chronolith wrote:In my younger days (as a trumpet player) I did not have a lot of patience for the learning process and frequently got a bit angry when bad sounds came out of my horn. I once took it out on my trumpet when I introduced it to the wall at high speed one day. I was ashamed of it then, but now I look back at it humorously. I am older and wiser now and get very zen when things go badly, because as you know - the more frustrated you get, the worse you sound, adding to your frustrations... on and on.
My dad told me a story about he destroyed his cornet in a similar manner.
As for me, I never have bad sounds come out of my euph, so i've never been tempted to hurl it at the wall.
There was a guy my freshman year of high school who tried out for section leader but didn't make it. He got so mad he took his six month old Stradivarius trumpet to the brick wall outside the school and then stomped on it. He quit band shortly after that, I'm pretty sure his parents were a little mad about the christmas present he'd ruined.
There was a guy my freshman year of high school who tried out for section leader but didn't make it. He got so mad he took his six month old Stradivarius trumpet to the brick wall outside the school and then stomped on it. He quit band shortly after that, I'm pretty sure his parents were a little mad about the christmas present he'd ruined.
