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Composer. Film & TV Music . Production Library Music . Concert Music . Jazz Hornist. Educator.
Recovering from/living with Embouchure Dystonia
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Sure. I'm a huge fan of listening. A LOT. Don't even worry about figuring out what they're doing yet. Just listen to a ton of what you really enjoy. Find some solos you love and learn to sing them. Stuff like that. It might not seem like you're doing much, but you are
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Just watched this last night. Really lovely
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Haha! Yes it was. I was impressed by the sheer number of creative people you've connected with here
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Hi, I'm Mark and I'm "not conceptually advanced enough for our grad program"
#jazzhorn
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Hi Randy! Yep. It took me a while to figure out that what was frustrating me was the distance between my musical thinking and my (non-existent) chops on any other instrument. Trying to be a bit gentler with myself this time around
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Wow!
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Wow! Thank you! I do love that lush Hollywood sound (among other things)
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As for practice materials, John Clark’s book is a great way to start getting around the instrument fluently.
Feel free to message me with any questions. I’m happy to talk about jazz horn all day!
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Newer players include:
Giovanni Hoffer
Pau Molto
Victor Prado
Shanyse Strickland
I know I’m forgetting some people, but that’s a good start! I'm sure more folks will pop into my head over the next day or so and I'm sure other people will have suggestions of players I might not have heard of, yet.
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I’m assuming you’re “a mature aged student” on Horn, right? Good for you! Welcome!
For listening, you have to check out (in no particular order):
Julius Watkins
Vincent Chancey
John Clark
Tom Varner
Willie Ruff
David Amram
Arkady Shilkloper
Jim Rattigan
Rick Todd
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That would be fun!
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Hi! I do have suggestions. I'll do a little looking around to make sure I still have my sources correct and post some things for you later today. Thanks for the follow and the kind words
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Thanks! I love the combination of Horn and vibes
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Found it! I couldn't remember the name at first. I'm not much of a gamer, so I mostly watched it like a movie but I kept thinking it'd be fun to score something like this or a digital novel...
telltale.com/the-wolf-amo...
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but developed Embouchure Dystonia and had to stop playing back in 2011. Been working on rehab for a long time, but seem to be stuck. I'm still optimistic I'll return to Horn playing soon, though. In the meantime, I'm trying to learn a couple of other instruments because I really miss playing music!
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One of my favorite pianists AND composers
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Who DOESN'T need a merpig tattoo, really?
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What a cool idea!
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Hi Rob!! 👋🏾
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You know... I was trying to give you the benefit of the doubt with this one
🤨 😉