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daveduder New Member
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:16 am Post subject: Practicing at conferences? |
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Hi all,
This year I will be visiting the 2016 ITG conference in LA, California. Quick question: Will there be any designated places or times to practice, or is a practice mute (or not!) in your hotel room the way to go?
Thanks!
-David _________________ Trumpet Addict |
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razeontherock Heavyweight Member
Joined: 05 Jun 2004 Posts: 10609 Location: The land of GR and Getzen
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 11:42 am Post subject: |
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The accepted norm seems to be to get your workout in via playing some horns as loud and high as possible. |
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Larry Smithee Heavyweight Member
Joined: 11 Nov 2001 Posts: 4399
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Practicing at conferences? |
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daveduder wrote: | Hi all,
This year I will be visiting the 2016 ITG conference in LA, California. Quick question: Will there be any designated places or times to practice, or is a practice mute (or not!) in your hotel room the way to go?
Thanks!
-David |
I've attended a couple of dozen of these conferences. Locate the horn display area(s), an empty chair if possible (I use my torpedo bag) and have at it. No one will pay much attention unless you're the highest playing cat in town. Lots of players use their hotel rooms but I personnaly think that's rude to the hotel's none trumpet guests. |
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patdublc Heavyweight Member
Joined: 02 Jun 2006 Posts: 1050 Location: Salisbury, MD
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Posted: Sat Mar 05, 2016 3:03 pm Post subject: |
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Most people I know practice in their hotel room using a practice mute. _________________ Pat Shaner
Play Wedge Mouthpieces by Dr. Dave exclusively.
Experiment with LOTS of horn makes and models. |
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tptguy Jerome Callet Forum Moderator
Joined: 11 Nov 2001 Posts: 3380 Location: Philadelphia, Pa
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Posted: Wed Mar 09, 2016 12:12 am Post subject: |
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Find a hidden part of the hotel and practice with a low decibel mute until you get thrown out. Then, move on politely and find another similar spot. Repeat as needed. |
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spiegl New Member
Joined: 05 May 2016 Posts: 7 Location: Orange
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Posted: Fri May 06, 2016 3:14 pm Post subject: Practising at ITG conference |
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The location is not that far (15-20 minutes) from Fullerton College and California State University Fullerton both of which would have practice rooms for possible use. |
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trompette24 Regular Member
Joined: 20 Jan 2011 Posts: 56 Location: San Jose, CA
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 2:15 pm Post subject: ITG Conference Practicing |
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Kind of a late response after the fact, but after attending my first ITG Conference (in Anaheim, also the first time presenting at a conference), I noticed many trumpeters playing in their hotel rooms on various floors, at a reasonable volume. Most occupants were either there for the conference or Disneyland so I'm assuming a good portion of the rooms were vacant during the day. The hotel also had noticeable signs around each floor about "quiet time" being between 10pm-8am (or something like that). They likely anticipated instrument noise in the rooms during the conference. In any event, I didn't hear about anyone getting busted for playing in their rooms during the day from hotel, including myself. |
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Craig Swartz Heavyweight Member
Joined: 14 Jan 2005 Posts: 7770 Location: Des Moines, IA area
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Posted: Tue Jun 14, 2016 5:19 pm Post subject: |
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tptguy wrote: | Find a hidden part of the hotel and practice with a low decibel mute until you get thrown out. Then, move on politely and find another similar spot. Repeat as needed. | Too late for 2016 but yeah, I agree with this one whole-heartedly. I do this when I'm on ski trips during the winter. At those venues there isn't much issue with running into other players, either. |
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