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If you blow, you suck! I'll never forget it... What a different and interesting approach.. I am also experiencing the difference for good!! Thank you all!!!
Having a vituoso in our field being asked pertinent questions to aid and assist beginners to professionals is so valuable in unexplainable ways. His album is one of the best I've listened to since having Wynton's albums growing up. What a win for our community and for all musicians alike.
GREAT ADVICE FROM RANDY BRECKER !!! WILLIAM VACCHIANO STATED YEARS AGO AT THE DENVER TRUMPET SYMPOSIUM BACK IN 73... HE DIDN'T THINK THAT YOUNG STUDENTS TODAY SPEND ENOUGH TIME PRACTICING IN THE ARBAN BOOK !!! ALSO, I KNOW FROM PERSONAL EXPERIENCE THAT THE SCHLOSSBERG BOOK IS REALLY GOOD FOR DEVELOPING RANGE AND ENDURANCE. BUT YOU HAVE TO PERSEVERE, SOME DAYS IT'S ROUGH GOING IN THAT SCHLOSSBERG BOOK BUT IF YOU KEEP AT IT YOU WILL GET GOOD RESULTS. SCHLOSSBERG REALLY HELPS BUILD YOUR RANGE AND ENDURANCE.
Amazing to hear him speak but couldn't help think Caleb is such a musical and creative spirit, whereas a lot of questions are angling at trumpet technique and technical issues: not to criticise (this is great channel!) but I wish you'd followed his direction a bit more as the interview progressed, rather than keep pulling him back to discussing trumpet technique and analysis. Nevertheless, awesome that this material is available and thanks!
Haha yes indeed you are correct. Interviews are hard! We always go into these things with the intent of cracking open their brains and figuring out how they got so darn good. I do agree we could've followed a bit more - but I must also say that oftentimes great players forget to talk about things they take for granted, because they scaled those mountains some time ago, and don't necessarily need to think about them as much any more. So I do think it's good we prod them back to these things at times. Very delicate balance, and we're always looking to improve. Thanks for watching!
Haha!! People don't always answer the questions we ask. I think if you piece things together from the rest of the interview though, your endurance will increase significantly.
Did you find a bell difference consistently for each excerpt? In other words, did you see bell slightly left for each position 3 excerpt (as an example)? We spent considerable energy to record these and perform these exactly the same. Be sure you are listening on high quality speakers. When we introduced these at itg we had dozens of players come through and every single player noticed a massive difference as they clocked it. Including Jens Lindemann, Tom Hooten, Dr. Robert White, and many more.
What would you consider a main key component, of framework is (framework seems pretty vague…). I ask this because when i start a new piece i sight read first and after a few minutes or so of reading to get a first look and attempt. Then, I’ll typically throw on a met and give it a shot start to finish. Chunking as needed to make sure i have a feel for the entire piece before detailing... But then what would you do after your first sight read to get your framework down. After that i would imagine you’d do notes, dynamics, textures of sorts for a lack of better words… for me it’s just hard to know where to start once I’ve got the notes because it will sound averagely good, and nothing more.
It also depends on who you ask too! I can't imagine listening to 200 some candidates that all play on a high level 🎚️! And then have to choose 1 candidate! Sounds daunting 😮. It would be interesting 🤔 to see what happens if I end up getting to this point where I'd have to listen to the candidates instead of being a candidate!
