The Brass Junkies – Détails, épisodes et analyse

Andrew is joined by seven brass players who share thoughts about a musician they were thankful for in 2023.
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Guests Giving Thanks:

• Sasha Romero (Principal Trombone of the Metropolitan Opera) is thankful for Claudio Sanchez (8:10)
• Rodney Marsalis (Lead Trumpet + Founder of The Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Big Brass) is thankful for Terry Everson (19:04)
• Dr. Danielle VanTuinen (Professor of Tuba + Euphonium at The University of Florida) is thankful for Deanna Swoboda (27:51)
• Jeffrey Scott (Professor of Horn at Oberlin Conservatory and Former Horn Player and Founder of Imani Winds) is thankful for Carolyn Clark (36:34)
• Dr. Steph Frye-Clark (Professor of Tuba and Euphonium at East Tennessee State and Tuba Player of Mirari Brass Quintet) is thankful for Sarah Paradis (46:08)
• Ryan Little (Principal Horn of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra) is thankful for Gail Williams (52:05)
• Hakeem Bilal (Professor of Trombone at West Virginia University and Bass Trombonist for C Street Brass) is thankful for Omar Lateef (58:13)

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Andrew and guest co-host Dr. Michael W. Nickens are joined by trombonist Myles Blakemore of The United States Navy Band
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Phenomenal trombonist Zenas Kim-Banther joins Andrew and special guest co-host Jim Nova to talk about trombone and horses.
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Brass Junkies Extra: Tubist Aubrey Foard of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra on the state of the lockout

In this special episode of The Brass Junkies, Aubrey Foard catches us up on where things stand with the BSO lockout.

From his bio:

Aubrey Foard is the principal tubist of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, a position he has held since 2018. He also serves as Lecturer of Tuba and Euphonium at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and as Artist Faculty at the Brevard Music Center. Mr. Foard was most recently principal tubist of the Charlotte Symphony, where he had performed since 2012. He has previously held principal tuba positions in the Santa Barbara, West Virginia, Canton, Youngstown, and Albany Symphonies as well as with the Britt Festival Orchestra. He has performed as a guest musician with several other orchestras, including the Los Angeles Philharmonic, The Cleveland Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the Louisville Orchestra, Arizona MusicFest, and as Acting Principal Tubist with the San Diego Symphony.

Aubrey gives us an inside look at how the lockout has impacted the musicians over these last few months. 

We discuss:

• Expiration of their contract
• Summer bargaining sessions
• His first act as a member of the BSO
• Management's offers vs. the players'
• Cancellation of the summer season and the start of the lockout
• Lack of progress in negotiations
• Aubrey taking 47 auditions before landing the BSO gig
• Taiwan Tubamania
• Finding Baltimore Symphony recordings in Taipei
• Individual overscale negotiations
• Leaving the Charlotte Symphony
• The impact of previous management decisions on today's situation
• The difference between a 40-week and a 52-week orchestra
• Playing with the San Diego Symphony in the summers
• How uncertainty of the future of the orchestra has impacted him personally
• Having to hit the road to make it work
• The impact on his family
• 15-20 other cities have already reached out to have Baltimore Symphony players sub with their orchestras
• ICSOM Call to action has provided over $250,000 so far
• "The BSO without the O is just BS"
• Lessons from the experience (stay united and get involved)
• Throwing a mega-brass concert to support the musicians
• Collecting data for the creation of a fact sheet and data project
• Michael Kaiser, make great art and market it brilliantly
• Places and people who are doing it right in the industry
• Aubrey Bergauer of the California Symphony
• Deborah Borda of the New York Philharmonic
• Mark Niehaus of the Milwaukee Symphony 
• Phil Munds and Andy Balio on The Brass Junkies
• Future Symphony Institute

Here's a link to a recent article from Baltimore Sun outlining the state of things:

"BSO and musicians in marathon contract negotiations as deadline looms"

Here's a link to the musicians' Facebook page:

BSO Musicians Facebook page

And their website:

BSO Musicians Website

The players' GoFundMe page:

https://www.gofundme.com/f/keep-the-o-in-bso

TBJ119: Clarke Rigsby of Tempest Recording on Paul McCartney, Steve Gadd and his Most Improved Player trophy

Clarke Rigsby of Tempest Recording has acquired a reputation amongst his peers for being “musically militant.” Nuff said.

