I posted this past Saturday about playing loud.  I believe I said something like: "Boy and girls.  Playing loud is something you have...

I had my first rehearsal for a gig I do every year with a training orchestra here in town.  It's a lovely group, and the conductor is fa...

(Off the top, my thanks go out to Emily for encouraging me to improvise and not be afraid...she's the reason I can even talk about this...

Anxiety is not something I ever thought I had...I just thought I was a freak.  I could be standing in the middle of a room and feel a tightn...

Practicing is difficult if you think that you need learn everything in one night.  Practicing is difficult if you think it doesn't do an...

You might have been told many times over that you need to use hard reeds.  Because.  No.  Just because.  Don't question me.  I'm the...

Starting in 2001, I joined a community band here in the area.  We played all kinds of music, conferences and conventions.  I basically did t...

I blab here, too, so, enjoy :)

I talk for 15 minutes in this video, but it's all about playing right down the middle of the horn.  For me, this is the sweet spot on th...

Ok, I really mean it.  Does your setup really make that much of a difference?  I mean, does your horn to the mouthpiece, ligature and reed a...

I won't recap 15 minutes of talking, but here it is: http://youtu.be/q1Tmfh60VLY Just a talk about extracting as much sound as you ca...

I could posted anything for my first video.  I could have played some ridiculously high mess, or I could have growled, flutter tongued and t...

The short answer is no, it's not.  If you feel extra anxious all the time, you are dealing with a real disorder that a therapist can dia...

I want to refer to my previous disclaimer...I hope your band is filled with cool people and your band director is the nicest person in the w...

I am at the point in my life where I feel like I have seen about as much as I can see before issuing these edicts.  Nothing that you read he...

The bass clarinet works for me for a variety of reasons, and I mean that is in the most sincere way possible.  This is not a scholastic essa...

I'm also wondering if anyone has an opinion about unsigned artist sites... Someone who likes making lyric videos would be a help, but I ...

I having such fun playing new melodies and creating something that us improvisatory... It is like it can never really be written down, and I...

I've got albums from my favorite band that are barely 40 minutes long.  I don't care, I love it...I just always wonder what convince...

That time that you know that you wrote something truly brilliant.  I mean, you will be happy with all the things that you write and record, ...