Megan PT Starting a Band Jessica Carlton is a celebrated composer and trumpeter, whose pedigree includes time at the prestigious Juilliard School of Music. We asked Jessica to share some of her experience with us. See what as... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT An Interview with Matt This week I have been chatting with Matt Tubman, a Temby Australia trumpet artist based in Melbourne. He is a session player best known for his high range and lead trumpet playing. Tell us where it al... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT An Interview with Adam Jenter has a chat with internationally renown multi instrumentalist and Forestone artist Adam Simmons about where it all started and where it is all going. Covering everything from where he started, g... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Creative State 2020+ EDIT: Submissions have been extended until 5pm September 13th Creative State 2020+ submissions close on Friday August 30th 2019. We take a look at what Creative State is, how it will impact us and why... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Virtual Concert Band With the COVID-19 virus still preventing gathering together all over the world, musicians are finding it hard to share their abilities with other like minded people Virtual Concert Band (VCB) is "Brin... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Importance of Listening Part III In Shane's previous two posts he mentioned how important it is for musicians to develop their listening skills, both to recognise styles and to be able to build the sound of their playing. This is whe... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Importance of Listening Part II In Shane's last post he wrote about the importance of listening to music and how having a healthy collection of recordings can help your development as a player. In this article he continues to expand... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Importance of Listening Highly respected professional trumpet player Shane Gillard explains the most important skill for any aspiring musicians. Quite Simply; musicians need to listen. In my opinion, listening is the most im... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Carols by Candelight What is it like to play at the Vision Australia Carols by Candlelight? It's a show almost all of us have seen, we know the tunes and love the band, so what's it like to be on the other side, as a musi... 21 Nov 2024
Megan PT Preparing for an Exam - Part II This article is the second in a series of articles on examination preparation. In this post we look at the finale stages of preparation and the actual exam. Final preparations As the examination day a... 21 Nov 2024