From his site:

Clarke Rigsby of Tempest Recording has acquired a reputation amongst his peers for being “musically militant.” Today, technology often overshadows or masks (or invents…) true musical talent, and although Clarke has the tools to “fix it in the mix,” he’d rather let music come from the musician and not the machine. Clarke combines his technical savvy and musical talent with his engineering and production experience giving his clients the appropriate combination for producing a first-rate project.

Since 1980, Clarke’s recording history would be called diverse. Clarke has worked with such artists as Paul McCartney, Joey DeFrancesco, Glen Campbell, Ike Turner, Deepak Chopra, Dr. Billy Taylor, Hal Blaine, David Grisman, Jimmy Smith, The Phoenix Boys Choir, The Four Tops, Bobby Hutcherson, Don Edwards, James Moody, Rex Allen, Waylon Jennings, Frank Gambale, Alice Cooper, James Galway, Boston Brass, Brownie McGee, Tower of Power, the Fabulous Thunderbirds, the Phoenix Symphony Orchestra, Joe Alessi, Phil Smith (New York Philharmonic), Mark O’Connor, Peter Erskine, El Chicano, Honey Boy Edwards, UNM Wind Ensemble, Pro Musica Chamber Orchestra, Eric Burdon, Snuff Garrett, Lee Hazlewood, R. L. Burnside, Little Milton, Bo Diddley, Harvey Mason, Warren Jones, The Ahn Trio, The Arizona State University Marching Band, Bill Conte, River City Brass. With old pals Tim & Willy (KMLE Radio..) he’s done projects with a “who’s who” list of country music stars including Rascal Flatts, LeAnn Rimes, Steve Wariner, Trisha Yearwood, Sugarland, Billy Dean, Wynonna Judd, Dierks Bentley, Blake Sheldon, Colin Raye, Clint Black, Phil Vasser, Little Big Town, Travis Tritt, Trick Pony, Lee Ann Womack, Terri Clark, along comedians Frank Caliendo and Tim Hawkins, among many others.

In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:

• Andrew's birthday!
• Clarke's start in the music business
• From L.A. to Phoenix
• Deciding to stay in Phoenix due to the L.A. scene in the early 80's
• Building his studio
• The joys of dealing with the city government
• Clarke and Paul McCartney on top of a bus
• Working with Phil Ramone
• Working with Sam Pilafian
• How they met
• "It's called development"
• Working with Steve Gadd and Joey DeFrancesco
• Boston Brass working with Steve Gadd
• Andrew actively ignoring Clarke's video
• Sweaty Lance
• Gadd's process
• Steely Dan stories
• How he got started doing brass recordings
• How the recording process is a learning opportunity and makes you a better musician
• Recording the River City Brass Band
• Freaking out at the green
• Eating at Rizzo's on Clarke's 50th birthday
• The Revenants
• Winning an Emmy
• Doing a jazz record with Frankie Valli
• His "Most Improved Player" trophy
• Working with Tower of Power
• Tower of Power and the ASU Marching Band
• Teaching at ASU
• Recording for musicians
• The impact of new technologies
• Bison
• TSA Agents
• Awkward segues
• Gadd AF Band

LINKS:

• Tempest Recording
• Clarke's Sam tribute

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TBJ118: Trumpet player and builder Trent Austin on Clark Terry, making sacrifices for your dreams and an augmented trumpet

Trumpeting Renaissance Man Trent Austin lives up to the title: entrepreneur, player, designer, and raconteur.

Celebrated trumpet artist, educator/clinician and entrepreneur, Trent Austin is a trumpeting Renaissance Man. His brilliant performances and recordings in both the jazz and classical music worlds, as well as packed-house Master Classes have garnered him rave reviews, awards and International acclaim.

A prodigy, in high school Austin performed at the opening of Euro-Disney and also was a featured performer at the 1992 Montreux Jazz Festival. He was selected first trumpet of the Maine All-State Music Festival and was awarded a full music scholarship to the University of New Hampshire to study classical trumpet. Austin’s other early career awards include being named to the prestigious Berklee Grammy® High School Jazz Band in 1993 and designated lead trumpet of the 1995 Disney All-American Show Band.  He was also a featured soloist at the 1996 Harmony Ridge Brass Festival and at the 1997 Lake Placid Institute of the Arts Seminar. 

