https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/laurie-hafey/activity/ Activity feed for laurie.hafey. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 21:15:26 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 76b563c0b5ff9d3edb47d0515bb472b4 https://mysterytomastery.com/activity/p/64903/ Mon, 20 Feb 2023 19:07:58 +1100 Hi again. It has been awhile since I posted. Was actually busy with Christmas gigs and even made some money. More importantly it was an adventure into ‘having to play this note right now, ready or not’ vs ‘I can play this note at my leisure.’ Big Difference. My band mates were patient and understanding. For that I am grateful.
So, when you are…[Read more]

]]> 0 0903daec4f20f790509bf67043e6b5f3 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/#post-147573 Tue, 04 Oct 2022 20:48:03 +1100 Away We Go. Week what – Eleven? Don’t care – I am improving every week. Understanding every week. Exploring every week. Experimenting every week. Doing trumpet differently every week. Blowing my mind every week. Dispelling old useless habits, bit by bit every week.
For Years I loved playing the trumpet but hated practicing. Looking back I think it…[Read more]

]]> 986e65e0eb84259bb102e6fcff8e0962 https://mysterytomastery.com/activity/p/64288/ Thu, 29 Sep 2022 14:13:25 +1000 10 Weeks into this new process and I couldn’t be happier. All things previously mentioned have been personal ‘isms’ to get my brain and body to sync into a new way of playing trumpet. I have stayed in Book 1 until it is all locked in. I am almost there, not quite tho. That’s ok. Every day that I exercise to the top of the staff I am strengthening…[Read more]

]]> 0 918b8dbe8e65f8d9ce02d475e1c871fb https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/wind-wins/#post-147182 Thu, 22 Sep 2022 20:27:34 +1000 Wow! Awesome testimonial! Thanks for sharing and keep playing!
Zah!
Laurie

]]> 9e82fe55d027e19d08b3aebaa4327bbd https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/#post-147002 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:45:03 +1000 The weeks keep tripping bye and I am grateful to have the time to concentrate on this trumpet playing adventure. This week has been stressful in non-trumpet stuff and so I am struggling to relax at the trumpet at all. Started trying a technique that I have used off and on in life. It is called EFT Tapping. It is a technique using pressure points…[Read more]

]]> 926d9053163c3c429cd6bded35d3c32a https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/lumpy-lip-slurs/#post-146999 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:34:31 +1000 Thanks for sharing this Ryan! Lip slurs have always been so difficult for me and I too am working on that consistent sweet spot for every note. Amazing how the sound really pops when all of the components line up. Joining in Your Safari!

]]> 3029974ec5da125182a6e6ff8b6c3c93 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/a-helpful-video-on-increasing-range/#post-146998 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 18:27:31 +1000 Thanks for sharing this video link! Gives me a different way to approach my high note expansion.

]]> 55933d384f3a5d4893acce941b7ad340 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/#post-146552 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:10:33 +1000 So I am 6 weeks into my retraining. My last post has been a keystone post – Golden Rule #12
Learn the physical feeling of every note. I have slowly, fastidiously, painstakingly, paid attention to the physical feeling of every note. There IS One! For EVERY Note! Mind Blown!
Am keeping all things in the front – forward – Oooo – Ah – Aye – Eee – IH…[Read more]

]]> f16a1fe6e92d4c4944e0df569194bf12 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/#post-146251 Fri, 12 Aug 2022 23:20:59 +1000 Greg’s Golden Rule #12 on Page 42 of Book 1.
I am ‘Learning The Physical Feeling of Every Note’
Full Stop
Doing it!

]]> 71354ed7810efff86736d1bdae70f443 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/#post-146223 Wed, 10 Aug 2022 23:33:19 +1000 Ten Day Update. So very pleased with my progress. I have added the Wind Stick to build my embouchure muscles and to discover the feeling of what air going thru a very small hole ie the mouthpiece feels like. Mental concepts to this include remembering that there is only about a cup of air in the horn so back off and let the aperture do its thing.…[Read more]

]]> 165417855e4f1fcb86cbecbbd65aacb4 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/#post-145865 Sun, 31 Jul 2022 17:55:55 +1000 Thanks Greg! I appreciate the encouragement so much!
Just to share a quick discovery. I am trying to improve my jazz skills so started using the blues scales. I have found that the minor third interval is a perfect ‘sweet spot’ for feeling the embouchure changes that I am trying to implement. I can Really Feel and play with the aperture and…[Read more]

]]> 513dc9b88f3f91dd5a460bf088464217 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/combination-of-aperture-tongue/ Sat, 30 Jul 2022 17:44:20 +1000 So, I’ve been off the horn for two years due to health issues. Am now re-starting again. Have done several years of Wind Works, a live lesson or two and been thru most of the books multiple times. Have never really successfully put the concepts into full use. BUT – now am at it again, two weeks back on the horn and adding notes Very Slowly.
It has…[Read more]

]]> 26938412925c9a87ba5f6c616e314e3f https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/dont-stop-success/#post-32444 Wed, 25 Sep 2019 19:27:53 +1000 Yes,yes! It is such an adventure! I double checked and actually it has been 4 years which makes me feel better. I just try to do a little every day now. It is just a process of deconstructing the old and replacing it with the new. Greg has our backs and it is terrific that he is posting and sharing so much. The tools are all there.
I played 50…[Read more]

]]> 9c0a94ad4ea819bcbb9ee3007c70f0e5 https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/dont-stop-success/ Tue, 24 Sep 2019 19:13:02 +1000 Hey Greg,
Long time since you’ve been in Colorado. Hope you make it back. Soo, I think it’s been about 5 years since I first took a lesson and started my journey with M2M rebuilding my playing process. I am So Glad You Have Continued With Building and Refining Your Process. Thank You. Don’t Stop!
I lost count on how many times I have started at…[Read more]

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