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Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:49 pm
by BopEuph
GC wrote:Successful great players with beards and mustaches do not mean a damn thing to people who can't play without shaving.
Yep. If anyone is implying or inferring that anyone should be able to play with a beard because this or that guy did, they're mistaken. I've spent close to 45 minutes per day in the last few months alone (with very rare exception) on long tones, concentrating in the extreme ranges. I could play the range, but the sound wasn't tight. Shaving absolutely was what I needed, and the beard was masking all of my work in that range.
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2019 8:51 pm
by GC
Now if there's someone who CAN'T play without their facial hair, then I'll sit up and take notice. And still shave.
Sitting up. Taking notice. Thanks.
Still shaving. Keeping jawline beard. Face needs at least partial hiding.
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 1:34 am
by bort
Just shaved my beard, because my 3 year old said he didn't know what I looked like without it. Looking forward to playing without it... it's been a few years. I think I look 10 years younger without it. It's also going to be pretty cold in the Minnesota winter without a beard!
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 2:13 am
by Charlie C Chowder
Hey, bushy sideburns get in the way of my Cello playing as well!
Got to keep them trimmed.
Charlie C. Chowder
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Fri Jan 11, 2019 10:30 am
by MartyNeilan
bloke wrote:99%, likely, have figured all of this out, but - fwiw...
To avoid chaffing and cuts...
- Use a really good hand razor. Quite a few these days (with multiple blades) are nearly foolproof.
- Shave in the tub or shower, and not in front of a sink.
- Throw away the creams and jells. A steam-moistened face (resulting in hot water on your steam-softened stubble) shaves much more easily and better than a face with greasy or creamy stuff on it...and that stuff dulls blades quickly, just as contact with dirt dulls a chainsaw chain quickly.
- Use fingertips (not a mirror) rubbing your face "against the grain" to tell when areas are completely shaved.
bloke "Even these statements will seem controversial to some."
I am waiting for BlokeRazors® with handles made out of recycled Buescher parts.
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Sat Jan 12, 2019 1:33 pm
by MaryAnn
I have always felt that playing beardless was my best bet.
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Mon Jan 14, 2019 7:31 pm
by Donn
Anyone happen to know who this guy might be?
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 1:03 am
by Gus_Pratt
When I played in college I had a beard, but not the mustache, for this very reason. Fellow students referred to me as "Abe", a reference to Abraham Lincoln.
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:47 am
by PhilSloan
I've had a mustache for pretty much my entire (chronologically) adult life. I use a beard/mustache trimmer at the lowest setting and trim back once a week. If I let it get any longer, I feel like a have issues with mouthpiece leaks. Since I "retired" from the Navy in 2008 I have had a beard or goatee but I shave the "soul patch" area. Fwiw, I have been using Braun electric razors.
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 10:54 am
by bort
Donn wrote:Anyone happen to know who this guy might be?
Whoever he is, he's not playing that tuba -- it has no valve paddles or linkages!
Re: So I shaved my beard.
Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2019 12:23 pm
by Donn
He's getting one custom made for him. He's about to show them where exactly that stuff should go.