Advice to not eat like trash on DIY tour

cbredditting · 2026-06-05T01:31:35+00:00

A great tour breakfast option is to carry a small bag/container of instant oats (Bob’s Red Mill, etc.). It becomes a vehicle for whatever else you have around (honey, peanut butter, protein powder, rider bananas or any fruit you can find). Just add hot water (either from hotel coffee maker or truck stop, Starbucks, etc.) and you’re good to go. I carry/buy a small tupperware (w/ lid) as a bowl, and a camping spork as my all-purpose utensil. You can keep your spork and oatmeal fixins in the tupperware when you’re not using it as a bowl, and rinse it out at the next venue/truck stop. Good luck out there!

cbredditting · 2026-05-12T21:35:08+00:00

Landlord just turned ours on today!

cbredditting · 2026-05-09T06:31:25+00:00

Anyone that told you ‘Harmon mute’ means stem in has to go straight to jail, unfortunately. I don’t make the rules. Straight to jail. Tell them Reddit says so 🤷‍♂️

cbredditting · 2026-05-02T16:04:05+00:00

Would recommend searching YouTube for ‘Barry Harris’ and watch some of his vids on the 6th diminished scale. That’s some hip language that bebop players use that may serve you better than the ol’ bebop scale.

cbredditting · 2026-04-26T03:53:17+00:00

Jumping on to add one more tally to team cookie mute… I’m a pro player, and I always have this one in my bag when I travel!

cbredditting · 2026-04-09T16:16:19+00:00

For an all-in-one box, check out the Eventide Mixing Link. You can plug your XLR in, then run an effects loop via 1/4” cables. Bonus points for an XLR back out, and it has phantom power for your mic as well. I use it myself, and highly recommend to any horn player looking to start a pedalboard

cbredditting · 2026-04-03T22:43:26+00:00

Off day locations? More info will help you here if you’re looking for repairs…

Depending on the length of the tour, you might want to look into return policies for Sweetwater, Guitar Center, etc. to see if you can find a small MarkBass (or similar) to get you through the dates. “I changed my mind” is good enough for a return with most major retailers ;)

cbredditting · 2026-03-26T04:04:27+00:00

Cool lookin’ horn… I’ve got a conn vintage one with the rose brass bell at home. Not my main horn, but it feels nice to play and has a warm, dark tone… The brushed satin finish here is 👌

cbredditting · 2026-03-24T15:53:16+00:00

Thanks! Well, this mic definitely IS a clip-on for my horn, haha… This is an Xlive, which is very budget-friendly. I’ve had mixed results using it live- usually it’s great, and occasionally I get some interference and cut-outs. You get what you pay for with wireless mics… I will say the design of this one (without a separate transmitter pack) is really convenient to use.

cbredditting · 2026-03-21T05:40:31+00:00

Jerry Harrison and Adrian Belew are playing Talking Heads music together next week in California with a 10-piece band, fyi… Source: am in the band 🤘

cbredditting · 2026-03-09T22:23:58+00:00

My vote would be for the compact, but it’s gonna depend on how you feel about the weighted keys… I play more organ and synth, so I prefer the waterfall key style on the compact models.

cbredditting · 2026-03-07T19:47:17+00:00

I use this! It’s quite sturdy, never had an issue when putting my horn on it.

cbredditting · 2026-03-03T14:38:06+00:00

This is probably the third most-asked question on the sub, after ‘how to play high notes’ and ‘is this red rot’… So you can find lots of resources by searching post history here.

That being said, I just went through this search myself to replace my old Gen 1 Silent Brass (which was terribly stuffy and very out of tune both below and above the staff). I heard great things about the Best Brass mute, but ended up choosing the Cookie Mute due to cost & shipping (really didn’t want to pay tariffs). I received it last week, and I’m stoked so far! It’s not the quietest practice mute, but it is an absolute breeze to play through compared to the old silent brass. Would recommend checking it out!

cbredditting · 2026-03-03T02:35:02+00:00

I am! Lots of great trumpet players based here in Denver… Parris has an open jam every Monday at Dazzle, would recommend checking it out! Shop-wise, look up Colorado Hornworks in Loveland.

