Meet & Greet

Hello Everyone,

I’m Paul from a country town in Victoria, Australia.

I played band in school & i make Violins, Violas & Cellos (i got sucked in by the mystery and art of the violin master makers of antiquity 😆).

Recently, I have been inspired to buy a Olds Mendez Trumpet and start playing again. I like vintage horns 😄

My main interest is film scores & jazz. I will be focusing on musicality and in future to do live gigs maybe as a duo. 

My favourite foods are Asian, and recently I've been inspired to get out my Asian cookbook.

Tonebase is an awesome platform.

As with everything, I’m old enough now to know the benefit of accurate practice & a focus on musicality in every part of playing:practice.

Trumpet or any instrument has the ability in the right hands, to transport an audience. Learning to do that is the art..,flashy technique second 🤣🤣🤣 

Bob Firebaugh

I'm an 80 yr. old "comeback trumpet player" living in Fort Collins, CO. We, wife Julie and I, enjoy the selections of ethnic food restaurants in this community.  Since graduating from HS in 1962, I have learned so much more about techniques now that I have started back to the trumpet than I ever got back then.  From this community I hope to find further leanings to allow me improve so I can be an asset the groups I hope to be involved in later.

Hi everyone!

I am from north-west London, UK. Not really a foodie, but fruits and greens always would be a good idea. Boring, I know. 😊

I learned violin as a child, but mostly played guitar and sang since then. Really wanted to pick up playing trumpet fairly late in life, mostly to be able to use it in my songwriting/production. I've been playing trumpet for a few years now. Didn't really think about classical repertoire initially, but I am drawn to both jazz and classical  pieces now.

I hope Tonebase will help me to improve my technique and expression. The lesson on 1st movement of Hummel concerto by Brandon Ridenour is fantastic, although I wish he went through to the end of the piece. Otherwise, I'd like to see more on articulation, particularly jazz vocabulary like trills, growls, half-valves etc. Perhaps, something on recording a trumpet would be nice too.

Cheers,

Dee

Hello!

1. I’m from Santa Barbara, CA. We’ve got great Mexican food here and thankfully it’s one of my favorite cuisines. You can’t go wrong with tacos and burritos!

2. I played trombone through college and for a few years after that. In the 25 years since graduating I haven’t played much.

My dad gave me his Bach 37 he played when he was in high school and I thought I’d try something new. I’ve been playing for the last few weeks working through the Pearson Standard of Excellence, embouchure builder by Lowell and the first etude in Hering’s 40 progressive etude.

I’ve generally been a classical person. That speaks to me the most but I do like pop and jazz, just I’ve never been able to grasp improvising. I love the sound of classical trombone and don’t care for the jazz sound. However on trumpet it all sounds good to me.

I figure I have a new opportunity to try a bunch of styles and just play what is fun. I’m not going to get a job in an orchestra so I can just play what is fun!

3. I had a great time connecting with people on a ukulele forum back in the day. I didn’t really use it to get better more just to have a way to communicate with people that had similar interests. I think community engagement is important in your journey so maybe this time I can figure out how leverage it!

1. I was born in England, grew up in Canada, and now live in Japan.  My favorite food is Kobe steak.

2.  I am working on developing various combinations of musical trios playing improvised music.   

3. My desire from these courses is to improve my facility on the instrument.  It is a lifelong study.  From what I see of the free sample videos, it looks to be a goldmine of expert information and advice.     

I'm Tomás, I just subscribed a couple days ago!

It's a bit hard to explain where I'm from but I'll try to be short 😆 my family is italian but I grew up in Brazil, now I live in Portugal but I'm planning to move to another country in french-speaking europe soon. My favourite food from Brazil is moqueca, a kind of seafood stew, and from Italy... real pizza! 🤣👑

I started music and trumpet "late" at 23, 4 years ago. However I come from practicing other arts and this helped me for having sensibility and discipline during study. After the first year I started technique lessons with a private teacher and then was lucky to be invited to play with 2 semi-professional bands, one of latin-american music, mostly cumbia and salsa, and one of balkan-gypsy and greek-turkish music. So for the last 2 summers I've been playing festivals around Portugal plus a couple short tours in nearby countries.

I am working on fundamentals most everyday aswell as the vocabulary for both styles I mentioned above. However I am also interested in studying Jazz and playing other styles. I am thinking of applying for a Jazz school next year, hoping I manage to enter at university level. I've always been interested in music theory and taken joy in it but only since last winter I've doubled down on practicing solfege. I also study a bit of guitar, mostly in world folk styles, as I feel it's importat to play a harmonic instrument, but my main focus is trumpet.

So what I'm hoping to get here is support for my fundamentals practice and for my need to dive into Jazz to prepare for the entrance exams next year. I also would mind to dip a little into the classical repertoire, I'm hoping it will help me develop sight reading since because of my unusual music path I haven't had much access to written material.

My goal is to be a full-time working musican!

Finally this introduction was quite long but I hope to find some connection to a community here! So far the courses have been very nice, since day 1  I feel pushed and already see my embouchure and tone is changing!

I'm Mark, and I just subscribed today!

I'm originally from California, but have been in Waxahachie, Texas since 2023. My favorite food is Texas Barbecue.

I'm a semi-comeback player, after not playing much for 5 yrs. Prior to that, I played semi-pro in churches, community bands, jazz bands, and taught trumpet students for 40 yrs. I'm blessed to now be the Trumpet Instructor for the National and International award-winning Waxahachie Indian Band program and a local homeschool co-op band program. 32 trumpet students (from beginners to advanced) and adding more each week! I'm also principal trumpet in the local community band and Co-Lead Trumpet in the county Big Band.

I hope to continue honing my skills as a musician and teacher, building and leaving a legacy of fine trumpeters in this region of TX.

Hello Tonebase Trumpet Community!!

I live in a town called Utopia that is about 90 kilometers north of Toronto and work for an automotive manufacturer as an Industrial Electrician.  I am about 25 minutes drive away from the longest freshwater beach in the world – Wasaga Beach.  Butter tarts are my favourite food/dessert here.  I grew up in a town to the south called Beeton.

I am currently working on my level 1 RCM exam that is coming up the first week of October.  I would like to get to my grade 5 over the next 2 years and eventually complete my ARCT in Performance.  I study with a professional player through in-person and remote lessons.

My practice covers fundamentals, etudes, repertoire and I mix in blues and jazz material as well.  Books I am working with right (in addition to the RCM materials) Chase Sanborn’s 6/60 and Brass Tactics, Chops by Frank Williams and Trumpet Aerobics by Kevin Johnson.

I am looking for inspiration and interpretations of concepts that will speak to me in a way I haven’t understood before, I am hoping to connect with other like-minded players to discuss practicing, performing and collaborating to become better at this amazing instrument.