This Episode is Sponsored By Alex Rodiek has performed with music’s most notable conductors including Gerard Schwartz, Robin Fountain, John Mauceri, and Ransom Wilson. He has performed in Master Classes for artists such as The American Brass Quintet, Ronald Romm, Gerard Schwartz, Alison Balsom, Rex Richardson, Anthony Plog, and Adolph “Bud” Herseth. Notable orchestral performances…

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About the Guest: Born in Beloit, Wisconsin 1942 Down Beat Magazine full scholarship winner to Berklee School of Music,  Boston,  Mass.  1961 Stan Kenton Orchestra  – 1st mellophonium   Recorded  “Artistry In Bossa Nova”,  Stan Kenton Presents Jean Turner”  Recorded “Concert In England” album 1962 – 63 Tommy Dorsey Band featuring  Frank Sinatra,  Jr.   trumpet   Recorded…

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“If we had to endure it in order to know what we know now, we would do it again.” This short episode features a clip of an interview I conducted with Manny Laureano, long-time principal trumpet of the Minnesota Orchestra, for my first, and now defunct podcast, Outside the Music Box. His comments revolve around…

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John Snell started working for Bob Reeves in 2001. He manages the shop and works daily with customers and dealers. He has aligned thousands of valves over the last ten years. John is also the host of the popular podcast, The Other Side of the Bell, produced and sponsored by Bob Reeves Brass. John started…

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Having lived twentyfive years in Tokyo is still a surprise for trumpet player, composer, and band leader, Mike Price .He often says ” My original plan was to come here for six months to a year, and maybe a year and a half if I’m lucky!” He did not anticipate that Tokyo’s jazz fans and…

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In my life, I wear many hats. Dad, husband, trumpet player, musician, amateur political philosopher, just to name a few. And those are the ones I’ve thought of, and I like myself. Ask someone who doesn’t like me, and you’re likely to get a completely different list. I want to take a moment to reflect…

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Systems are Essential for Any Business Kate Erickson has been called the “First Lady of Podcasting.” She is the “stage manager” for EOFire, an award winning, daily podcast that interviews today’s top entrepreneurs. In this interview, Kate discusses some of the systems she and John Lee Dumas have set in place to operate a 7-Day…

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"J.S. Bach would have been the greatest be-bop musician on the planet," explains Howie Shear in this, the 33rd episode of Trumpet Dynamics! About the Guest: Howie Shear received a Bachelors in Education from Fredonia State University in 1975 and a Masters in Jazz Studies from the Eastman School of Music in 1977. He studied with…

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John Bryant, an Atlanta-based freelance artist and professor at Young Harris College, discusses a trumpet camp he hosted in his home for middle-school age trumpet players. We talk about how he promoted it, how he executed it and what he and the students got out of it.

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Join the Trumpet Dynamics Directory here! Kerry is the founder and co-moderator of the successful Facebook group called Trumpets, Trumpeters and Trumpeting. In this short interview, he tells about the founding of the group, his philosophy in moderating discussions (including dealing with people who cross the line) and plans for the future of the group. Like…

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