What's New/ Better/ Worse this week

[Emma]

worse: sorelips, aching face and odd screeching sound. Talking becoming difficult due to inability to use face muscles (children are happy though as it hurts too much to shout at them...)

re previous post - I wonder if shouting at kids will strengthen face muscles...there's a thought!

 

[Linky Lee]

Better: Motivation and more free time this weekend. got myself some goals and targets to work towards and am looking forward to some focussed practice next week.

Worse: only managed about 15mins a day this week.

 

[chadders]

Better: I have now got used to my Graphtonite A5 Mouthpiece - I was'nt able to get Marca reeds from anywhere local so carried on with 2 and 2.5s but I am now able to play my old favourites Jazz select 3S. I have also bought some Lavoz 2ms and these are brill - I am getting a real dusky sound, which makes me want to play the sax even more. Thank you to Pete T for the technical exercises on his website, and the scales book download - I think these have helped strengthen my chops over the last couple of weeks.

Same(ish): Harlem nocturne is still a bit of a pig. the chromatic runs are getting faster, but still too slow to be in time.

Worse - Nothing really - its all starting to hold together which is really encouraging and motivating.

Yipee
Chad

 

[Luluna]

PeeDee wrote:

Worse: Hernia operation on the 22nd, so no sax for while. Wife
don't mind though 🙁

Best wishes for a SpeeDee PeeDee recovery ~ take good care of yourself ~ you'll be playing better than ever after that!

 

[peedee]

Luluna wrote:

PeeDee wrote:

Worse: Hernia operation on the 22nd, so no sax for while. Wife
don't mind though 🙁

Best wishes for a SpeeDee PeeDee recovery ~ take good care of yourself ~ you'll be playing better than ever after that!

Thanks for your kind sentiments Lori. Will be back on the horn soon as it's safe. Don't want to 'bust a gut' again

 

[Smiffy]

New, nothing

Better, had a good practice with the Alto yesterday, went back to some old stuff I had not played for awhile and found I had improved a lot

Worse, not had anytime on the Tenor 🙁

 

[peedee]

New: Addition to my anatomy
Better; Less pain
Worse: Can't play me sax yet

 

[DaveW]

Great to see you back Pete, I guess the op went well.

 

[peedee]

DaveW wrote:
Great to see you back Pete, I guess the op went well.

yes thanks Dave, no problems so far. Will be glad to get back to
'normal' though. 🙂

 

[Bobby G]

New: being 53 today
Better: having a means of listening to DAB/MP3's in the car
Worse: being 53 today

 

[Luluna]

PeeDee wrote:
New: Addition to my anatomy
Better; Less pain
Worse: Can't play me sax yet

Didn't they take away the hernia? 😉 Hope you're on the mend ~ be careful and take good care of yourself.

Kind regards~
Lori

 

[peedee]

Luluna wrote:

PeeDee wrote:
New: Addition to my anatomy
Better; Less pain
Worse: Can't play me sax yet

Didn't they take away the hernia? 😉 Hope you're on the mend ~ be careful and take good care of yourself.

Kind regards~
Lori

Hi Lori
thanks your sentiments.
take away me hernia!! Impossible, google it and you'll see why.
It's a cover up job.
Hey, could do with some of that snow here in the south, all this rain is getting boring 🙂 😉
Pete

 

[Luluna]

PeeDee wrote:
Hey, could do with some of that snow here in the south, all this rain is getting boring 🙂 😉
Pete

I wish I could send you some ~ had to hire someone to shovel off the rooftops - we are having a blizzard today, they're predicting another two feet of snow.....


You're better off with your umbrella instead of a snow shovel. Especially with that "patch"! Be good 😉

 

[nick_cook]

New: 4 inch gash with 8 stitches on my head from running into a bridge at the weekend.
Better: It's getting better
Worse: Haven't been able to play sax 'cos of headaches!!

 

[Smiffy]

Is the bridge ok 😉

 

[old_git]

Garry,
Remember you are a member, indeed Founder Mamber of the Croydon and Sarf Lundun Massive and as such should not display so much sympathy.

 

[nick_cook]

Smiffy wrote:
Is the bridge ok 😉

Well, quite a bit of it had to be washed out of the wound by the nurse!!!

 

[young_col]

Ouch, Nick. Sympathy and hope it clears up soon. There, that's risked the wrath of the Croydon bunch, but I couldn't resist the following.

My music teacher always said to watch out for the bridge. Did you go into something sharp, or was it B...flat?

Welcome back as well, PeeDee. Hope it went OK. Thought of you today while at a National Trussed garden.

Serious. Better: recovering from some intonation problems on my PM after 1)tightening up the G# closing arm a fraction, and 2) switching back to the TJ Horn for a while and revisiting how much freeer blowing the PM is (a point I made on another thread, but hadn't actually done it for a month).
YC

 

[peedee]

Nick Cook wrote:
New: 4 inch gash with 8 stitches on my head from running into a bridge at the weekend.
Better: It's getting better
Worse: Haven't been able to play sax 'cos of headaches!!

Not of the Croydon sarf london brigade you have my sympathy, and hope the bridge is ok also

🙂 were you running or walking at the time. Low bridge??
2 Iboprofen + 2 Paracetomol every 4 hours = sax playing!!
Unless you have a hernia of course :laugh:

 

[ByteOfTheCherry]

Nick Cook wrote:
New: 4 inch gash with 8 stitches on my head from running into a bridge at the weekend.
Better: It's getting better
Worse: Haven't been able to play sax 'cos of headaches!!

Gives the James Brown 'Sex Machine'...we all know that one..."Hey Bobby take it to the bridge...'answer'...."yeah man take it to the bridge" a new meaning...:whistle: :whistle:

Ok..ok..I'll get my hat/coat...order me a taxi.. :cry: :cry: