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TBJ Topics

If you are reading this, you have agreed to record a few mini-segments with me for The Brass Junkies. Thank you for your time and for sharing your expertise. I can’t wait to share it with the TBJ audience!

Ideally, I would like to record three segments with you (all recorded in one call):

  1. A practicing tip

  2. Something from the musical list below

  3. Something from the non-musical list below

That being said, if two musical or two non-musical topics from below are screaming at you, we can do those in addition to the practicing tip. Also please note, your segments will live independently from one another so there’s no need for them to relate to one another in any way.

Also, these lists are not exhaustive. You can propose absolutely anything and I promise I’ll speak up if I don’t think it is right for this particular audience. Please send me the two topics you would like to discuss in addition to a practicing tip and we’ll go from there.

Again, thank you!

Cheers,
Andrew

Practicing tips

  • Tools, apps or resources you use and how you apply them to your practicing

  • How you structure a practice session

    • Is it timed?

    • Full plan ahead of time?

    • Plan it as you go?

    • Etc

  • Your ideal day of practicing

    • How many sessions

    • How long is each session

    • Etc

  • Time management

  • Recording yourself

    • What do you use to record yourself

    • Do you listen immediately or after your session is over

    • Do you only record yourself when you are preparing for a specific audition or performance

  • Dealing with boredom in the practice room

  • Dealing with frustration in the practice room

  • Dealing with a lack of motivation

  • Planning

    • Do you write out a plan

    • Do you plan the session when you sit down or beforehand

  • Goal setting

  • Routine

  • Practice room setup

  • Metronome

    • Do you have any creative ways you use a metronome

  • Tuner

  • Drone

Musical topics

  • Performance anxiety

  • Motivation

  • Listening

  • Favorite recordings

  • Improvisation

  • Groove

  • Swing

  • Sightreading

  • Favorite etude book

  • Excerpts (way to practice a specific one)

  • Playing tips

    • Slurring

    • Slide technique

    • Embouchure

    • Soft playing

    • Loud playing

    • High register

    • Low register

    • Articulation

    • Buzzing

non-musical topics

  • A movie you love/a movie you don't 

  • A book you love/a book you don't

  • Favorite food/least favorite food

  • Favorite concert attended

  • Favorite concert performed

  • Piece of advice that changed your life

  • Lesson that changed your life

  • Worst advice you've ever received

  • A time in your career when you were scared or doubtful and how you overcame it

  • Mentor and what you learned from them

  • What you would go back and tell yourself as a freshman in college