As an in-demand pro, Trent has performed with a lengthy list of music’s Who’s Who: Tony Bennett, Natalie Cole, Joe Williams, Clark Terry, Jack Jones, Bob Brookmeyer, Maria Schneider, Peter Erskine, Arturo Sandoval, Hal Galper, Dick Oatts, Marvin Stamm, Red Holloway, Jesse Davis, Dick Johnson, Kenny Werner, and Bob Wilber. For eleven years, Austin was a featured trumpet soloist with the famed Artie Shaw Orchestra. He is currently a first-call performer in the Kansas City Metro

Austin has recorded  4  CDs.  Trumpet 101 (2001), Two-Toned (2006),  Meditations for Solo Trumpet (2009), and Trumpet 102 (2012).  Each of these efforts demonstrates Austin’s impeccable command of his instrument and marvelous artistic approach.

Trent has studied jazz improvisation privately with greats Jerry Bergonzi, Kenny Werner, Chuck Findley and engaged in extensive studies with Hal Crook and Charlie Banacos. His primary classical instructors include studies with Robert Stibler of the University of New Hampshire, Benjamin Wright of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and with Edward Carroll, formerly musical director of the New York Trumpet Ensemble.

Fiercely dedicated to the cause and development of music and jazz education, Trent was a trumpet professor  at the University of Southern Maine for 9 years and regularly provides clinics and Master Classes nationwide at various trumpet and brass conferences, including at the International Trumpet Guild Conference and other trumpet/brass conferences. Austin also maintains an active teaching studio in Kansas City, MO and worldwide online via Skype, providing trumpet and jazz improvisation lessons. 

In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:

• Trumpeting Renaissance Man
• Moving to Kansas City from Boston
• Impossible Tuna
• Impossible Tuba
• Bribery will get you everywhere
• Trumpet placebo
• Machining and Geekery
• Designing horns for Adams
• Bonding with his dad
• Computedated
• Mouthpiece as a gateway drug
• Common tweaks
• Fraggle Rock
• Clark Terry buttermilk story
• A good horn cleaning regimen
• Stanford TRB TB story
• Nick the Bio Writer
• Adventures in Unnecessary Trumpet Modification
• Dents in critical areas
• Heavy valve caps
• Everything affects everything
• The King of Trumpet Geeks
• Augmented trumpet
• The fate of brick and mortar stores
• Specialty stores will have an easier time surviving
• ITEC vs. ITG
• The influence of Clark Terry
• The Clark Terry "Keep On Keepin' On" documentary
• Trentbot 2000
• Everything is monetizable
• It's all about the hang
• Bob Malone
• Making sacrifices for your dreams
• How badly do you want it?
• Sleep harder
• Gold-plated water key screw

LINKS:

• Trent's website
• Austin Custom Brass
• Trent's YouTube channel
• Augmented trumpet video
• http://www.keeponkeepinon.comClark Terry documentary
• The Brass Junkies online store

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TBJ117: Mike Nickens, Director of "The Green Machine" pep band at George Mason University, on being unapologetic about who he is and leading by example (while carrying a scepter). He has built a gig for himself which allows him to be fully him while enabling his students to do the same.   From his bio:   Serving as Director of Campus Life Ensembles and Collaborative Arts, and as an Associate Professor of Music, Dr. Michael W. Nickens (a.k.a. Doc Nix) is most recognized as the leader of the “Green Machine”, which in 2015 was named the #1 pep band in college basketball by the NCAA and commended by the Senate and House of Delegates of the Commonwealth of Virginia. In addition, Dr. Nickens launched Mason’s fife and drum corps and WGI world-champion drumline, and oversees Mason’s winterguard. This collection of performing units, known as the “Green Machine Ensembles”, are internationally known for their thrilling, high-energy performances at Mason ceremonies and basketball games, professional sports games and events (Capitals, Nationals, Wizards, and Redskins), community events (Celebrate Fairfax, and the Nike Womens’ Half Marathon), and marching competitions, as well as their popular internet videos that have over 100 million views collectively.

