[Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?

[Phil Brink]

I'll wait until K-Tel comes out with a clone! - Phil
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Monroe" <monroe.john at sbcglobal.net>
To: "Phil Brink" <basstrb3 at comcast.net>
Cc: "Chris Tune" <crtune at adelphia.net>; <trombone-l at samford.edu>; "Denton 
Thomas" <dentonlt at usa.net>
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?


> Yes, that's the one ... and it is pricey.  Maybe the list members can 
> talk Ivan the owner into a Trombone-L discount for a volume purchase!
>
> John
>
> On Mar 5, 2006, at 2:50 PM, Phil Brink wrote:
>
>> Is the mute you mention the "WARM-UP" designed by Shinji Hamanaga, 
>> Japan?
>>
>> They look good but pricey? Oh my, yes!
>>
>> Phil Brink
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Monroe" 
>> <monroe.john at sbcglobal.net>
>> To: "Chris Tune" <crtune at adelphia.net>
>> Cc: <trombone-l at samford.edu>; "Denton Thomas" <dentonlt at usa.net>
>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 3:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?
>>
>>
>>> Dear All,
>>> At the last ITF my buddy Billy Robinson came upon the "Best  Brass" 
>>> mute for tenor and bass bones sold at slidebone.com.  I  bought one on 
>>> his recommendation and use it often.  It's pricey  but has several big 
>>> advantages:
>>> 1.  It's light
>>> 2.  It's got good frequency response from pedal tones through  double F.
>>> 3.  It's a tiny bit (a few dB) louder than the SIlent Brass, and  a  LOT 
>>> less bulky.
>>> 4.  It protrudes from your bell about a half-inch, thus providing 
>>> possible travel protection similar to the styrofoam cone suggested  by 
>>> Doug Yeo.  You can practice in a hotel room with it without   disturbing 
>>> the neighbors.
>>> 5.  It allows you to warm up in a room with other members of your 
>>> group without drowning out the conversation of the others.  For  an 
>>> amateur player like me, who plays a lot of brass chamber  music, this 
>>> is a very nice benefit.  It lets warmup and  socializing go on 
>>> simultaneously!
>>> You can check it out and buy it at <<  http://www.slidebone.com/ 
>>> mutes.html  >>
>>> John Monroe
>>> On Mar 5, 2006, at 12:44 PM, Chris Tune wrote:
>>>> Also, I'd point out that "necessary" can come up unexpectedly.    If 
>>>> you are
>>>> travelling on a gig or clinic, or so forth, and you find there  is  no 
>>>> place
>>>> which is sound proofed for you to warm up, you may now need to 
>>>> consider a
>>>> practice mute.  In doing gigs in Vegas, it always seems I'm time 
>>>> constrained
>>>> such that late night is the only likely practice time.  I'll  therefore
>>>> practice in the hotel room and I don't want to bug the neighbors 
>>>> through the
>>>> all-too-thin walls.   Thus "Silent Brass" time. . .gets so I  don't 
>>>> have to
>>>> think twice about this now.
>>>>
>>>> I make it a point to always have the Yamaha Silent Brass with me   (it 
>>>> lives
>>>> with all the other mutes in my mute bag).  An added plus would  be  to 
>>>> carry
>>>> the patch cords needed to plug this together with some audio  source 
>>>> with
>>>> MMO-type audio (e.g. Aebersolds. . .piano accomp parts on  recording).
>>>>
>>>> Note also, that you can partly improve the sound of this system  by 
>>>> attaching
>>>> a top quality in-ear monitor, like the Ultimate Ears units.   These are
>>>> expensive, but they produce much better bass response and  generally 
>>>> better
>>>> audio quality than the ear buds provided by Yamaha.  Doesn't do 
>>>> anything
>>>> though, about the inadequate reverb on the Yam unit.
>>>>
>>>> Chris
>>>>
>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>> From: "Denton Thomas" <dentonlt at usa.net>
>>>> To: <trombone-l at samford.edu>
>>>> Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:30 AM
>>>> Subject: Re: [Trombone-l] WARM-UP WITH MUTE?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I've decided it does funny things with my sound, especially if   it's 
>>>>> the
>>>>> first thing of the day.
>>>>>
>>>>> Only when necessary.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers,
>>>>>
>>>>> Denton
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>> DentonLT at usa.net / dentonlt.com
>>>>> +1.512.680.7395
>>>>>
>>>>>
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