Which is worse: Over Conducting or Under Conducting.
All musicians have been here. Each conductor brings his or her own unique style to the music. But the main problems that conductors give musicians are the way that they bring you in or keep the beat. So is it…
Trumpet Gadgets… No!
Do you struggle with aspects of playing the trumpet? That new piece of kit not solving your problems no matter how much money you spend and how the fat guy in the local music shop swears by it?? There is…
Trumpet Technique (No.1)
The most important point for most trumpet players is: Hold the instrument up!!!! Why do so many trumpet players lack the ability to hold the damn thing properly!!! The answer; young trumpeters are taught by non-specialized teachers players. This is…
ME and GR
In 2004 I was picked out from my lead chair at one of the conservatoires Big Bands by Eddie Severn and asked if I’d be interested in some private lessons. This transpired to be one of my most valuable experiences…
Thoughts of a Beginner Trumpet
I have a couple of days of teaching in a private school in south Birmingham with some of the nicest primary school kids you can imagine. I have 15 trumpet students ranging from 7 year olds starting out to my…
X Factor Fact or Fiction?!
My Experience of the X-Factor has always been catching the odd show at the audition stages and laughing as mouthy chavs with no talent get told they can’t sing. We all love it! Then once they’ve selected the ones that…
Standard Strad
I went to the Birmingham Conservatoire playing on my Callichio Trumpet this was not only a great trumpet that suited the way I played but was another characteristic that set me apart from the other players, who all played, you…
Matt’s Opening Blog
So you might ask what a young professional trumpet player at the start of his career would write in his first blog? Well to find out just read on. As you might have gathered from my site so far I…