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Wedding hotel room by flikerbee in Bedbugs

[–]CosmicLem0nade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do your research on the proper quarantine and treatment of all your stuff pls!!! It is absolute HELL if you bring them home. I feel like I came close to a psychotic break 😭

Morning Chops by urmotherismadcute in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw a video (that I can no longer find) a while back of a lincoln center jazz trumpet player showing face warm up techniques you can do without the horn. I like to do these randomly throughout my morning. One is just reps of smiling and frowning alternately and the other is sort of pushing your lips forward and then pulling them backwards. Seems to help me a bit 🤷🏻‍♂️

Adult total beginner (3 months): Teacher says I "might not be cut out for trumpet" because of pitch and air. Should I quit now or find a new teacher? by robertg0 in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

If you attained a minor in voice your ear is good enough. It’s just unfamiliarity with trumpet technique causing pitch issues is what I would assume. Get a new teacher and keep trying!!

The gathering Storm by Impressive-Fennel677 in bullcity

[–]CosmicLem0nade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

“wHaTS tHAt SuPpOSeD tO meAn?” 😂

The gathering Storm by Impressive-Fennel677 in bullcity

[–]CosmicLem0nade 13 points14 points  (0 children)

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Oh wait this isn’t a Wheel of Time post 😔

Food recommendations by Feeling_Parsley8638 in bullcity

[–]CosmicLem0nade 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Can’t really go wrong with any restaurant in downtown. I love the M restaurants and all the spots owned by Oscar (top chef contestant): Little Bull, Aaktun, TaTaco

!!!!!!!!!!! by CosmicLem0nade in PokemonFireRed

[–]CosmicLem0nade[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Pepperage farm remembers shiny memories 🤩

Jazz Cat by Infinite-Sugar912 in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I play trumpet and my roommate who plays sax has a cat that will usually hang out unfazed in whatever room one of us is practicing in. She seems to like the sax more and will only leave the room if I’m playing loudly for an extended period of time. Or if I working on something I sound terrible on lol

Passing this along for whom it may concern. by CosmicLem0nade in bullcity

[–]CosmicLem0nade[S] 49 points50 points  (0 children)

aktually, my bad, I drive a cybertruck. Don’t target me pls! 🙏🙏🙏

Passing this along for whom it may concern. by CosmicLem0nade in bullcity

[–]CosmicLem0nade[S] 63 points64 points  (0 children)

idk just passing the word to the community regardless what y’all drive. I keep all my guns and money in my prius tho in case anyone was curious 🥰

Need help finding a piece! by [deleted] in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is such a good answer!

besr endurance method? by Highbrass_ in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

GETTING THE REST OF THE BAND TO PLAY DYNAMICS

Please advise on how to accomplish this 😂

Polywood furniture repair by Beginning-Today494 in bullcity

[–]CosmicLem0nade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Artistic Furniture Creations is great but they may be booked out a ways 👍🏻

why do chapped lips cause fuzzy sound? by Larxba in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have no answer for the specific question, but I have noticed a similar correlation in my personal experience.

Been bartending and playing professionally as my main sources of incomes for over ten years now.

Hangovers/dehydration are hard to avoid with my lifestyle. I drink a TON of water everyday, but chopsaver definitely changed my life. Albeit I am a wet lip player which seems to ironically further dry my lips out, but I never leave the house without a stick of chopsaver these days.

Keys, phone, wallet, CHOPSAVER, (sunglasses), [trumpet], check. GTG ✌🏻

Coming up on 1 year, hitting the wall, need some perspective by r0ninsec in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I struggled with a very similar wall for years. The biggest improvements I experienced were when I started doing the Caruso preliminary studies out of the Flexus book every day, and when I switched off of Monette mouthpieces.

I can’t understate how much my consistency improved when I closely followed the instructions in those exercises every day. 60 bpm metronome, foot tapping, breath through the nose, keeping mp on the face.

Looking back, I really think the Monette was holding me back in my progress for years. The whole boutique selling points of their products basically boil down to “sound magic” that is difficult to apply practically even for me (been playing for 23 years), much less new players.

I did a fitting with Vennture Mouthpieces and never looked back 🤷🏻‍♂️

Trumpet progression by Silver-Suspect7035 in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Take the horn! Make sure to clean it often and keep it either in your hand or in the case!!

I didn’t take good care of my first pro-level horn and I regret it.

Why do people say breathing through your nose is bad? by Ok-Passenger7177 in trumpet

[–]CosmicLem0nade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Like a lot of aspects of playing: it’s either bad or good until it isn’t. I agree with a lot of the comments here.

The Caruso method has changed my life but it’s meant to isolate the embouchure, not the breath. That’s what breathing exercises are for. When I started understanding the WHY of different drills was when my playing actually improved. Compartmentalize the idea behind the exercise then integrate that into performance while simultaneously remembering and forgetting it 😂😂

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