people on TM... although we've had a few hostile takeover attempts from "Asia".

Rogerio

Vulgano Brother · 07-31-2007, 06:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by rowuk

Then let us read the last chapter of the book FIRST!

I did read it. There are two versions. In the first version, a violist was killed by a fantastic conductor. The conductor was found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair. The artistic community mourned.

In the second version, it was a trumpeter killed by a unqualified conductor. The conductor was found guilty and sentenced to the electric chair. Unfortunately, the execution never went through,because after all, he was a lousy conductor...

07-31-2007, 04:18 AM	#1 (permalink)
lunchbox New Friend Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 4	Hello fellow trumpeters My name is Bryan Fields. I'm new to this forum, although I post a lot over on Trumpet Herald. I gave up on RMMT because it's turned into Mikey's personal flamefest. I play trumpet (been playing nearly forty years) and write children's novels. I'm a 1984 music graduate of Brigham Young University and almost finished a master's degree in jazz studies at North Texas fifteen years ago. Currently I'm trying to finish up the teacher certification requirements in music ed at UNT, but am also considering getting certified in English or journalism since band gigs are few and far between and I'm really too burned out to deal with a roomful of kids who've been babysat by the TV their whole lives,especially when they have noisemakers in their hands. I think I'd really prefer just teaching trumpet lessons. Actually, I have ambitions to write full time. I've sold two novels to Henry Holt and Company; the first one, Lunchbox and the Aliens, was published last fall and has received excellent reviews. The sequel, Froonga Planet, is scheduled for release in fall of 2008. In addition to supporting my family, I hope writing will eventually help me support my trumpet habit! I need (okay, want) a bunch of new horns. Buy my books! For more about me and my books, visit my website. Author Bryan W Fields

07-31-2007, 11:36 AM	#2 (permalink)
Vulgano Brother Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,265	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters Welcome to TM, lunchbox! As a writer for children, your style should fit perfectly here! __________________ "A tool good enough to be so used and not too good" C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength www.letsbuildhope.org

07-31-2007, 02:00 PM	#3 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,374	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters Welcome to TM! Looking forward to poetic justice! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

07-31-2007, 02:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
lunchbox New Friend Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Denton, TX Posts: 4	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters Actually, I stink at poetry...

07-31-2007, 02:41 PM	#5 (permalink)
rowuk Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Germany Posts: 4,374	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters Then let us read the last chapter of the book FIRST! __________________ Whenever I feel blue, I start breathing again.

07-31-2007, 02:50 PM	#6 (permalink)
bachstrad72 Pianissimo User Join Date: May 2007 Location: Philly Posts: 180	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters Welcome aboard! __________________ ~Perry Sutton~ BM Mason Gross School of the Arts '05 MM Rowan University '07 http://www.myspace.com/perrysutton http://musicalconservatory.com/faculty/brass_bios1.php

07-31-2007, 03:10 PM	#7 (permalink)
Vulgano Brother Moderator Fortissimo User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Posts: 3,265	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters Hey, maybe lunchbox can write a kind of Cautionary Tales for young trumpeters, like..."The Story of a Boy Who Didn't Clean His Mouthpiece and Blew His Eyeballs Out." __________________ "A tool good enough to be so used and not too good" C.S. Lewis That Hideous Strength www.letsbuildhope.org

07-31-2007, 05:41 PM	#8 (permalink)
ROGERIO Mezzo Forte User Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: PHOENIX, AZ Posts: 926	Re: Hello fellow trumpeters VB.... "Blew His Eyeballs Out" ??? That should guarantee a decline in trumpet players coming up through the ranks.... LOL Welcome Lunchbox. We can't promise you a sanctuary... but there are some nice people on TM... although we've had a few hostile takeover attempts from "Asia". Rogerio

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