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Thank you🥹

Many thanks! 🙏 We're gonna get to those numbers! Look out 2025!

@@maryjanetheresa604 You're very welcome!

Thanks so much! I really appreciate the support! I got some cool plans for 2025 and can't wait to show them!

We're getting there one day! Thanks so much for the support in these begining stages though🙏

I guess didn't compose too much of a melody in the examples lol. It was mostly to show what the mutes sounded like with my instruments.

@@_israelferraro honestly, I never write any music because I can make a pretty chord progression with fancy music theory, but the melody slips through my fingers when I try to write it. All the theory courses and fancy tutorials in the world couldn't fix a bad melody.

I can definitely resonate with that. Some compositions I make end up being more melody driven and others more harmonically driven even if that wasn't the intention at first haha! But that's totally okay!

Here's a couple techniques that help me when I'm going for more melody than harmony: 1. Write the melody first regardless of what harmony you have in mind at first. Then compose a chord progression around that. You may end up with a slightly different progression than you had in mind, but as long as you trusted your ear, you'll definitely have a progression that supports your melody. Sometimes discovering the harmony along the way is the fun part! 2. Have chord changes less frequently in your composition. Without the harmony changing as much or as often, you create more wiggle room to construct a melody that doesn't clash with your more forgiving harmony.

@_israelferraro I'll definitely try this!

Good question. As far as I know, there's pretty standard sizes for trombone mutes. It would just sit a little further inside the bell than it would for a standard tenor trombone.

@@_israelferraro thank youuuu!

You're welcome! However, I will say if you're looking into getting a bucket mute (which I didn't have in the video) I do believe you'd have to look for a slightly larger size for a bass trombone as those mutes clip into the outside of the bell.

@@_israelferraro perfect. i just switched to bass and im trying to experiment with different styles of music, if you know what i mean.

Nice! Great to hear you're interested in brass! And yeah not everyone is a fan of harmon mutes. I've even done some recordings where I thought it would sound good, but ended up liking the raw trumpet sound better haha!

I'm definitely considering it! These shorter tunes I'm doing are kinda just to get my musical ideas out there, but I think some of them are gonna stick and I'll turn them into extended pieces to put up for streaming. I appreciate the feedback on which ones people are really liking!

Yeah definitely! Mutes were a common thing used for brass instruments in that era of music!

@@djt6701 Yeah, that's definitely an idea! I am planning on upgrading my lav mics soon too, so I'll keep that in mind! Thanks for the tip!

Thank you! I'm very glad to hear you're enjoying the content!

Thank you! I really appreciate that! I definitely enjoyed composing and playing a variety of music styles, but jazz has always been at the core of my inspiration. There's nothing quite like it!

It actually is a real plunger! There's just no stick on it is all.

@@_israelferraro this is a sink plunger! Google sink plunger vs toilet plunger. Toilet plungers have a different shape that might give you a different sound

@@mariotheguy123 oh I see now. Yeah, it just might give me a different sound. Considering the difference in size and shape

Yeah I guess that is pretty much what it is! Never thought if that way before haha

For drums, I'm mostly self taught. In late high school, I messed around on the school's kit before jazz rehearsal one day, realized I actually kinda had some coordination/rhythm and the rest is history lol

@@_israelferraro cool stuff and nice vid! I just got a trombone last week and am learning the ins and outs (no pun intended) of the instrument. It’s fun!

@@amj.composer oh cool! Yeah the trombone is pretty fun! Not having valves or keys really creates for a unique kind of playing experience!

I’m just glad I got here before this channel blows up

@@oil2921 unfortunately they’re all SLEEPING 😭

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Thank you! As much as I can I like to show all the components of the song in an interesting way!

Yeah a lot of muted brass instruments were used in swing era music! You're absolutely right! And as for the "roast" (which may have been a slight exaggeration lol) a sound similar to brass instruments using mutes often gets created when you're not quite letting enough air through the mouthpiece when you buzz into it to produce a tone. Typical for beginners which is totally okay!

Thank you so much!!

Thanks man! Improvisation is definitely one of my favorite aspects of music!

You're too kind🥹

Right!? I figure I could use the instrument not only to incorporate the sound into some music, but also if I was looking for a frog sound specifically for a "sound effect" purpose.

I believe it's still considered a guiro

I agree! It really does take some skill to carve something like this instrument! Especially trying to keep in mind the sound they're aiming to have it make!

Haha that's totally fine! Probably just means you have a great sense of rhythm!

Thanks for the feedback! I'll try some of those techniques for sure!