How to sound Reggae

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Apolo
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How to sound Reggae

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Hi,

starting to play in a reggae/ska band, I don't find the proper technique to make my trombone sound as I would like to (bright greasy copper) without blowing very loud on my trombone...
as on this huge skatalites song:


Any clues on how to do that?

Thanks :good:
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Re: How to sound Reggae

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How to sound reggae? Listen reggae.
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Re: How to sound Reggae

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Yeah, thanks for the answear, but I was thinking of much interesting technique than saying obvious and stupid things...
Thanks anyway ;-)
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Re: How to sound Reggae

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High/forward tongue position, playing in the slot exactly, equipment that makes it easy to slot, no vibrato.
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Re: How to sound Reggae

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What do you sound like now?
It's kind of impossible to suggest a change... Change from what?

Post a video of yourself playing the same thing.

The player in that recording is not playing all that loud... probably in a studio, and it's not always possible to reproduce a studio sound when playing live.
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Re: How to sound Reggae

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harrisonreed wrote: Fri Apr 28, 2023 11:53 am High/forward tongue position, playing in the slot exactly, equipment that makes it easy to slot, no vibrato.
Yeah thanks,
that's exactly what I needed. Tried that today, and it starts to sound great. Now I just need to practice a lot and that will be fine.

Thanks again,
and by the way, I really like your profile's picture
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