Determine priorities prior to full lesson 1 and/or lesson series, in order to hit the ground runn... Read More

Determine priorities prior to full lesson 1 and/or lesson series, in order to hit the ground running! Learning is fun and some planning helps!

I love the effects pedal world because a relatively small investment can lead to HUGE sonic e... Read More

I love the effects pedal world because a relatively small investment can lead to HUGE sonic explorations. Then there's community fun to be had trading, swapping, and exchanging ideas with friends who may have their own collection! Any wind instrumentalist can benefit from the use of electronic effects, on stage and in the studio. Why should guitar players and keyboardists be the only ones to enhance their tones in this way!? Even just one chosen pedal can be breeding ground for new ideas, new sounds, and new explorations. It can open up new avenues of music in which you can participate. If you are a pedal expert, a brand new effects user, or anywhere in between, this is the place to learn and drive the world of brass into the future!

In this lesson we can go A to Z from the beginning of how to get your trumpet sound through the microphone and into the electronic realm. The cables and connectors needed are a small investment. You may even have the right tools laying around and not know it! Then, we can approach the individual uses of each pedal and then the sum total of multiple.

A lesson on computer music production with a priority on brass playing and horn sections. Logic X... Read More

A lesson on computer music production with a priority on brass playing and horn sections. Logic X is the preferred DAW of many creative Pros at home. With almost 15 years experience I have recorded trumpet in my home studio for major label productions and international ad campaigns including Google, Mazda, Exxon, Geico, NHL, & Pepsi. I've recorded in some of the world's best studios and have taken learned principles home with me. In this lesson I would be likely to address:

• Equipment selection- Microphone, interface, preamps, wiring, speakers, headphones
• How to maximize your recording rig- Microphone techniques, placement, room setup
• Getting the most from your software- Software plugins, VSTs, composite takes, overdubbing, proper file delivery methods
• Arranging with software in mind- stacking, composite takes, mixing, blending, making it sound "natural". Not crowding the mix for the client.
• Recording principles and ideas, music theory as it relates to the digital realm- applicable to any software

Hi! Thanks for visiting my home on Aeyons. I aim to provide personalized trumpet instruction base... Read More

Hi! Thanks for visiting my home on Aeyons. I aim to provide personalized trumpet instruction based on the student's needs and desires for improvement. My teaching will be informed by the student's age, skill level, prior experience, and performance goals. I have both classical and jazz training and wide ranging performance experience. I believe that through my experience I can help bring your playing goals into reality, and hopefully an enhanced awareness of music's role in your life. Topics I'm likely to address (but not limited to);

• TONE! (good tone production)
• Practice routine cultivation- targeted excerpts from many of the great brass pedagogy lineages
• Technique- Flexibility, Endurace, Range, Articulation
• Practical Music Theory- Ear training, harmonic analysis, music notation
• Nuances of stylistic interpretation
• Classical etudes & concerti (repertoire & audition prep)
• Jazz improvisation; study of the greats- past & present

This course will address & inform the unique demands of trumpet improvisatio... Read More

This course will address & inform the unique demands of trumpet improvisation in the modern world. Although you can't practice inspiration, you can prepare your body to execute what you are inspired to play. A strong technical foundation should be in place for the improvisor to achieve fluency and engage in joyful music making, the moment inspiration strikes. The improvising musician faces a unique set of demands. This lesson will help address those demands in a broad spectrum, multi purpose way- starting with the student's preferred style of music. Ideally, a purposeful trumpet exercise should serve double to both hone technique and engage you with various harmonic palettes. I will work with you to expose you to materials & sounds that will help you find a personalized path to your OWN sound.

Unique demands of a modern trumpet improvisor include;

-Truly inspired soloing tends to stretch your technical limits, leading to fatigue

-Excitement may cause overblowing and therefore premature fatigue

-A solo should be developed with both patient musicality and endurance preservation in mind

-To expand your vocabulary, you must improve your instrumental skill

-Learning comes through exposure and repetition

-Imitation leads to innovation, but the high skill level of pro recording artists may be intimidating to approach

-There are many shifting styles of music but the tools needed for trumpet expression remain the same

Practice Material may optimally include:

-A resonance-first approach- a scale, pattern, or harmonic sound that makes you feel good will be most worth practicing. What feels good to play is what most likely will emerge in your improvisations organically. Trust your taste, it informs your sound.

-I generally don't believe in practicing a repetitive pattern by rote blindly save for technical improvement. We do need a certain amount of "trumpet-on-face" time, but not blind repetition of an exercise that doesn't make you feel inspired to play.

-I will tailor practice materials towards the way in which you most want to play