Janet Myers replied to the topic Music and Science in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 9 months ago
Good post, Nigel. Thanks.
Yes, Greg’s teaching methods are quite well rounded.
As someone who is now suffering from Embouchure Focal Dystonia (coming up on a year now), addressing all aspects of playing is essential, whether you have Dystonia or not. My decline seems to have finally hit bottom and I have found myself thinking at times that a p…[Read more]
Janet Myers replied to the topic Me 2.0 has guilt in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 9 months ago
I believe that we are in no way responsible for the decisions of others, so just let it go. You can beat yourself up over this forever, or just accept that he made a different decision than what you would have done if you were in his place.
You can make something positive out of this experience by thinking about how you handled things back then…[Read more]
Janet Myers replied to the topic Maynard Ferguson's "Yoga Breath" in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 9 months ago
I saw Maynard and his band in 1983 at the National Trumpet Symposium in Denver Colorado. Trust me, you don’t want to emulate anything that Maynard did. His chops looked like ground hamburger after performing and that’s the main thing I’ve always remembered about seeing him up close. Also, when Maynard talks about using a lot of air, he was clearly…[Read more]
Janet Myers replied to the topic Significant embouchure pain in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
Patrick – my lesson with Greg was amazing, I learned a tremendous amount and I highly recommend taking a lesson. Greg tailored what he was teaching specifically to what I need to do to overcome my current struggles in transitioning to his method. This lesson was a huge step up from watching the videos because of that.
I’m really glad Greg r…[Read more]
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Janet Myers replied to the topic Significant embouchure pain in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
That’s how I look at it – It’s very likely that I’ve gotten to the point where I’m surely messing at least a few things up.
Janet Myers replied to the topic Significant embouchure pain in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
Hi Patrick! Thank you for your response – I have a lesson scheduled with Greg for tomorrow.
Janet Myers replied to the topic Significant embouchure pain in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
How do I do that?
Janet Myers started the topic Significant embouchure pain in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
My embouchure hurts really badly this morning. I mean REALLY significant pain and the 2 Advil I took haven’t kicked in yet. Maybe I’m just overdoing it? (Endurance issues have never, ever been like this for me before.)
I’m not playing anything at all outside of Windworks exercises right now. I feel I need get a solid start on building mysel…[Read more]
Janet Myers started the topic Red pill or blue pill? in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
Take the red pill and get flushed out of the 1.0 system.
Janet Myers replied to the topic Former James Stamp student, now with WindWorks in the forum WindWorks 1 year, 11 months ago
I will continue to hold off on lessons for awhile. I’m just starting to become aware of the things I’m doing that are creating problems. This is a really good step forward for me. To quote a hymn, “I once was blind, but now I see).
I have a LOT to overcome to get away from the Stamp method. 1.0 brain is fighting me bad tonight. It was fully trigg…[Read more]
Janet Myers posted an update 1 year, 12 months ago
There is no rushing through these lessons. I think I may be stuck on Largo Status Stage/Largo Long Tones for awhile… I need to be positive that I’m doing nothing but releasing air to play the long tones. I suspect this is not the case right now.
Janet Myers replied to the topic Former James Stamp student, now with WindWorks in the forum WindWorks 2 years ago
Thanks for replying, hotflugel.
I’ve been considering what you wrote and I could sign up for a lesson, but I think I’ll at least take the time to go through the Largo lessons as many times as it takes for those to sink in first. (I haven’t even cleared the first 8 lessons in the Largo Status stage yet for having to go through them over and over…[Read more]
Janet Myers replied to the topic Former James Stamp student, now with WindWorks in the forum WindWorks 2 years, 1 month ago
Day 2
Considering a new embouchure “sweet spot”. On the day I picked up my trumpet and couldn’t produce a note, I did find a way to get one to come out — but only to the right of my normal position (which is dead center). Maybe along with learning WindWorks, moving my mouthpiece to the right would be a good idea. Can’t do too much today – I have…[Read more]
Janet Myers started the topic Former James Stamp student, now with WindWorks in the forum WindWorks 2 years, 1 month ago
A few months ago, I picked up my trumpet to practice and could not produce a single note. Air leaks on sides of mouthpiece, no buzz at all in center. Ability to see a note/play the note automatically — all gone. I managed to work my way back to near normal using everything I’ve learned in the past, but the problems I thought I had beaten are ret…[Read more]
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