As soon as you are ready you put your book (out), you get your horn, get a glass of water, sit down, and then take three seconds, look up, and say “Thank God.” Three seconds. “Every time we have the opportunity to sit down and practice, you know what’s my best recommendation? Take three seconds, only… three seconds.Playing music we love drives us to learn the techniques to play it well. But it is important that we remember that making music and more importantly making music together with others is a wonderful thing thing to do. We lose that as band directors in school because we are faced with preparation for performances and competition. The point is that you have to play and love what you play. I ask my students what music they like and what do they want to accomplish, then we play. To listen to our sound and to play music. The most important thing that we do in lessons is We also audiate and sing and whistle our parts as close to in tune as possible. My students do all of these in each lesson. When practiced daily, for ALL brass players, the Cichowicz Flow Studies, Caruso Isometric exercises and the Lip Flexibility Drills, (especially the Frank Brown Lip Slurs) have helped me and my students develop characteristic sounds, range and endurance. And I also like technical virtuoso’s and firey playing like Maynard Ferguson, Allen Vizzutti and Wayne Bergeron as well.
To me they are the most difficult to play. I like to listen to players with great sound: Bill Watrous, Chris Botti, Maurice Andre, Doc Severinson, Chuck Mangione, Bobby Shew (and hundreds more). Contact me to set up a time to help you map out your plan to meet your musical goals. The only way to get where you want to be is to practice.
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