[TPIN] [Excerpt from Trumpeting, By Nature]

[William Graham]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick Olguin" <patrickolguin at charter.net>
To: <tpin at tpin.okcu.edu>
Sent: Thursday, February 15, 2007 10:32 AM
Subject: Re: [TPIN] [Excerpt from Trumpeting, By Nature]


> ---- Mark Smith <trpt03 at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> <<   TRUMPET TRIBUTES
>> >   The Trumpet Family Tree:
>> >
>> >   You, by virtue of reading this book, are a student of Jeanne Gabriel
>> >Pocius
>> >
>> >   Who is a student of:.........>>
>>
>>
>> With all due respect....  [deleted]
>
> Hmmmmm, so what really constitutes a student?  I've actually taken lessons 
> with Claude Gordon, Jimmy Stamp and Bill Bing.  I even occasionally paid 
> attention.  But I'd say I've learned durn near as much from folks like 
> Pops, Jeanne, Eddie Lewis, Bob Odneal, Clyde Hunt... though I've never met 
> tham and know them only through their postings and their books.  Well, 
> that's not 100% true, I've gotten a few lessons over the phone from 
> Jeanne.
>
Yes. I have learned a lot from reading the posts of the pro's on this list. 
(even if I seem to be a narrow minded old codger that argues with everyone) 
People like Wilmer Wise and Mike Vax have told me a lot of things that made 
me rethink my methods and experiment my way to better playing....In a sense, 
I can say that I am a student of all these folks. After all, if they never 
improved anyone's playing, why would they bother to post anything at all? 
And, conversely, if I never learned anything, why would I bother to read all 
this stuff?
    Of course, I wouldn't presume to say that I "was a student of...." But I 
can certainly say that I have, "Consulted with....."