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starkadder Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 2:09 am Post subject: Keeping perspective |
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A helpful opinion piece from the New York Times:
https://nyti.ms/2QjsaVg
Summary: enjoy your hobbies. Don't beat yourself up.
Quote: | Lost here is the gentle pursuit of a modest competence, the doing of something just because you enjoy it, not because you are good at it. |
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Seymor B Fudd Heavyweight Member
Joined: 17 Oct 2015 Posts: 1466 Location: Sweden
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:28 am Post subject: Re: Keeping perspective |
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starkadder wrote: | A helpful opinion piece from the New York Times:
https://nyti.ms/2QjsaVg
Summary: enjoy your hobbies. Don't beat yourself up.
Quote: | Lost here is the gentle pursuit of a modest competence, the doing of something just because you enjoy it, not because you are good at it. |
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I wholeheartedly agree. It don´t mean a thing if it ain´t got that lust! _________________ Cornets:
Getzen Custom Series Schilke 143D3/ DW Ultra 1,5 C
Getzen 300 series
Yamaha YCRD2330II
Yamaha YCR6330II
Getzen Eterna Eb
Trumpets:
Yamaha 6335 RC Schilke 14B
King Super 20 Symphony DB (1970)
Selmer Eb/D trumpet (1974) |
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jhatpro Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 5:51 am Post subject: |
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Wonderful article and so right! _________________ Jim Hatfield
"The notes are there - find them.” Mingus
2021 Martinus Geelan Custom
2005 Bach 180-72R
1965 Getzen Eterna Severinsen
1946 Conn Victor
1998 Scodwell flugel
1986 Bach 181 cornet
1954 Conn 80A cornet
2002 Getzen bugle |
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cbtj51 Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 6:17 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for posting this!
Mike _________________ '71 LA Benge 5X Bb
'72 LA Benge D/Eb
'76 Bach CL 229/25A C
‘92 Bach 37 Bb
'98 Getzen 895S Flugelhorn
'00 Bach 184 Cornet
'02 Yamaha 8335RGS
'16 Bach NY 7
'16 XO 1700RS Piccolo
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Croquethed Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:04 am Post subject: |
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Bogey golf, intermediate ski slopes, and the Eb above high C. Yup. |
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BGinNJ Veteran Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:46 am Post subject: |
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The author is clearly not a trumpet player. We all know here that you have to practice hard just to be mediocre at trumpet. But that work is satisfying, even fun, because of the challenge.
I used to have more hobbies, and I had a habit of making work out of them- pursuing training, certifications, etc. Eventually I realized I had a pretty good day gig, and unless I was going to quit it to become a musician (or pilot, karate instructor, personal trainer, etc.) I was spoiling my own fun. I scaled back and took the pressure off myself, including quitting trumpet for a while. |
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cheiden Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 4:15 pm Post subject: |
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I enjoyed the article. Though the trumpet does seem to exist as an odd pursuit in that it seems to be more physically demanding and frustrating than many of the other instruments. A great many players need to work pretty hard to get to the end of a gig with our range, accuracy, tone, and style intact. I'm not saying other instruments don't have to work hard to play well, but I rarely see players of other instruments so hammered at the end of a long concert.
All that said, I have seen players that seems to take little satisfaction unless they were flawless or the best. So much so that they sometimes seem to have a really low pleasure/work ratio. Surely the article speaks to those players. _________________ "I'm an engineer, which means I think I know a whole bunch of stuff I really don't."
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Bach Strad 180ML43*/43 Bb/Yamaha 731 Flugel/Benge 1X C/Kanstul 920 Picc/Conn 80A Cornet
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Turkle Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2018 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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1) Trumpet
2) Cooking
3) Study of history and philosophy
4) Running and strength training
5) Oenophilia and cocktail craft
I love hobbies and I think that was a great article! Although I think the headline was trolling - heck with mediocrity. Do everything the best you can - always strive for perfection. But at the same time be comfortable with the level you're at - while always searching for that next angle, the next perfection.
Someone once told me that perfection is like the North Star - we use it to guide our journey but we never expect to actually end up there.
Cheers! _________________ Yamaha 8310Z trumpet
Yamaha 8310Z flugel
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starkadder Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Wed Nov 28, 2018 2:28 pm Post subject: |
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Turkle wrote: |
I love hobbies and I think that was a great article! Although I think the headline was trolling - heck with mediocrity. Do everything the best you can - always strive for perfection. But at the same time be comfortable with the level you're at - while always searching for that next angle, the next perfection.
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It's a funny balance -- we practice and take lessons because playing better increases our enjoyment. I like how the article reminds us that the enjoyment is to real goal. I often quote Dave Berry who said about his garage band "We used to suck real bad, but now we suck pretty good!" |
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Harry Hilgers Heavyweight Member
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Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2018 10:43 am Post subject: |
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Turkle wrote: | 1) Trumpet
2) Cooking
3) Study of history and philosophy
4) Running and strength training
5) Oenophilia and cocktail craft
Cheers! |
1 Trumpet
2 Riding my Harley
3 Baritone Horn
4 Riding my Harley
5 Tenor/Alto Horn
6 Riding my Harley
7 Working out (weights, running)
8 Restoring Sportster Ironheads
9 Restoring Sportster Evo's
10 Repeat
Cheers |
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