Today's episode is an excerpt from a recent episode of The Trumpet Jungle podcast, where I featured a stellar young trumpeter named Patrick Oliverio. Patrick was awarded First Place in the graduate division of the National Trumpet Competition in 2017. I asked him what he does to prepare for an important performance such as that one. This is what he said.

You can hear my entire conversation w/ Patrick at https://jamesnewcomb.io/patricko

P.S. I used two "pop" filters for today's episode title.