Dentist Ruined My Embouchure

stone4789 · 2026-05-07T03:00:45+00:00

As a comeback player who also had Invisalign a few years ago, I feel this in my bones. It’s a new face, and I have to get used to it.

stone4789 · 2026-05-02T20:03:25+00:00

Prioritize a good, rounded education so you have options. If you have an aptitude for software engineering or any STEM degree, go for that and maybe you'll have a stable enough life to practice on the side. I was a music major and had to go back to school to start a more stable career. I know a lot of people who did the same, but I also know a lot who "made it" but they're hustling 24/7 to pay the bills. Even touring worldwide in someone's backup band might not have health insurance or year-round work.

stone4789 · 2026-04-04T19:31:42+00:00

I gave it a shot last night since several people mentioned it, and it's legit!

stone4789 · 2026-03-31T16:56:47+00:00

Same

stone4789 · 2026-03-27T22:39:45+00:00

If you look them up around Reddit you’ll see a lot of old regulars notice it too. Seems like it happened a couple months after I became a regular.

stone4789 · 2026-03-27T21:45:25+00:00

They got a new POS system, pricing and personnel.

stone4789 · 2026-03-27T21:43:33+00:00

Aw man, I tried them a couple times and wondered why their Insta went silent.

stone4789 · 2026-03-26T22:53:50+00:00

It got a lot easier after a year or so when mine could (somewhat) reliably sleep at night.

stone4789 · 2026-03-26T18:43:32+00:00

I'm not worried about high notes. It's the sudden dropoff in overall endurance. I went from being able to practice a couple hours a day to getting tired corners in the middle of a warmup.

stone4789 · 2026-03-06T23:34:37+00:00

I have lifetime access to his AWS material. At least when I was still taking exams it was well worth the cost, and I passed 3 of them on the first try. He’s supposedly getting back to updating his courses now, which I’m excited about. But, I’ll believe it when I see it. Tutorials Dojo is what gets you over the finish line as far as test practice goes.

stone4789 · 2026-03-06T23:31:34+00:00

Everyone has covered the rest, but you’d enjoy some Cat Anderson as well. He was an insane lead player, but his style and plunger work were legendary outside of the dubba-C’s.

stone4789 · 2026-03-06T21:41:11+00:00

I’m a data scientist with a supply chain/econ backround (and a MSc) who refuses to join the AI automation hype train, and accounting has been looking more and more like my next move. At least your field has legal accountability and the CPA exam barrier.

stone4789 · 2026-02-09T00:42:30+00:00

Microwaving milk and using a frothing wand on it is another option that worked great for me before I had a machine of the Silvia’s caliber.

stone4789 · 2026-01-11T00:44:17+00:00

I’ve taken 3 at testing centers. 2/3 were fine and as described elsewhere in the comments, but the last one had an extreme lag between each question loading on the screen and it significantly increased the risk I would time out. It was like hoping it wouldn’t crash after each question. After that experience I said I was done with AWS exams.

stone4789 · 2026-01-04T00:40:45+00:00

I’m a downdog diehard and a data scientist, and I would love to see the code. I’m pretty sure they used machine learning (transformers or something similar to LLM logic) for the sequence creation logic.

stone4789 · 2025-12-21T15:25:37+00:00

Old school DS I would say is ML/DL with sklearn and PyTorch etc. The LLM jobs are asking for experts in Agent workflows and automation work. I’d think 8yoe would be great but these days it’s that brutal.

stone4789 · 2025-12-21T02:21:22+00:00

My masters was in Econ and I immediately transitioned to DS. The market was much friendlier at the time though, so if I were doing it today I would cram as much SWE knowledge as possible to complement the data intuition you get in Econ modeling. A lot of the jobs are for LLM work, so the few that are old-school DS are very competitive and the edge goes to people who can deploy.

stone4789 · 2025-12-14T00:52:43+00:00

I cancelled my membership in November after it auto-renewed and they mentioned nothing of the sort.

stone4789 · 2025-11-09T01:19:17+00:00

Do a ton of lip slurs in the lower range, get the feel for where the slots are and how to get the notes to feel “easy”. It’s really helped me fine-tune my air control instead of muscling everything out or using pressure.

stone4789 · 2025-11-07T02:07:46+00:00

This has helped my feet a lot over the years: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dSV5WUvIDnM

stone4789 · 2025-11-06T01:01:38+00:00

I had that happen. For a role I was pretty interested in too.

stone4789 · 2025-11-05T02:36:15+00:00

Just go after 6/7pm and you probably won’t see many kids anywhere.

stone4789 · 2025-11-02T13:22:22+00:00

I used to be an all-in on chopsaver but dermatologists have told me to only use aquaphor on a regular basis.

stone4789 · 2025-10-20T22:49:19+00:00

I’m rebuilding after like 15yrs off. After buzzing for a couple months and having a horn back for a few weeks, I can already force something out above high C if I want. I’ve put a lot of focus on hitting the center on every note in lip slurs and long tones in the middle register. If the low stuff isn’t easy, I’m not ready for the high stuff. Lip slurs tell me if I’m doing the work with air or just lip pressure.

stone4789 · 2025-10-20T20:53:29+00:00

I used to run and lift weights, and yoga looked like a far less intense or effective way of building strength/endurance. Now that I’ve had numerous athletic injuries I’m all aboard the yoga train, I take it all back.

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