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Are there any good suggestions/quick fixes or should I just take the day off? What would you do? Suggestions?
/Tom
I thought that beer works great. It's just that because there's alcohol in it, you have to drink more of it to get the right degree of hydration. Isn't that how it works?
Sweden is wide from south to north and I live just below the middle 40 km from the capitol Stockholm, it's more close the south. We had -40°C (-40°F) that day in north.ghmerrill wrote: ↑Mon Jan 08, 2024 12:11 pmI thought that beer works great. It's just that because there's alcohol in it, you have to drink more of it to get the right degree of hydration. Isn't that how it works?
Really, the only thing I find shocking here is that it's -9.4°F in Sweden in the middle of winter. I thought they had cold weather.
It might be quicker to go to a medical center and have an IV saline hookup. I don't know under what conditions they would allow that, compared to just hydration & rest. "Doc, I got a gig tonight!"
Yes. Dehydration and a drafty, cold car was a bad combination. Swollen lips for me does not work.Crazy4Tbone86 wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 5:52 am One of my teachers would advise…….
“You can play if your lips are in pain, although it is definitely not advisable, but you cannot play if your lips are swollen.”
I wonder if this applied to your situation?
Maby I should have done the gig on a larger rim that evening. The reaction on the lips came the day after.Doug Elliott wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:26 am Cold weather always makes lip vibration difficult for me, but I deal with it. That's where a big inside diameter helps. If I have to play an outdoor gig in the winter sometimes I'll switch to one size bigger rim.
I wish I would have known this or thought of it a long time ago. Back some years, my brass quintet had a consistent outdoor gig with an upscale shopping court. We played 3+ hours on the Friday and Saturday evening after Thanksgiving, and then every Friday night in the month of December up until Christmas. I think I did that gig for 16 or 17 years straight.Doug Elliott wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 7:26 am Cold weather always makes lip vibration difficult for me, but I deal with it. That's where a big inside diameter helps. If I have to play an outdoor gig in the winter sometimes I'll switch to one size bigger rim.
One has to wonder if there was any audience in conditions like that.harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:45 pm We played until the instruments stopped working. My trombone eventually muted itself from internal ice.
Yeah there were probably 500 people in front of the stage. It is a pretty unique festival, and there were probably 10000 people within earshot, on that block of park. Everyone is there to see giant ice stages and sculptures. We had a huge applause when the last instrument falled, in a "yoku ganbatta" "well fought" sorta way.AtomicClock wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:50 pmOne has to wonder if there was any audience in conditions like that.harrisonreed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:45 pm We played until the instruments stopped working. My trombone eventually muted itself from internal ice.
Could be, but I do not think so for me. I can play wider rims and I do this if I think it helps. Sometimes it does but sometimes it doesn't. The context is what makes me decide.Doug Elliott wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:19 pm And then you discover that the bigger diameter actually works better all the time.
Those pictures tell the story. I wouldn't want to change place with you at any cost. Bad conditions but good work from youharrisonreed wrote: ↑Sat Jan 13, 2024 8:54 pm The organizers were happy to have us since all the rock and pop groups had to cancel because their equipment wouldn't work. Only us and the JSDF performed that day.