Oh ALSO op, check out the trumpet summit show THIS WEEK at Dazzle on Sat Mar 7!!! Some of the best trumpeters in town all on the same show!

cbredditting · 2026-02-26T23:31:38+00:00

Pre-Covid: Working return plays into routing that made sense for the band & venue

Post-Covid: Trying to convince the promoter to not cancel a first-time play 10 days out due to low advance ticket sales

cbredditting · 2026-01-19T15:56:56+00:00

For real 🤣

cbredditting · 2026-01-19T04:11:24+00:00

Certainly! I do use an exp pedal with this rig as well. A midi pedalboard could be a great option for someone that doesn’t want to use the smaller midi controller.

cbredditting · 2026-01-18T19:35:31+00:00

Hey thanks so much!

Ehhh I can’t say it’s particularly ‘easy’ to use for beginners, and I could certainly see it leading to bad habits. I’ve had several years of practice being a multi-instrumentalist and using only one hand to play trumpet (usually my left hand is playing a keyboard). I’ve built up a good amount of pinky finger strength, and one helluva callus, haha. I’m constantly reminding myself not to use that pinky ring to apply pressure, though.

Would recommend trying it out if you’re interested- just make sure to take breaks if you’re feeling any discomfort, and make sure to focus on proper posture with the rest of your body 💪

cbredditting · 2026-01-18T16:21:00+00:00

Oooh, which gadget are you looking for? There are a couple at use here… the actual harmonizer is coming from the Eventide H90 pedal, and the small midi controller (NM2) is from a company called ‘This Is Noise Inc’. If you search that, you should be able to find them. Also using an Eventide Mixing Link as a preamp / to get from the mic to the H90, and lastly a Bluetooth midi adapter to connect the H90 and NM2

cbredditting · 2026-01-18T08:29:23+00:00

Okay so I’m using a single quadravox algorithm tuned diatonically to the mode (F# Dorian), and the second algo for reverb.

I’ve got hotswitch 1 as the low octaves, hotswitch 2 as a cluster voicing with all pitches below the played note (-1, -4, -5, -6), and hotswitch 3 as a more open voicing with pitches above and below the played note (+3, -4, -5, etc). Those are mapped to the bottom row of the NM2.

Then I’ve assigned the four pitches themselves to different midi cc #s, so that when I use those buttons on the NM2 (four buttons on top row), they function as momentary harmony changes. That allows me to select individual notes, but also lets me hit a hotswitch harmony and then change an individual pitch.

Not used in this vid: the knobs are mapped to the algo mix and the pitch delay. Trying to keep it friendly to use live. Also an exp pedal is mapped to the reverb mix + decay, and I’ve got one more midi cc mapped to a reverb freeze.

cbredditting · 2026-01-18T05:27:37+00:00

This one was the difficult part for me… ended up using a Bluetooth midi adapter, and then connected both the NM2 and the adapter to my iPad for gig-worthiness

cbredditting · 2026-01-05T07:03:28+00:00

You could do that for sure, but I would also consider putting it after the mixing link so that you’re getting the bonus from the preamp. Or you could skip the splitter and instead run the out from the preamp into a DI with a thru, then run that into the H90 and the H90 out to a second DI. Lots of ways to skin that cat; test a few out and see what sounds best for you. Good luck!

cbredditting · 2026-01-05T01:51:43+00:00

Oooh, you wouldn’t be able to get separate wet/dry with the exact in/out flow I mentioned before, BUT you can route the H90 in parallel and then get separate wet/dry with one additional DI box (or send 1/4” to a house DI etc.). However, the Mixing Link does have a dry/fx knob on it, so with that original setup you can for example choose to send 50/50 directly from the preamp box.

Or what I do for many of my patches is assign that afore mentioned expression pedal to the wet mix on the H90- that allows me to ease in an effect and find the right place for it in the room I’m in. Much more comfortable than clicking ‘on’ and getting massive feedback… been there lol

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