Episode 105: Hanging With Mike Sailors
My guest for this episode is Mike Sailors
Mike is committed to figuring things out. A talented performer, composer, and educator, Mike’s career was almost cut short by severe chop problems. With the help of Trumpet Gurus like Rich Willey, Bryan Davis, and Peter Bond, Mike went on to forge a successful career in New York City before returning to his Alma Mater in Austin, Texas where he is committed to helping a new generation of trumpet players avoid the same mistakes that he made.
Check out what Mike has to say about his major chop issues, finding solutions, poor pedagogy, overcoming poor pedagogy, today's great thinkers on trumpet pedagogy, a more natural approach to playing the trumpet, the problem with playing too loud, his career arc, being an educator, finding your passion, why it's tough living in New York, developing the skills to be a jazz player, his approach to practice, playing by feel, how to make your practice time more efficient, his three main cats, the most important musician of our time, tips for playing high notes, and so much more!
So pour yourself a big glass, pull up a chair, and let the hang begin!
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00:00:00 Intro
00:03:07 His major chop issues
00:06:55 Finding solutions
00:08:04 Poor pedagogy
00:09:15 Overcoming poor pedagogy
00:12:16 Today's great thinkers on trumpet pedagogy
00:14:52 A more natural approach to playing the trumpet
00:19:42 The problem with playing too loud
00:24:22 His career arc
00:31:01 Being an educator
00:33:52 Finding your passion
00:38:18 Why it's tough living in New York
00:47:12 Developing the skills to be a jazz player
00:53:13 His approach to practice
00:54:57 Playing by feel
00:56:57 How to make your practice time more efficient
01:01:32 His three main cats
01:07:38 The most important musician of our time
01:10:58 Sound Off
01:14:42 Geared Up
01:23:02 Tips for playing high notes
01:27:16 Rapid Fire Round
Пікірлер: 14
Absolutely right..
Great. My 3 cats are going to be Blue Mitchell, Joe Wilder and Woody Shaw
Thanks you 👏
I understand the why of the benefits of playing efficiently, but can you have a guest that can explain the HOW of playing efficiently?
@TheTrumpetGurusHangPodcast
2 жыл бұрын
Hey Tyr! Great question. I try not to ask my guests to go too much into detail on the mechanics because that's what they do in their masterclasses or private lessons. If you have a specific question about techniques to improve efficiency, I would suggest that you reach out directly to any o f the guests who have addressed that topic.
@tyrmorris8155
2 жыл бұрын
@@TheTrumpetGurusHangPodcast Thank you for your prompt reply. I ask simply because I’m based in NYC and have taken lessons from Bryan Davis as well, and he IS great. However, different people can interpret the same thing differently, but their explanation can cause an "A-HA!!" moment for others who perhaps are auditory learners rather than visual, or kinesthetic. That being said, your hang is great, highly informative, and you’ve had some Bucket List interviews (Jerry Hey and Wayne Bergeron immediately come to mind). Please keep delivering the goods!
@TheTrumpetGurusHangPodcast
2 жыл бұрын
@@tyrmorris8155 thanks man! Maybe I need to do an "Efficiency Round Table" episode!
@michaelsailors9434
2 жыл бұрын
@@tyrmorris8155 there’s no “one answer”, because everyone has their own difficulties.
@tyrmorris8155
2 жыл бұрын
@@michaelsailors9434 I understand that truism, and thank you for a fine interview. However, I believe listeners would be very interested and still benefit from hearing specifically what remedy/exercise worked for you, even if you had to accompany it with a "Results May Vary” disclaimer, especially as you touched on the results of the chop problem (air with no sound & pain).
Hi Jose! Thanks for another wonderful podcast! Could you next time change the way you set the film into smaller bits? In the past it was possible to find a certain topic with the timestamps on the player. Right now you have to do it manually by checking the exact minute in the description. The previous way was much more convenient. I assume it might be because of too many data digits. I guess you need only hour:minute:second. However, if you did it on purpose it's all fine and sorry for bothering 😅 All the best and much thanks again for your wonderful job to make trumpet world a better place! 🎺
@TheTrumpetGurusHangPodcast
2 жыл бұрын
Oops! My bad! When I edit, the markers are hour, minutes, seconds, and frames. KZread doesn't recognize the timestamps if I don't remove those last two digits. I will fix it immediately! Thanks for letting me know!
You make mistakes using budda for this your content. Please remove immediately that part.