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Interview With Steve Allen From Legend Musical Instruments - Take It Up Podcast ep.2

NAMM Release Radar: Jody Jazz Mouthpieces

Jody Jazz reboots Chedeville Mouthpieces
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...

I Just Got Braces, Is This End of My Trumpet Playing?
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...

My Child is Whining About Music Lessons (and I am, too)
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 Do I Play High Notes On Trumpet?
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...

Five Common Mistakes Of Young Trumpet Players
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
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...