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My excellent student Brian Johnston suggested I write an article on a term I used at a lesson a couple of weeks ago. I told him that a famous pop Continue Reading →

One of the biggest challenges we brass players have is keeping the sound consistent at different dynamics. I’m specifically speaking about the tendency for our instruments to want to go Continue Reading →

There’s been a whole lot written about the life of Robert Johnson, (1911-1938) who’s short life and career are the stuff of legend. He tragically died at the age of Continue Reading →

The old joke about how you get to Carnegie Hall has been around a long time, but the question is; how? There is and should be, many ways of practicing Continue Reading →

This month’s topic will be on one of the most important aspects of brass/trombone playing: the approach and theory of sound production. I have found very little pedagogy on the Continue Reading →