Yes I know I'm behind

If you are reading this blog you have notice it has gone through several updates.

I am no longer caling it "Inside the Psyche of a Jazz Trumpet Chick"

Why was it called "Broken Heart Musician" for a bit?
My girlfriend and I broke up and then got back together...hence the Johnny Cash song. But now I am writing in "The World of a Trumpet Girl"

What have I been doing?

Between work, the girlfriend, trumpet, Liberty games, and now Met games, I have been living life as it comes. I recently joined Trumpetmasters.com which is an online trumpet forum. I haven't posted much up there, but there is such a fountain of knowledge over there. Trumpet players-beginners to professionals, from all over the globe come together and talk...trumpet.

It's fascinating to read what others think about the trumpet and several practices, as well equipment and the like. There are debates about Bach Megatones (Are they really worth the hype or not), there are debates on brands of mutes (Tom Crown vs Humes and Berg). It's really amazing...and the best part-it's full of well thought out answers (of course there is the one or two whiners who start shit on the board...)

I used to be on a lesbian board called kimandkerry.com.It was a community of lesbians of all ages. I was only 14 when I joined and felt like I was one of the more mature "tweens" they would call us. I never started a fight with others like some of the teens there...then again several fights were caused by the more "mature" posters.

I miss the KK board, it mysteriously disappeared about a year ago, so I was excited to find this board. While I'm not used to the set up (I think I was spoiled by the well organized structure of KK.com) it's a community I've been longing for.

I don't know if I had mention this but I am tackling the Hummel Trumpet Concerto over the summer with the aid of my trumpet professor. It's actually quite demanding (but then again...I say most pieces are quite demandind). I'm halfway through my summer "school of trumpet" and I'm still on the first movement. I guess that good in a way...or bad

Pros:
Intently studying the structure of the piece
Taking my time to nail it
Finding my expression within the piece
Understanding the piece

Cons
What if I had to learn the three movements in real life in a month? I'd be screwed!

I'm always still visiting my good old friends Haydn and Hindemith (there is that thing called "Senior Recital" so...yeah)

I went trumpet shopping and I found a Phaeton. I never heard of the brand in MY LIFE, but it's a nice sounding trumpet. I played on a range of trumpets from student models to professional models from 400 dollar trumpets to 3,000 dollar trumpets. I actually played a Bach Strad and quite personally it was very hard to blow through. I got a lot of resistence. I found that odd since my entire childhood of trumpet playing lead up to the Bach Strad.

Then again I am a rebellious persona in life so I guess meeting the Phaeton trumpet was fate.

If you ever seen this trumpet...it's interesting to look at.



It's a nice dark sounding horn...and affordable averaging around $1500. I think I fell in love with it when I played it. Very free blowing, and just amazing to play.

On that note, I do have some playing to do...until next time...

PoJ