Music

Yay – the first of the two MSJC concerts is done. Now only 4 taxing concerts left.

I think I had a decent night – much better than I originally expected. My confidence in my lip has been waning over the past few months but I think I made it through. Although my note accuracy isn’t what it should be, the tone and tuning are certainly there. And I’m not just going on my impression/memory – I have a recording to go by.

Here’s my quick solo during “Take Some Time” – tomorrow I’ll try to come up with a better ending:

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So I think the reason I had a decent night came from two things. I located my lip balm that I haven’t been using but should have. It was in my black striped shirt. I really needed that chap stick because my lips have been bad for weeks. Secondly, I had a nice 20 minute warm-up. All sorts of notes including a lot of high stuff but also some low range “warm down” notes.  A little bit of everything, but not enough to tire out.

And I also traded Joe a Bach 10C mouthpiece for something called TrueTone 7D mouthpiece. That sucker is fat… It’s good for ballads where you don’t want to go full on Flugelhorn but you want that mellowness…

Tomorrow’s another show!

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