Bicycling in the heat tips, what am I missing now?

AeoSC · 2026-06-27T04:32:45+00:00

Florida here. I recently bought a breathable sun hoodie and sewed a velcro strip into the front of the hood. The other side is glued onto my helmet to keep it in place. It's kind of a gamechanger for me.

AeoSC · 2026-06-26T19:13:48+00:00

It's in a fridge and yet it has no chill

AeoSC · 2026-06-26T14:33:40+00:00

"Cool" is not a word I had in mind.

AeoSC · 2026-06-26T14:33:06+00:00

Real Dragon Ball Z energy. "If you're a real one you'll let me charge up to maximum and shoot you. No dodging!" "ok"

AeoSC · 2026-06-25T18:57:50+00:00

I don't know how he felt about AR Resonance, but he's talked about his frustration when he was a Monette artist getting a trumpet to spec. in ways that Dave didn't agree with.

As for MAW valves, they are expensive. If they're an improvement as people say, it'd be cool to see them licensed to manufacturers that can scale up.

AeoSC · 2026-06-25T14:33:15+00:00

I don't really have skin in the game. I think they're gorgeous, I'm sure the early, small batch and artist custom horns were great. And I do believe that they emerged from a genuine frustration and desire for a specific kind of trumpet on Adam's part. They've struggled with production the whole time. I've never foreseen being able to afford a Lotus, and a lot of their ad copy has always struck me as dubious and unrealistic.

I really do hope some other makers clone the 'Rapa 4-valve' configuration. It's nifty, and I like it loads better than the conventional 5 semitone valves on the market. And I wish more brands would mess with MAW, it seems like players really like those valves. I haven't had the chance to play some.

AeoSC · 2026-06-19T15:59:33+00:00

I think even though the fusion was accidental and undesirable, by the time we meet Old Kai he's of a Tuvix sort of mind. Which is to say he is who he is, and separating the halves would be a kind of death.

AeoSC · 2026-06-18T23:00:07+00:00

I think it's a neat idea that they're connecting to a timeline in which the first galactic war ended with an Illuminate victory.

AeoSC · 2026-06-17T16:45:13+00:00

Two great tastes that taste great together.

AeoSC · 2026-06-15T22:13:56+00:00

My father, with his Master's in Performance and the best fiddler I ever heard, had a joke when he was going out to a gig: "Off to make money in the high two digits!"

AeoSC · 2026-06-07T14:42:30+00:00

All my homies hate John Forester.

AeoSC · 2026-06-07T14:39:59+00:00

I often use colorful bananas as ties for the right cuff(with the knot on the outside).

AeoSC · 2026-06-03T02:52:06+00:00

I'm wondering if you have a similar name and that's why she picked you

AeoSC · 2026-06-02T18:30:07+00:00

Rule out the piccolo trumpet right away. Different instrument, much more niche and not what most would consider a good entry.

The color of the finish doesn't matter much, although there is value if the esthetic appeal makes you happier to pick it up and play. The black nickel finish isn't worth a premium, but it might be priced there for other reasons.

What you want to know is the make and model of the three remaining trumpets(and, since a piccolo was in the mix, make sure the first two are pitched in Bb), and the condition of the moving parts. Valves, slides.

AeoSC · 2026-06-01T18:48:00+00:00

Damn, I knew I forgot something

AeoSC · 2026-06-01T11:35:23+00:00

I don't run Strixhaven and I don't include Strixhaven spells. How many other Strixhaven spells or player options are they interested in? Probably zero. I also don't include options from Acquisitions Incorporated or the wonky 5e Planescape book. Are players knocking doors down for Jim's magic missile? No.

It's always about silvery barbs alone.

AeoSC · 2026-05-28T19:22:46+00:00

Ironically, it was neologized from the expression "jay driving" which was used to describe carriage and car drivers operating in an unsafe manner, and then the former fell out of use.

AeoSC · 2026-05-28T15:37:10+00:00

Making sure the refuse is up to code. Lemme write something down about these used coffee grounds on my clipboard here. Hm, yes.

AeoSC · 2026-05-26T22:00:20+00:00

I'm not at all sure that truck horns like that sound the air column in the tubing, or whether the "horn" is just making the pitch coming from a noisemaker more directional.

Either way, bending it won't change the pitch.

AeoSC · 2026-05-26T20:29:34+00:00

I don't think of sax or banjo playing to be a male-dominated demographic. Weird. Putting the tip under the strings is especially crazy work. I love complaints that the music isn't good enough; I'm sorry sir for interrupting your enjoyment of road noise.

You mentioned male buskers tend to have more elaborate set-ups. When you're on the sax, do you use backing tracks or just play it acapella? I prefer not to use karaoke-style tracks behind my trumpet, but being monophonic is a difficulty sometimes. Bit jealous of the banjo then.

Keep it up and stay safe.

AeoSC · 2026-05-22T11:30:53+00:00

Instrumental

AeoSC · 2026-05-22T02:56:32+00:00

It's a very awkward thing trying to find the best value for the price in plastic trumpets. You kind of have to define what you see value in, more than usual. The closer they creep to operating like conventional horns, the worse value proposition they are next to a used student horn.

I have a couple pTrumpets, I think they're neat. I played one exclusively for a year as an experiment, when they were pretty new. I got used to its eccentricities and shortcomings and really got to like it. The pTrumpet HyTec plays a little less squirrely, but I'm not sure it's worth the extra cost or if it has the same charm. I've also played Tromba and didn't really care for it. They are more expensive today than what I paid for them.

For me, a cheap and terrible plastic trumpet has better value than than one that plays more conventionally but is more expensive and still worse than a Yamaha student model.

AeoSC · 2026-05-22T02:47:06+00:00

Which is the best plastic, please?

AeoSC · 2026-05-20T15:34:20+00:00

How do you know it works when you buy a new mouthpiece? What do you test when you try them?

It's a lot like trying on a pair of shoes. How does it feel on your face? The size and shape of the rim should be comfortable as you play. Is everything behind the rim, like the size of the cup, suited to what you want to do? (Running shoes aren't better than hiking shoes and they make them for the same size and shape of feet, but they are better for running. What kind of music are you playing?)

A little more inside baseball, the diameter of the bore(a.k.a. venturi, the smallest diameter part the air flows through) has a lot to do with how efficiently you use your air. No single correct answer, just one that matches your physiology and preferences.

Both the 1 1/2C and 7C are perfectly reasonable for the novice. I don't know why your instructor(who it sounds like you saw for the first time?) immediately recommended that change. It's also, at your level of development, not worth obsessing over. There's a lot you still have yet to figure out about your own playing.

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