I'm going to leave this right here.

[Doug Elliott]

"someone like me - who has not taught and should not be teaching anyone."
The fact that you recognize your place means you're not who Joey Tartell is talking about.

He's talking about the 8th grade beginning band student who feels the need to offer his wisdom on every subject; or the high school trumpet player who thinks that playing high notes is all there is to being a lead player; or a college bass trombone player who thinks playing blastissimo pedals is the most important aspect to being a bass trombonist. The ones who think that players who have been successful professional players for decades can't really play that well, don't really know that much, and were just lucky to be in the right place at the right time.

Of course everybody has a "right" to express their opinion. But the anonymity of the internet makes some people overestimate the validity of their opinion.

I'm a moderator at the Trombone Forum. It's kind of funny when someone will ask for a name change because they finally grow up and realize they don't want to be associated with their previous posts.

[joh_tuba]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w3v3S82TuxU