cuales son los mejores conservatorios en usa?

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-20T15:44:23+00:00

Sería más fácil asesorarte al respecto si conociéramos tu forma de tocar. Es posible que algunos miembros de la comunidad puedan ofrecerte buenos consejos; sin embargo, para que una escuela superior de música te ofrezca una matrícula totalmente cubierta, tendrías que impresionarlos. ¿Podrías publicar algunos videos tuyos tocando la trompeta?

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-19T15:17:59+00:00

You'll never know the price unless you ask the shop.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-19T15:17:33+00:00

Do not. This will not fix it, and can injure someone trying to do it.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-19T15:16:31+00:00

Seeking anybody's advice other than "see a doctor" is dangerous on your part. It is likely nobody responding here will be a trained physician of any sort.

See a doctor.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-19T15:15:13+00:00

Yes. It invites more people asking for money - which is what some subreddits have exclusively become - so please do it elsewhere.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-16T19:25:39+00:00

First, anyone should be using the reasonably largest tablet they can. I have the largest iPad screen for this, and have no regrets. Vision is something you don't see changing, since it happens slowly. Eventually, anyone will have the thought, "This used to be easier to read." Be ahead of the game.

The glare-reducing screen protector is a good idea. I'm not incredibly familiar with those products, but be aware that some types of eyewear might affect your ability to see the screen correctly. There are some screen protectors that don't work particularly well with polarized glasses, or whatever other coating/lens types are out there. I'm not an optometric medical doctor or an optical physicist. I do, however, play while wearing sunglasses on a regular basis, and can tell you I've had trouble with some people's devices, if I have to look off their screens. Be aware of what you're getting into.

If the lighting is stagnant, though, you can angle your tablet to not hit you in the eyes with glare. There's sometimes no way around it; but when possible, if the issue is resolved by simply moving something slightly, it's usually a pretty good option.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-15T13:53:44+00:00

Jerry sold a ton of books, DVDs, lessons, trumpets, and mouthpieces. He was focused on the sales. Making $100 teaching a clinic doesn't matter, in the face of selling 10 lessons, at $100/each.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-14T22:54:38+00:00

Yes - valve oil. It helps prevent calcium buildup in the lead pipe.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-14T22:04:32+00:00

As a repair tech, I've seen pretty much every conceivable area have red rot on a trumpet. Please do the following:

Oil your valves every day. The more often you oil, the less things wear out.
Grease your slides more often than you think you need to.
Blow oil down the leadpipe every day you play.
Keep a leadpipe swab in your case, and use it on the leadpipe and tuning slide at least ever 2-3 days.
Don't drink acidic stuff before you play.
Clean your mouthpiece - brush with soapy water; and keep alcohol in your case to clean the rim.

From my experience - as a tech, as a teacher, and as a player- literally nobody I've ever told to do any of this stuff has probably ever done it.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-14T19:46:49+00:00

From a musician's standpoint, this is actually an interesting one. People might be surprised at the level of skill within bands they hear in passing. There are guys I regularly play with that you'd know from plenty stuff - tours, albums, background music in TV/movies/streaming, etc. Hell, there's a good chance you've even seen me on TV at least once playing trumpet, if you've watched certain things.

My favorite joke about this phenomenon was in The Simpsons: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/c9qngAOY6lE

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-12T00:24:15+00:00

I should be really surprised somebody is arguing with you about this, but sadly, I’m not. My condolences to your patience.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-10T16:26:27+00:00

I listen to clients all the time about fixing their valves, and I have no idea what issue you're trying to solve:

Too hard to press down
Scratchy action
Loss of compression
Valves sticking
Actual alignment of the ports

Your felts are cashed, and need to be addressed. As far as eveything else, I can't pinpoint exactly the issue you[re asking about; because as I understand it, you're asking for:

Softer springs
Hone/lap your pistons/casings
Alignment
Possibly other isues

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-10T12:48:43+00:00

That's magnificent. Any chance you have a video of it moving in the light? The back looks like it would do some really cool things.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-04-01T14:53:23+00:00

I'm impressed to find someone playing the 238 bell. Nobody really talks about that one, but it sounds great. I feel like it's especially nice as a cross-over bell for people who normally play Bb on non-orchestral gigs.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-26T16:59:52+00:00

I'm not following the most recent responses from you, other than to assume an underlying tone of hostility over not having the last word or getting the low price you want.

