Pops New Range book

cheiden · Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 5:18 pm Post subject:

Champ, hurling insults like this is out of line. Pops spends an awful lot of time here giving good thoughtful answers free of charge and far less time selling stuff. There no snake oil here, just sound advice. Champ, if you've got something to contribute the floor is yours. If all you have are unwaranted and unjustified insults I'd like to invite you to please ignore this and all his other posts that all the rest of us enjoy and appreciate so much.

bach_again · Heavyweight Member Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 963

No quick fix here, pal. I practice hard, so don't presume that just because I have this book I want a quick fix - how terribly ignorant and insulting of you! Do you have the supreme knowledge of brass playing? I bet you don't even have an Arban on account of just intuitively knowing everything. Seriously, you aren't contributing to this forum. Leave.
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CHAMP · Veteran Member Joined: 19 May 2008 Posts: 108

you people are unbelievable...

find me one pro who listens to the youtube clips and says that is the way they want to sound.

"a fool and his money are soon parted"

have fun with your e-books, i won't post in this thread again...

bach_again · Heavyweight Member Joined: 03 Apr 2005 Posts: 963

No, YOU are unbelievable. Where do you get off on this? Go one further and don't post on this forum again. I'd tell you another thing that you could go and do, but then I would be breaking legitimate forum rules; though I am sure that even your pathetic faculties will work out what I mean. I do NOT welcome your posting, nor do I want to read anything that you have to say. I implore you to leave and to allow us to post in a civilised manner - this forum is not a toilet for your posts.
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crzytptman · Posted: Tue Nov 03, 2009 7:46 am Post subject:

CHAMP wrote:

terpfan0512 · Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject:

Has anyone worked with this new exercise book? Please share your experiences.

jouko · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:02 am Post subject:

Hi,

I¨m with you CHAMP. Yes these POP¨s books make no sense. And

one of his marketing play is to make people angry and post to TH.

AND then he is selling even more ...

He is very good in marketing...

Kind Regards
Jouko Moilanen
Helsinki, Finland

2-5-1 · Heavyweight Member Joined: 21 Nov 2006 Posts: 917

wow, some of you guys are jerks....

Are you like that in real life?
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hefferson · Veteran Member Joined: 23 Aug 2008 Posts: 139

For those of you that do not agree with anything Pops says:

How much of it have you tried yourself?

Have you thought of all the players he has worked with, not just amateur, but professional musicians that agree his theory and and techniques work.

I think that his ideas and teaching are wonderful. The fact that he offers so much for free on his website and charges a very small amount for any of his books says to me that he is not doing this for the money.

Try something seriously before you discredit it to the extant you have. You can't read it and say "No, that doesn't work." You are thinking like a child. Grow up.
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agolden · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 9:44 am Post subject:

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terpfan0512 · Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:44 pm Post subject:

How does this book differ from the numerous range and embouchure exercises that have been published? I'm not familiar with Don Jacoby's method. That's why I asked.

I'm currently working on the warm up and flexibility exercises by James Stamp, supplemented by Roy Poper's commentary. I also use the Bill Knevitt Crash Course exercises from time to time.

Young Man with a Horn · Posted: Wed Nov 18, 2009 4:23 pm Post subject:

I've got Pops' "30 Minutes A Day" book and can honestly say I think it's one of the best trumpet maintenance books out there. I've just bought "More Power, More Range" as an ebook and am enjoying getting stuck that as well.

Thank you Pops for your generous contributions.

aliquo274 · Posted: Mon Nov 23, 2009 6:33 pm Post subject:

I received Pop's "Chops Builder" book about three weeks ago. It's 15-pages and most of it is dedicated to the proper way to do pencil exercises. At first glance, it didn't look like much. I figured I'm already out the 10 bucks, so I gave it a try. Within a few days I felt stronger and more stable in my normal upper register. Now, after using it for three weeks, the high 'F' I've been cussing at for 35 years is showing signs of life, and my endurance is better.

So, perspective is a funny thing. You may ask, why pay $10 for a 15-page black-and-white eBook when I can get a slick, glossy, 50-60 page book at my favorite sheet music retailer for only a few dollars more? Or, you could ask, is a single idea that is well articulated and gives me measurable results in a few weeks worth $10? From my perspective, I'm glad I spent the $10.

For all of the Pop's bashers, I offer a quote from Miles Davis. During an interview n 1982, when asked by Bryant Gumbel what he thought of popular music, Miles said "take out what you want and leave what you don't like . . . you know . . . like food."

I guess what I'm saying is, when it comes to method books or teachers or advice from other players, put away the flame throwers and just be like Miles. Take out what you want and leave what you don't like.
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jouko · Posted: Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:26 am Post subject:

Hi,

aliquo274 wrote: "I received Pop's "Chops Builder" book about three weeks ago. It's 15-pages and most of it is dedicated to the proper way to do pencil exercises. At first glance, it didn't look like much. I figured I'm already out the 10 bucks, so I gave it a try. Within a few days I felt stronger and more stable in my normal upper register. Now, after using it for three weeks, the high 'F' I've been cussing at for 35 years is showing signs of life, and my endurance is better. "
"I guess what I'm saying is, when it comes to method books or teachers or advice from other players, put away the flame throwers and just be like Miles. Take out what you want and leave what you don't like."

So you lost only 10 $ and you gained that F. If you are missing that F

later so you have lost your money. But now you must be happy.

Kind Regards Jouko Moilanen
Helsinki, Finland
P.S. The only one who wins is smarter than you.

jazzman159 · Posted: Wed Dec 09, 2009 5:02 am Post subject:

I'm not a pro but I have been using the range builder book by Pops for about 6 weeks. He emphasizes tonguing the notes since this is tougher to do and will give you quicker results. Also, he's big on lip set point...usually G above the staff. The exercises are set up so that you will get the feel of the lip set point concept early on and reinforced throughout. I'm a big believer in playing low/high in one blow w/o having to reset your embouchre. This book will help in this area. Results thus far: the biggest thing is much more ease in playing high C and above and my accuracy in playing these notes increased dramatically. In addition, large interval jumps are getting easier for me. Great book and highly recommend...esp for $ 15 (I bought for $ 10, intro price).

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