[TPIN] - Warning "Lip twisting is mythology!"

[Joel Nielsen]

Hi Byron,

When I read your original post, I took it as an interesting anecdote. You 
got to meet Jesus Alemany, and he told you what worked for him. I didn't 
think anything you wrote was an endorsement for this or that. And good for 
you and your band, getting to open for some great Latin bands, too. Very 
cool.

I also noticed that you wrote that Jesus said it was something that "they" 
did, implying that other trumpeters he knows use the same technique. Maybe 
it's a method favored by Cuban players. Can't argue with results - the guy 
can play.

Best,
Joel

=========Byron wrote:===========

Message: 5
Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 11:50:06 -0500
From: reddogremodelers at kc.rr.com

This thread got pretty hot, pretty quick. Sounds like everyone has now 
gotten all sides of the issue. Let me just say that in my case, the twisting 
thing is pretty harmless unless you do it to extreme. It actually feels 
kinda good to me, when my chops are in good shape. It doesn't feel too good 
when I've slipped out of shape. I think the theory is that if you have 
strong chops, the little twist gets the blood moving when you can't put the 
mpc to the lips. That's all. Jesus did not say it was a "secret way to get 
good chops", by the way. And, again, I'm very sorry if anyone in TPIN land 
construed this reporting of mine (the conversation with Jesus) as a new 
pedogogy that must be followed. Do what works for you, and disregard the 
rest...as they say in Al-Anon Nothing substitutes for practice or playing 
the horn!

Regards
Byron