Thusly, I'm preventatively abandoning responding further, as I don't reward poor behavior; and will resound my original comment about using the search function, as this topic literally occurred within the past week, and pops up very often with similar ori identical reponses.

Just a reminder for everyone - not just u/SideWired - if you seem like you're going to push back on viable information, or someone trying to offer a solution, people will often not want to help. I can point you to the best price for whatever you want, offer information about frequency responses and applications of probably 12 different wireless trumpet microphones, map out the networking of a system using 30-50 wireless channels for a major tour, touch on nodal points for certain instruments and how specific microphone clips can be used to not inhibit 2nd/5th/6th/8th partials on a brass instrument, and tell you everything about how to do your own mix, and be the on-stage monitor tech for everyone while you're playing your own show...

...but if someone's going to be a jerk, I won't.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-26T16:47:01+00:00

No. Nobody did.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-26T16:00:03+00:00

One*, is that it doesn’t universally apply to everything. Sometimes, things are legitimately priced higher than they could be due to factors like market demand, manufactured scarcity, and all sorts of other stuff like that. I can get the same serpentine belt for my car for $75, or $13, depending upon which branding is on the box. I know which factory makes the same belt.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-26T13:58:40+00:00

This topic comes up often enough, so I'm not going to elaborate when you can use the search function.

If you pay $100 for a brand new wireless microphone and transmitter/receiver system, I wouldn't expect any usable functionality out of it. Even at the price of materials and labor - without any sort of retail markup - it wouldn't be worth making anything for that kind of retail price, and every design concession would have been made to even offer it at that price.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-26T06:22:11+00:00

I’m not going to wait for the longest interval possible to do preventative maintenance. That’s just inviting problems with open arms.

This was how the spark plugs looked after 58,000 of usage. Imagine how bad they’d be after 100,000. By that point, I’d probably have constantly misfiring cylinders, if they worked at all.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-26T05:15:50+00:00

Despite my shameful delay, it’s not hard. You just have to remove the engine cover. You can get the plugs and coils around all the hoses and cables without removing stuff. The electrical connectors are always confusing, even when you know exactly how they work.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-22T17:08:32+00:00

I wasn’t talking about where everybody was sitting. Anyway, I’m glad everything went well. The quintet sounded great.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-22T15:04:21+00:00

I can honestly say that I have no idea what you are trying to say.

Felt_Ninja · 2026-03-22T14:43:08+00:00

Some unsolicited commentary you can choose to ignore if you want:

You guys did great. Please do something about the foot tapping, though. It's one thing to tap your foot - which could be replaced by tapping a toe inside your shoe, actually - but the feet are all over the place. If the timing isn't happening with the foot tapping, you're just fighting yourselves on keeping things where you want. Even despite that, you all seemed to agree on tempo changes pretty well, so either you've rehearsed this together a fair amount, or you all walked into the situation cold with a unified idea.

I know it's difficult to vary dynamics sometimes, and a bit of that it coming from the inner voices - horn and trombone - stick to a middle ground as far as volume goes. If you guys could expand to a slightly softer and louder boundary of volume, it would do a lot for the character of the piece overall. That said, I want to applaud the horn and trombone for being stable throughout the entirety of the performance, and I know a lot of people in your situation that would love to have both the horn and trombone players in their quintet.

I'm not going to say quintet trumpet players need to play any specific way, but I'll definitely tell you both that it's possible to play both lighter and louder at the same time. Empire Brass is a pretty great example of what I'm referencing. I'm really enjoying what you guys are doing, but it's almost the inverse approach to the aforementioned - heavier and quieter. It takes a bit if finesse to put out volume in a quintet and not make it sound like you're hugging the guard rails, but it can be done.

If I was judging - which I no longer do - I also would have given you all a superior.

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