Jody Jazz acquired the Chedeville mouthpiece company in 2018. This year at NAMM 2019 they debuted the new Elite clarinet mouthpieces and the RC Series classical saxophone mouthpieces. Made from a proprietary more pure rod ebonite recreates the great rod...
Just because you have braces you are not a bad trumpet player. In this article I will explain a couple of things that will help the young player with braces. Over my 16 years of trumpet playing four of those...
Parents usually involve their children in two major extracurricular activities: music and/or sports. Usually you end up being the Taxi-Mom or Taxi-Dad and find yourself “hauling” (at least it seems that way) your kids to multiple activities. Slave to the...
How To Play High Notes This article is not going to make every trumpet player have the ability to play screaming high notes. Truthfully there is no secret to playing higher notes on the trumpet, but this article will give...
My Top 5 Problems This article is about the five most common mistakes young trumpet players have. I will address the mistakes, what causes them, why they can create a problem and ideas to help fix them. Remember that this...
My Brass Instrument Smells Funny “I have been playing a brass instrument for several months now and there is a funny smell coming out of it, what do I do?” Many students do not keep their instruments clean; this then...
