WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | Stan Rivera | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/stanthewlis/activity/ Activity feed for Stan Rivera. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:49:00 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 f1d849e0c4ddf4e5875a8ec35e408c53 Stan Rivera replied to the topic Biting the inside of my lip in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/biting-the-inside-of-my-lip/#post-37615 Mon, 02 Dec 2019 12:46:48 +1100 Thanks Eric

I think the mindfulness is probably the key. I haven’t done it for over a week, so fingers crossed that the mindfulness and the self-hypnosis are working. I’ll have a look at that product, also. Thanks.

Kind Regards
Stan

]]> 351211e807c11677a685a07e83442bba Stan Rivera started the topic Blowing the cheeks out in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/blowing-the-cheeks-out/ Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:36:27 +1100 Hi All!

Most trumpet teachers, particularly classical ones, tell you not to blow your cheeks.

However, when I look at the great jazz players – not just Dizzy Gillespie, who is extreme, but also Freddy Hubbard, Chet Baker, Clark Terry and many others, they ALL blows their cheeks out. If they do it, why is that? And why are we told not to.

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]]> 10e3e19196d2ec97813ce8b35cfb97ed Stan Rivera replied to the topic Biting the inside of my lip in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/biting-the-inside-of-my-lip/#post-36308 Tue, 19 Nov 2019 12:31:14 +1100 Thank you very much, Ronald, for your good advice. I certainly will do the hygiene steps that you advise. Living in the UK, and with no private medical insurance, I went to Hungary to have the implants, for about a quarter of the cost of UK dentistry. I’m sure what I ended up with is about as good as it’s possible to get, and the dentist had 25…[Read more]

]]> 81317b5885b88a8f87bcc1a860057c52 Stan Rivera started the topic Biting the inside of my lip in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/biting-the-inside-of-my-lip/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 13:02:43 +1100 I have an annoying problem. I have a tendency to bite the inside of my lip , usually while eating, but sometimes at odd times when I’m distracted. It hurts like hell, my lip starts swelling, and it affects my ability to play. It plays havoc with rehearsals and gigs.

I have a full set of ceramic teeth, top and bottom (because of my age), which…[Read more]

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