[TPIN] swollen chops

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

As a direct "answer" of sorts,... for me,...

...I find that after a night of hard playing (or practicing) it helps to do easy, soft lip slurs down in the middle to lower register.   (But so soft that you're struggling to play - not pinched - relaxed, easy - remember that playing really softly is an extreme also - the key word is "relaxed")

C-G-E-C  (rest)

B-F#-D#-B (rest)

Bb-F-D-Bb (rest)

etc... down to low F#  (sometimes descending into pedals can help too)

About 10 minutes of this in the morning, after my 2nd cup of coffee.   Then put it back in the box.   Help bring things back to a "center" and warm up the muscles.

Kind of like a running doing a little easy flexbility, before the daily workout.

- da

On Wed, 19 Mar 2008 11:15:21 -0400, Ben Rydell wrote
> So far I have not found anything suitable to put on my own lips, 
> period.  After many attempts 
> with many different types of formulas, I have come to realize that in my 
> own playing I have enjoyed 
> letting my lips go wild without any thing slick or dry to potentially 
> get in the way of things.  This 
> is not to say that Patrick Hession's formula is no exception; however, 
> it's possible that he may 
> be on to something here. 
> 
> I have found that over a period of days my lips tend to soften up too 
> much after applying stuff 
> on my lips, and although it ends up making my lips feel better my chops 
> get weaker.  It's like the 
> embouchure starts to shut down or something.  I end up getting 
> irritated, cranky, and mad all 
> at the same time. 
> 
> Kudos to Patrick if he can come up with a formula that works for me and 
> others who have 
> experienced negative effects on our playing with the so-called sticky 
> lip applications out 
> there. 
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lip_balm 
> 
> Thanks, 
> 
> Ben Rydell 
> 
> Hession, Patrick E. wrote: 
> > I have been working on my own "all-natural" lip formula for swollen chops, etc. for about the last year now.  I have been play testing every sample, so as soon as I am happy with it, I hope to have some ready to sell as soon as possible.  I cannot play with grease on my chops, so I have been developing a "dry-formula" that can be used on the gig and not get in the way of the chops gripping the mouthpiece.  Very painful if you use the slippery stuff...  Ouch!!!!!!! 
> > 
> >   
> 
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