Well..I'm Walter from Italy....I'm a professional Jazz trumpet player and teacher in Italy near Garda Lake (north Italy close to Austria ) ....after 20 years of playing around Italy and Europe I wasn't happy at all because I wasn't really able to keep my standard always on the top....I used to practice 3-4 hours a day, doing warm ups (like buzz mouthpiece for 20 minutes, flow studies, etc. ,doing breathing exercises but any time I was on the stage my feeling was different.......I discovered this web site and I called Mr. Purtle.....
Well I don't have word to say thank you Jeff... You know what to do when one trumpet player has problem's...After only two lesson's I played my first double Eb with "Systematic Approach"(Claude Gordon) ...I feel more relax and happy....
Grazie Maestro!
Walter Civettini (ITALIA)
