Playing again after 6 years

[FullPedalTrombonist]

Title says it, folks! I’m picking up the horn after about six years. A lot’s happened since my last time even holding a trombone. I moved across the country ( well most of the way… from the Great PNW to the Great Salt Mines, which is what I call the streets in the metro Detroit area in the winter. Really killer on my poor truck frame ), went vegan, stopped being vegan, found out I have high cholesterol so probably going vegan again, spent months internationally, bought a house to exercise my strange sensibilities of midcentury modern and Chinese tea house aesthetics.

So here I am being encouraged to start playing again. I’m almost starting from scratch, but there’s a certain zen in building what you know after becoming someone different. Maybe I’ll find a band to play with, but for now the cat will be my audience.

[dwcarder]

Welcome back!

[hyperbolica]

Keep us updated. I love to hear come back stories, and how things that used to be familiar look to you now with a different perspective. Are you going back to bass or tenor?

[FullPedalTrombonist]

Keep us updated. I love to hear come back stories, and how things that used to be familiar look to you now with a different perspective. Are you going back to bass or tenor?

For now I have a Schmelzer Model 2 coming. My short term plan is to get a real routine going to get better than I was, but long term I want to rebuild my bass since the mods I did were a bit sloppy and it has some gig damage.

I’m excited to read through the forum and see what’s changed in the industry

[Kbiggs]

Welcome back!

Yes, there’s always new stuff. New mouthpieces—take a look at Harrison Reed and LI Brass. New mutes, like Sobieralski and Morningstar.

From one trombonist who has laid off to another, do yourself a favor: Take some lessons with someone who can help guide you through the quagmire of re-learning the horn.

[FullPedalTrombonist]

Welcome back!

Yes, there’s always new stuff. New mouthpieces—take a look at Harrison Reed and LI Brass. New mutes, like Sobieralski and Morningstar.

From one trombonist who has laid off to another, do yourself a favor: Take some lessons with someone who can help guide you through the quagmire of re-learning the horn.

Thank you!

I’ve been following LI Brass for a bit on ig. Highly interested in seeing if they would rebuild my bass with Rotax if I get around to playing bass again in the future. Also taking a trip to Chicago if I feel like getting into a large tenor from O’Malley

The real trick is time for lessons. My schedule is somewhat flexible, but needs are very sporadic. I know Mike Dease is at MSU so I feel like I can largely trust the music scene here for finding a teacher