[TPIN] How does one hang in there when really, really discouraged?

[sean007r at peoplepc.com]

sometimes you have to set the horn down and take a break
sometimes it is for an hour
sometimes a day
sometimes a week
sometimes a month
sometimes a year

I've gone as far as a decade!

bottom line is this is not an easy adventure regardless of your skills

I've found that the better you get the tougher the trumpet becomes!

That being said however is NOT a reason to quit because as the trumpet 
becomes more difficult it also becomes more rewarding,

In other words...
you could just start playing the trumpet one day
maybe get a book and learn some notes
but then one day you learn ALL the notes and start making MUSIC
then you join a band and start making more complex music with other 
musicians
then you get better and start making even more complex music with better 
musicians and then you begin to touch people with your music as you never 
did before

I believe this is why Maynard, Wynton, Doc, Chuck, Adolph, Arturo and 
________ keep playing EVERYDAY!

do they have bad days?  I'm sure of it!
However, I'll take their bad day EVERYDAY if it means being able to make the 
music they make!



take it from one cat who ALWAYS beats himself up and wants to quit almost 
every year....
HANG IN THERE and keep on tooting!



TTFN
Sean

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <smatt401 at dotnet.com>
To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:57 PM
Subject: [TPIN] How does one hang in there when really, really discouraged?


> How does one hang in there and keep playing trumpet, even when really, 
> really
> discouraged?
>
> This has been a bad week trumpet-playing-wise and I'm looking for a little 
> encouragement.
> I lost my gig on S-nday. I had intended to play "Taps" in the ch-rch I 
> hold a position in but
> was informed by the head de-con that my trumpet playing was too loud. So, 
> I sadly put my
> bugle in the trunk. No "Taps" on the bugle that day, no more trumpet 
> playing any day.
>
> The next day I played "Taps" at 3:00 PM, as recommended by the Bugles 
> Across Am-r-ca
> site. It suggested we write to Getzen, which produces field trumpets with 
> the BAA logo, and
> tell them about playing taps. Some TPIN'ers asked about trumpeters playing 
> "Taps" so I cut
> and pasted my e-mail to Getzen. Bad idea--I've been flamed by other 
> trumpet players from
> thousands of miles away. Ouch. I was just answering someone else's posting 
> about playing
> the bugle for taps. Contrary to popular opinion even trumpet players have 
> feelings buried
> somewhere in the braggadocio and arrogance.
>
> I'd like to hang it up . . . but I've been playing trumpet (badly, I'll 
> admit) since 1963 and it's
> a part of me, a part of me that's really hurting, however. It's really 
> hard to practice the
> trumpet/flugelhorn/bugle right now, without any opportunities to perform 
> with other
> musicians, without encouragement . . .
>
> So, how does one hang in there and keep playing trumpet, even when really, 
> really
> discouraged?
>
> S.M.M.
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