Step Six: The Plateau
So we've been practicing and you're seeing progress. You've started an exciting journey to becoming a better musician. But you've hit a...
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C.L. Behrens
Aug 25, 20202 min read
Step Five: Just say, "Toh" (Articulations)
"Just say Toh." Jim DeSano would say that to me all the time in lessons. Between that and "Are you keeping your corners down?" Would...
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C.L. Behrens
Aug 21, 20204 min read
Auditions
Everyone approaches auditions in different ways. Something that I feel is neglected in studying has been how to take an audition. You can...
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C.L. Behrens
Aug 14, 20202 min read
The only time I'll mention my equipment
Okay, lets do a rundown of all the equipment I use: Rath R9 custom bass trombone Gold brass bell Gold brass tuning slide Hagmann valves...
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C.L. Behrens
Aug 11, 20202 min read
Step Four: the Low Range (you didn't know you needed)
Excuse me as I step up on my soap box. To have an excellent high range, you must have an excellent low range. That's right. Do you...
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C.L. Behrens
Aug 7, 20202 min read
COVID & Me!
Oy, where to even start. I guess from the beginning. So, on March 16th the San Francisco Bay Area began sheltering in place. This blog...
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C.L. Behrens
Aug 4, 20202 min read
Step Three: Practice regimens
So you've been putting time in on the horn? That's great! Getting started is the hardest part, and those first days can be very...
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C.L. Behrens
Jul 31, 20201 min read
Bloggity Blog Blog Blog
Hi everyone! Having completed many other tasks on my never ending To-Do list, I've finally begun the resurrection of the blog. The last...
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C.L. Behrens
Mar 19, 20192 min read
Step Two: Use a drone
Congratulations, you've started using a metronome! All of here at Good Rhythm, Inc. are proud of your efforts and your continued...
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C.L. Behrens
Mar 12, 20192 min read
Step One: Have you accepted the metronome as your Lord, God, and Savior?
The Metronome. My dreaded enemy, the executor of truth and justice. All through out my early music life I despised the little machine...
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C.L. Behrens
Jan 19, 20191 min read
Spring 2019 Blog Series!
Hello everyone! Happy to announce that this springs theme will be about practicing! This could also be viewed as what I use as teaching...
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C.L. Behrens
Dec 28, 20181 min read
Life After Music School - Final Thoughts
I do hope that these blogs posts have been helpful in understanding what being a musician takes. This series was written in hopes of...
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C.L. Behrens
Dec 19, 20184 min read
Life After Music School - Your Health
A musician's health is something I feel many don't discuss, or do with little emphasis. The understanding that dedicating yourself to...
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C.L. Behrens
Nov 6, 20182 min read
Life After Music School - Maintaining Your Craft
For those of you who have been reading the blog, this was one of the three points in the first post of this series. Over the years I have...
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C.L. Behrens
Oct 17, 20183 min read
Life After Music School - Music as a Business
Stop playing for free. You're killing the market.
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C.L. Behrens
Oct 9, 20183 min read
An Airline Paid to Fix My Horn!
American Airlines has done a good thing for musicians. I implore folks to share this message so we can have a good story out there of an ins
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C.L. Behrens
Oct 3, 20182 min read
Life After Music School - Gossip Train
I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together.
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C.L. Behrens
Sep 19, 20183 min read
Life After Music School - First Steps
So what is your first step in securing work as a musician? Wait patiently every Friday and Saturday with your phone on the charger, dressed
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C.L. Behrens
Sep 17, 20181 min read
New blog series! - Life After Music School
Hello everyone, I hope you're all well. I'm going to do a series this fall about what information/knowledge isn't included in a music...
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C.L. Behrens
Dec 22, 20171 min read
New Music!
Hey everybody, Thought I would share this with all y'all. Recorded this over a year ago and it was released when I was on a social media...
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