The kind folks at Bremner Music have allowed me the chance to test one of their trumpet Sshhmutes – 2 S’s, 2 h’s and the word mute… reminding myself to spell it correctly! However you [...]

Firstly; a big ‘thank-you’ to Irwin at the Humes and Berg company for giving me the chance to test 3 practice mutes. They are indeed very fine, and are all individual and offer advantages to [...]

By Michael Barkley Bruce is a really special player and person – a gentle giant. I was lucky enough to hang with him at his house, and get the recording that I am going to [...]

Physics teacher by day, and trumpet player by night, if you’re looking to understand the physics of brasses, Nick Drozdoff is the man. Here are two videos with Nick discussing trumpet physics: Visit Nick’s website [...]

Lead trumpet extrordinaire, Roger Ingram, discusses the importance of versatility in this clip. It is interesting to hear how his range was only developed out of necessity… Seriously impressive lead [...]

www.michaelbarkley.com I see a little movement towards the smaller-bore horns ever since Roger Ingram and Malcolm McNab joined Jupiter and created some fabulous instruments. This article is by way of clarifying a little information regarding [...]

Perhaps Pink Baby Monster is appropriate for the 1st of April at BrassMusician.com? Pink Baby what? Pink Baby Monster is a 3 member chamber music/performance art ensemble. The group is composer driven; all musical compositions [...]

www.michaelbarkley.com Bruce is a special player, he has such a warm, sharing personality and I have a great deal of respect for him. He has helped me immensely over a few years, and I am [...]

This is a short “how to” detailing what you need to do to replace the fancy Selmer water key [...]

From http://traditionisatemple.com/ TRADITION IS A TEMPLE A motion picture of New Orleans music | ARTIST OWNED PRODUCTION Darren Hoffman started this project more than 4 years ago and we were curious about where the idea came from. [...]