WindWorks Trumpet Academy by Mystery to Mastery | wellsweb62 | Activity https://mysterytomastery.com/member-profile/wellsweb62/activity/ Activity feed for wellsweb62. Sun, 12 Apr 2026 18:49:00 +1000 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-AU 30 hourly 2 80ef2b98e0f5b61699269c76602e6e09 wellsweb62 replied to the topic Sunday Sessions LIVE 18th Sept 2022 in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/sunday-session-18th-sept-2022/#post-147059 Sun, 18 Sep 2022 14:27:23 +1000 Hey, Greg, I’m going to be in rehearsals today. I hope the sessions go well. Talk soon.

Mike (Wellsy)

]]> afa48b44537e3bb86f225c1e840cd824 wellsweb62 replied to the topic How do you warmup? in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/how-do-you-warmup/#post-146987 Thu, 15 Sep 2022 03:50:58 +1000 Hey,Janet, I made a post on this topic a little while ago. I ditched my lip slur routine a few weeks ago because of exactly what you said. I was bringing a lot of Me 1.0 into my warmup every day. I finally realized that I wasn’t going to make progress by taking backward steps. My warmup consists of simple chromatic slurs in the middle and low…[Read more]

]]> ff4b6398c419c211dd7f70baa8afdbc9 wellsweb62 replied to the topic Leakage in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/leakage/#post-144938 Tue, 12 Jul 2022 21:03:36 +1000 My question would be “how does it feel when you play a ‘no-note’?”. In other words, when you are just blowing into the instrument, can you feel air coming out?

]]> 969a899f7a7fe43a23eac43cef52e773 wellsweb62 started the topic Me 2.0 has guilt in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/me-2-0-has-guilt/ Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:18:02 +1000 As I have progressed, I think back on the students that I have had. I can’t help feeling really bad about how I tried to teach them. I was very much a “try harder” kind of teacher. There was one older gentleman who took lessons from me for a few months to try to get back on the horn after many decades away from it. Sadly, I wasn’t able to help…[Read more]

]]> 22e9154def106e4b80712d28619a58e2 wellsweb62 started the topic Some recent observations in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/some-recent-observations/ Tue, 01 Oct 2019 22:00:09 +1000 Hi, everyone, I wanted to share some things I’ve noticed in my own playing.

I realized after a few weeks that my inhalation was too tense. My abdominal muscles were way too involved. I’m now letting my air find a more relaxed path in and out of my body.

Secondly, I had been struggling with my top lip pulling up. Well I finally figured out that…[Read more]

]]> c36d1db8ec2140cb39f455d40ce0809e wellsweb62 replied to the topic Proper Pressure in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/proper-pressure/#post-32011 Wed, 18 Sep 2019 01:25:42 +1000 “Too little pressure will not enable the oscillator to respond to the change in air pressure and therefore have a weak, airy sounds and more than likely air escaping at the aperture corners.”

And that’s exactly what happens when I play in the extreme upper register. But thanks to this program, I’m on my way to solving that problem. Thanks again,…[Read more]

]]> 805e50e633227e7eac54327ba3d0cd5a wellsweb62 replied to the topic A Bit of Confusion in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/a-bit-of-confusion/#post-32002 Tue, 17 Sep 2019 20:40:22 +1000 Thanks, Greg, my vision is very poor, so my wife (terrific musician!) is acting as my “mirror”. She’s helped me with the mmmm-aahh-oohh. I’m able to do this now without exaggerating the movement of the lips. I think I’ll go back from the beginning with a revised sensation.

Mike Wells

]]> 9a9d19305d98cbc7f6aa63f1b433775a wellsweb62 started the topic A Bit of Confusion in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/a-bit-of-confusion/ Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:47:24 +1000 Hi, Greg, I’m noticing that most of my issues/tensions are a bit opposite from the “normal” issues. Instead of pinching I tend to over- pucker. My bottom lip tends to fall out of the mouthpiece when I’m at the extreme point of tension. Instead of a thin sound, I lose the tone to a rush of uncontrolled air. Since I’ve started WindWorks, I’ve been…[Read more]

]]> f51ae7e1f63caa8b0e3d7f8ab8db00b7 wellsweb62 replied to the topic Proper Pressure in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/proper-pressure/#post-31920 Mon, 16 Sep 2019 06:14:23 +1000 Hi, Chris, thanks for your reply.

My question is more about using too little pressure. I’ve avoided pressure most of my adult life, and I’ve been able to do that quite successfully since I spend most of my time in the lower register. I’m curious to know if there are signs of using TOO LITTLE pressure. The signs of too much pressure are painfully…[Read more]

]]> abab9f619eb7415201f3ccd3489402d0 wellsweb62 replied to the topic Proper Pressure in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/proper-pressure/#post-30358 Sun, 25 Aug 2019 18:54:16 +1000 Hey, Greg, thanks so much for for the response. I think you are talking about lip to lip pressure. I was referring to mouthpiece pressure against the lips. I’m sorry if I wasn’t clear.

Mike Wells

]]> 98816500554e2a32dcb002d7f3ce4252 wellsweb62 changed their profile picture https://mysterytomastery.com/activity/p/2830/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 21:46:48 +1000 0 943444e0cae8e3a6d4e85abfe5964a0b wellsweb62 started the topic Proper Pressure in the forum WindWorks https://mysterytomastery.com/topic/proper-pressure/ Sat, 24 Aug 2019 21:38:01 +1000 This is my first post. Be gentle.

How do I know if I may be using too little pressure? Too much pressure has been a fear of mine since 1980. That’s a long time to be messed up! I’m a professional French horn player, but I’ve lived my life hiding in the fourth horn chair where my lack of high range isn’t as noticable. I would have gotten away with…[Read more]

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