Carnival of Venice- Ben Thrun

[0U81aswell]

Much talent! Sounded great.

[bthrun90]

@0U81aswell Thank you! Still had a lot to work on but I appreciate the compliment.

[gestrumpet]

cat vs. printer is way better. get a cat onstage next time.

[heianboy831]

dawg you had it until you got scratchy at the end of Variation II. note clarity fell behind but for someone who didnt take private lessons for it thats respectable. not a bad job

[bthrun90]

thanks man ya the second half was sketchy, it took off way too fast and I was just tryin to keep up. Oh well it happens

[all4trance]

Yeah, it was a Carneval theme, because it was funny. :)

[GuggiBucherJoe]

Yes!!! good job !! I´m in practise for Arbans version !!

Nice Tone !!

[DIZZLLFOSHIZZLL]

haha ben thrun. that was awesome.

[bthrun90]

right on! haha

[mdaniel1010]

You did a pretty good job, Ben, did you take private lessons? I played that my senior year back in '93 with my HS band too, although the J.B. Arban version. I now have a degree in trumpet performance, I wonder what type of music degrees the negative comment posters have.

[bthrun90]

thanks, i appreciate it. I took private lessons off and on throughout high school, but most of the time it was just on my own. I started working on the Arban version, but I think I'm going to put my horn down for a while. A lot of changes in my life right now as you can imagine. But arbans is a little out of my league ;)

[swpctx]

I don't know what they're complaining about, you sound good. Most of what's wrong will correct itself as your chops continue to strengthen and become more stable. Then you'll be able to devote more energy into the other details like timing and musicality and it'll all come together. People forget that trumpet is one of the slower instruments to learn and it takes most players years just to learn some basic control over the instrument.

[cobby]

i dont like his tone much.

[po0pzmcgee]

I don't like you much, cock sucker

[cobby]

oh no, im heartbroken.

somebody cant take critisism.

get over it. you dont even know me and i dont know you. twat

[iplayatrumpet]

i think you know who this is... though i was never your caliber. i didn't make it into all-county, so i just had to settle for all-country.

[bthrun90]

well, at least THEY'D take you... poor guys

[iplayatrumpet]

that's alright, but it's not all-county material.

[bthrun90]

yeah, this was just my warm-up before I practiced my REAL all-county music.

[femmedefromage]

God you're awesome.

[Wengie1]

Good performance, nice tone. But indeed, you have to make more of it, than only play the notes. Is easy to say, but not easy to do.

[hwlion]

He should work more on musicality

[mrbojangle6969]

You did a great job on this. I like how your tone is nice and full. My trumpet instructor tried to convince me to take the last variation up the octave like it was in yours, but I preferred the sound of the lower notes. I noticed you made a small mistake towards the end, but you did a very good job covering it up. Virtually flawless.

[ThatCubeGuy]

wow this is awesome. a senior and u can play thi very well

[ProAmPiano]

Wow, thats AWESOME for a senior in high school. None of our trumpets are that good (including me lol). Great job, how long have you been playing?

[bthrun90]

I'm starting my ninth year, and thanks for the compliments ;)

[crazymonk125]

its kinda slow and kinda off pith intonation but ur good because i can barely play it

[bthrun90]

kinda nerve wracking ya know. lol

but thanks i guess

[warbirdadmiral]

Makes the interpretation better. Plus it's nice because it gets continually faster. I like it.

[bthrun90]

lol ooooh yeah we were :)

[gorthjrod]

Wow. Everyone in this band is actually playing music.. not just everything that you have to have to make music.. you can tell because they put enthusiasm in their music

[luvmymarine09]

Ben...this was amazing...you rock!!!

[bthrun90]

thanks :)

[ajomomma]

Woo-hoo!! You sounded great!! You didn't even look nervous! Wish we all could have been there! Miss ya! Love, Mimi

[warbirdadmiral]

I thought I commented...

But yeah, this is incredible. Great work.