Dr. Nickens was named the 2016 Faculty Member of the Year by the George Mason University Alumni Association. He served as a Faculty Representative to the Board of Visitors, Chair of the Faculty of the College of Visual and Performing Arts, Chair of the CVPA  Diversity Committee, and as a member of the School of Music’s Graduate Committee. Having joined the faculty of Mason’s School of Music in fall 2006, he has taught courses in sight-singing/ear training, popular music in America, improvisatory music, brass methods, applied tuba, composition, chamber music, and jazz improvisation, as well as collaborations with Mason’s School of Dance. In addition, he was a co-founder and co-conductor of the Colonial Athletic Association’s “Breakfast with the Bands” intercollegiate pep band showcase.

During summers, he has taught tuba and euphonium, conducting, jazz performance, composition, improvisation, chamber music, large ensemble performance, and theory at the Performing Arts Institute at Wyoming Seminary in Kingston, Pennsylvania, the Music, Art, and Theatre (MAT) Camp in Evanston, Wyoming, and the Northern Arizona University Music Camp in Flagstaff, Arizona, and at Mason’s Potomac Arts Academy.  He has also coached a professional marching ensemble, “Mix It Up”, at Busch Gardens in Williamsburg, Virginia.   Dr. Nickens was born in Washington DC and grew up in the Fairfax County Public Schools in Alexandria, Virginia. He completed his academic degrees from the Manhattan School of Music, Yale University, and the University of Michigan.

In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:

• Strain the pool
• Mouthpieces
• Intentionally unhelpful
• Fun standard euphonium literature
• Doc Nix
• Lance's newsletter
• Went to some schools
• Hard choices, mid-stream
• George Mason University Men's Basketball team in 2006
• Starting The Green Machine at George Mason
• Encourage musicians to find their way to their best self
• Building things from the ground up
• Turning his gig into a tenure-track position
• Picking tunes for the band, based on the world around him
• From Bon Jovi to Snoop Dog
• Creation of the arrangements
• How to teach students to arrange
• Broadening the instrumentation of the group beyond "traditional" pep bands
• Using what you have
• Empowering himself
• Timing the tunes within a game
• The budget (from the Dean of Admissions)
• Additional funds coming through University Life and tuition dollars through the School of Music
• Doing fundraising directly through their website
• Wearing a pimp suit
• 18-19 suits overall
• Carrying a scepter, wearing shades
• Blockbusting
• The Green Machine as a manifestation of who he is
• Conductor/Drum Major/Mascot
• Being unapologetic about who he is and leading by example
• Mr. Miyagi
• Making love and joy happen
• Andrew is a hater hater
• Playing a gig at Duquesne University
• The current makeup of The Green Machine
• The nine groups which exist under The Green Machine umbrella
• Celebrating Aretha Franklin
• Playing with the National Symphony to backup Nas (one of his heroes)
• 8-bit comedy rap videos
• The odor was fine

LINKS:

• Mike's George Mason bio page
• The Green Machine website
• The Green Machine YouTube channel
• Mike Tyson's Punch-Out Rap! vid
• Mike's interview on The Entrepreneurial Musician

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We're back with another Listener's Choice episode! This time, Walter asks about the recording process. Andrew & Lance unpack the process of making an album and preview their upcoming Cones and Tones project.

In this fun & lively episode, we cover:

• Lance as a home remodeler
• Andrew Phish shows
• Thank you, Ticketmaster
• Marty Erickson, Craig Knox, and the sousaphone pusher
• 8-tracks
• Walter
• What is the relevance of an album today?
• Does "album-length" matter any more?
• What makes for a cohesive project?
• Who are you trying to reach?
• Clarity of vision
• Engineer and producer
• TEM 174: Sam Pilafian on producing
• How to track
• Mental preparation
• In the sessions
• Paper edits
• Not just listening to your own part
• Cutler and JD
• When things go wrong (buzz in the piano)
• Mixing and mastering
• Label or no label
• Mechanical rights

LINKS:

• TEM 174: Sam Pilafian on producing

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TBJ115: Hiram Diaz, euphonium player in "The President's Own" Marine Band, on the High Bridge Brass Quintet, audition prep and being a terrible shot.

