“I’m not there yet”
Published: Tue, 01/17/23
View in browser Today’s email is me shamelessly gushing over my wife, Sana. If you’ve followed this email newsletter for any length of time, you know…
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“Settling” for a gig with a Top-5 orchestra
Published: Mon, 01/16/23
View in browser When Tony Prisk, second trumpet with the Philadelphia Orchestra, told me about some of his colleague’s attitude about their day job…
The reason I still play trumpet (for better or worse)
Published: Thu, 01/12/23
Interesting story for you. In May 2021, my wife Sana and I were riding in a ta i from our apartment to a mall in Hanoi, Vietnam for a rela ing…
New podcast recorded on the oceanfront
Published: Tue, 01/10/23
Good evening, Short email for you, kind of a "proof of life" if you will. We ended up having an e tremely busy week, as we apartment-shopped, packed…
What would the Rockefellers do?
Published: Thu, 01/05/23
Got a hot new podcast thrown through the sausage factory and published super early this morning. I was tossing and turning at about 3 am, so I decided…
Secret mind hack to thrive in stressful situations
Published: Wed, 01/04/23
Hi It's no secret that performance an iety is a problem for a lot of people. I'm not necessarily referring to musical performances; far more than…
It’s been a year
Published: Sat, 12/31/22
View in browser I type this email on my iPhone e actly 18 minutes prior to midnight EST on Dec 31, 2022. And although I’m not big on New Year’s…
My wife shared this with me
Published: Fri, 12/30/22
View in browser Howdy, I’ve been very busy with family and business commitments this week, but I wanted to share this series of quotes from the…
Why I do a trumpet podcast
Published: Wed, 12/28/22
Whaddup, When I began my Trumpet Dynamics podcast in January 2016, I knew two things for sure:I am a fan of the trumpetI'm a fan of podcastingI do…
"More Trumpet, Less Music!"
Published: Fri, 12/23/22
Merry eve of Christmas Eve! The headline for this email might sound tongue in cheek to my fellow trumpeters, yet with a bit of e planation, even the…