Besides listing Ebay stuff last night I practiced and I've got to say, the "song method" is working out well. Maybe because there are only about 8 valve combinations to worry about, I was amazed at the stuff I was able to "work out".
I just need to work on "Eentsy Weentsy Spider" for the little kids. In actuality, "Saints" is my go-to for little kids, especially if they're fussing. It often gets them out of their funk, which their parents appreciate.
I'm just glad I keep coming along, as long as I keep the practice up. I wonder if this is how it would have felt to be an aspiring trumpeter in Europe in the 1930s; the world's looking worse and worse but hey, my playing's coming along.
It was supposed to be pouring today but it was dry out, so I took the one large thing I had to ship (large but light) packed it, put a tape handle on it, and rode up to FedEx with it to drop it off, got a couple things in H Mart, and got back here. It only sprinkled a tiny bit, and the big thunderstorm there was an actual warning about on the radio, slid by to the North of here.
I even found a thing with about $30 worth of bits on it, that I took back here, removed the good bits, and put the main aluminum framework out for the bums. Yesterday's freebee was a neat pair of heavy-duty needlenose pliers with a built-in wire stripper that you can actually change out the "dies" of. It was right out in the middle of the road. I think Ken can use them around his house.
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