From his Marine Band bio page:

Euphonium player Staff Sergeant Hiram Diaz joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in January 2012. Staff Sgt. Diaz began his musical instruction at age 12. He graduated in 2003 from the New World School of the Arts in Miami and continued his education at the University of Cincinnati-College Conservatory of Music (CCM) where he earned a bachelor’s degree in music performance in 2007. He is currently pursuing his master’s degree from the University of North Texas in Denton, where he studies with euphonium professor Brian Bowman. His instructors also included Timothy Northcut of CCM and Jay Bertolet, former principal tuba with the Florida Philharmonic Orchestra.

Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Staff Sgt. Diaz was a member of the U.S. Army Maneuver Center of Excellence Band (283d Army Band) in Ft. Benning, Ga.

In 2016, he performed Tom Davoren’s Ascension with trumpet/cornet player Gunnery Sgt. Amy McCabe as featured soloists on the national concert tour.

Watch Staff Sgt. Diaz's interview in Spanish about the 2013 Inauguration.

Watch Master Sgt. Mark Jenkins and Staff Sergeant Hiram Diaz's Masterclass: March Performance Practice with Euphoniums of "The President's Own" U.S. Marine Band

In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:

• Hiram's trombone playing
• Christmas and Easter gigs
• Being in the Marine Band since 2012
• Meeting Lance in 2002 at the Falcone Festival
• He's like the Victor Borge of the euphonium
• Lance judging Hiram and meeting his parents
• Eating at Hooters five times (not at all like the South Florida Hooters)
• Greensboro ITEC, "The Captain's Log"
• Moving from the Army Bands system to the Marine Band at the age of 26
• Fort Sill, where you learn to kill
• Rich Kelley story in Lawton, Texas
• Being a terrible shot
• Spiders yelling at little kids
• Marine Band audition and audition prep
• Lots of recording himself
• Staying with Chris Buckley
• Studying with Brian Bowman
• Studying with Tim Northcutt
• Playing in a post band vs. being in a premiere band
• Doubling on trombone and singing
• The similarities between Andrew's son and Ella Fitzgerald
• Chris Castellanos' karaoke parody Jedi mastery
• Growing up in Miami across from Sam Pilafian's sister and swimming in her pool
• His Cuban heritage
• Going to the New World School of the Arts for high school
• Lessons on self-confidence and building his ears with Sam Pilafian
• What is happening from that man's face?
• Hiram's favorite food (made by his Mom)
• The lack of sour oranges in DC makes him bitter (sorry)
• John Abbracciamento's retirement ceremony
• The High Bridge Bass Quintet
• The worse the flooring, the stronger he will get

Links:

• Hiram's Marine band bio page
• High Bridge Brass Quintet
• Hiram's YouTube Channel

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From John's Marine Band bio:

Trumpeter/cornetist Master Gunnery Sergeant John Abbracciamento joined “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band in November 1992. Master Gunnery Sgt. Abbracciamento began his musical instruction at age 8. After graduating from Valley Stream South High School in 1978, he attended the New England Conservatory of Music in Boston. He completed his bachelor’s degree in music at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1983 and also earned a master’s degree from Mannes College of Music in New York in 1985. He studied trumpet with Armando Ghitalla of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, and John Ware and Vincent Penzarella of the New York Philharmonic.

Prior to joining “The President’s Own,” Master Gunnery Sgt. Abbracciamento was a substitute with the New York Philharmonic and toured Europe with the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra.

In this fun and lively discussion, we cover:

• John retiring from "The President's Own" United States Marine Band after 27 years
• Be prepared and know that the system is in place to support you
• The importance of realizing that you are joining a section
• The diversity of demands in The Marine Band
• Us math am smart like
• What John will miss most
• Why he decided to retire now
• Change is hard
• Going back to school to becomes a physical therapist
• The impact of standing at attention for long periods of time
• Helping musicians deal with pain
• John's retirement remarks
• Hiram Diaz
• Tom Hooten
• Studying with Armando Ghitalla
• Distinctive players and styles
• What happens at a Marine Band retirement ceremony
• The Italian Store chicken parmesan on a hard roll
• Baseball rule changes
• Freelancing, listening and adapting to a variety of situations
• Learning to blend
• Overcoming doubt
• Rich Kelley Central Park story
• Putting other players at ease within a section
• Trial and error and the importance of experience as a teacher
• Playing the appropriate musical role
• Mallory Thompson
• Andrew and the silk shirt

LINKS:

• John's Marine Band bio page
• Andrew's blog post about John's insights on freelancing

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