Comments on: Good Friends to the Rescue http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/ Ruminations on a life behind three buttons Thu, 19 Aug 2010 04:40:35 -0400 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Tony http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-426 Tony Thu, 13 Sep 2007 16:49:21 +0000 http://www.livmusic.com/lmi/?p=105#comment-426 That was funny Bob...after reading the article I was wondering the same thing! It felt like a cliff hanger...you might be on to something there Craig! End all of your articles with one of those and who knows the responses you might get! That was funny Bob…after reading the article I was wondering the same thing! It felt like a cliff hanger…you might be on to something there Craig! End all of your articles with one of those and who knows the responses you might get!

]]> By: Craig Morris http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Craig Morris Tue, 11 Sep 2007 05:30:06 +0000 http://www.livmusic.com/lmi/?p=105#comment-424 Bob, I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you. ;-) No, actually it is a copy Scott Lskey made of a Mt. Vernon 1C when he worked at Schilke. It has a 1Ch rim and a symphonic backbore (lately I have been hating the symphonic backbores, but on this mouthpiece it works) It is a nice playing mpc. Thank god Rod reminded me of it! Best, Craig Bob,

I would tell you, but then I would have to kill you. ;-)

No, actually it is a copy Scott Lskey made of a Mt. Vernon 1C when he worked at Schilke. It has a 1Ch rim and a symphonic backbore (lately I have been hating the symphonic backbores, but on this mouthpiece it works) It is a nice playing mpc. Thank god Rod reminded me of it!

Best,
Craig

]]> By: Craig Morris http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-420 Craig Morris Tue, 11 Sep 2007 04:57:27 +0000 http://www.livmusic.com/lmi/?p=105#comment-420 Matt, It is an excellent question you ask, and it is one that is deserving of a complete article. However, for now I would say that I fall somewhere in the middle of the two extremes you mention. I look for a mouthpiece that I can play comfortably, but that still allows me to make the kind of sound I need. Sometimes I might have to milk that sound in order to get the facility needed, (whether it is strength, flexibility, etc.) but as long as the mouthpiece is in the right ballpark I find that the sound is there for the taking. Bottom line, pick a mouthpiece that allows you to do the most things well, including make a sound that is right for your environment. Regardless, bigger is certainly not necessarily better! It is always relative. Hope this helps. Craig Matt,

It is an excellent question you ask, and it is one that is deserving of a complete article. However, for now I would say that I fall somewhere in the middle of the two extremes you mention. I look for a mouthpiece that I can play comfortably, but that still allows me to make the kind of sound I need. Sometimes I might have to milk that sound in order to get the facility needed, (whether it is strength, flexibility, etc.) but as long as the mouthpiece is in the right ballpark I find that the sound is there for the taking.

Bottom line, pick a mouthpiece that allows you to do the most things well, including make a sound that is right for your environment.

Regardless, bigger is certainly not necessarily better! It is always relative. Hope this helps.

Craig

]]> By: Matt Dalton http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-418 Matt Dalton Mon, 10 Sep 2007 06:48:01 +0000 http://www.livmusic.com/lmi/?p=105#comment-418 That is a great friend. Your statement about changing mouthpiece size prompts another question for me, though. With respect to mouthpieces, where do you stand in the classic "play the biggest you can handle" vs. "play the smallest you can still sound good on" debate? In years past I have sided with the former but I am now starting to rethink that. Changes in our bodies, lives, musical focus, etc. may lead us to change mouthpeices at times. But that change can be a challenge, so I want to be very intentional when making it, thus the question. Thanks much. - Matt That is a great friend.

Your statement about changing mouthpiece size prompts another question for me, though. With respect to mouthpieces, where do you stand in the classic “play the biggest you can handle” vs. “play the smallest you can still sound good on” debate? In years past I have sided with the former but I am now starting to rethink that.

Changes in our bodies, lives, musical focus, etc. may lead us to change mouthpeices at times. But that change can be a challenge, so I want to be very intentional when making it, thus the question. Thanks much.
- Matt

]]> By: Rod http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Rod Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:52:30 +0000 http://www.livmusic.com/lmi/?p=105#comment-415 Glad I could help! ;-) By the way, is it possible to wear out a CD? That recording has quickly become one of my favorites! Rod Glad I could help! ;-)

By the way, is it possible to wear out a CD? That recording has quickly become one of my favorites!

Rod

]]> By: Bob White http://www.livmusic.com/2007/09/08/good-friends-to-the-rescue/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Bob White Mon, 10 Sep 2007 02:50:40 +0000 http://www.livmusic.com/lmi/?p=105#comment-414 So what was the mouthpiece? (lol) So what was the mouthpiece? (lol)

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