TBJ142: Chris Martin

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TBJ142: Chris Martin, Principal Trumpet with the New York Philharmonic on auditions, fundamentals, and 340 mouthpieces. Really. Master trumpeter Chris Martin joins Andrew & Lance to explain how he landed two of the best gigs in the world.

LINKS

• Chris' page

• NY Phil bio page

• Juilliard page

• Yamaha Artist page

• TBJ63 with Mike Martin

Easter Eggs

• Andrew's hair matches his voice

• Burning his face on a coffee

• Playing in Philly, Atlanta, and Chicago

• Audition approach

• Taking  over 20 auditions while in school

• Failing a lot

• Keeping a practice and audition log

• Playing in the National Repertory Orchestra and the New World Symphony

• Be nice to everybody

• Auditioning for Philly

• Being ready and getting lucky

• The role of luck

• Stubbornness and tenacity over innate talent

• His warmup

• Saturday Morning Cartoons

• Freddy Martin (Chris' dad)

• Playing the french horn, the smelly french horn

• Drum Corps

• "Trumpet layers are a dime a dozen Play a real instrument."

• Richard Selby as his first (nan-family) teacher

• Going on Drum Corps tour each summer as a kid

• Staying in the moment, free of expectation

• Getting out of your own head

• Balancing self-analysis with playing free

• Advice from Charlie Geyer

• Nice Guy is not a job

• The difference between winning and doing the gig

• Michael Martin was kicked in the head by a horse

• Journaling externalized his negative thoughts

• When you get to an audition, it's too late to practice

• 340 mouthpieces (using 3 on a regular basis)

• Tubist tendencies

• Living in the shadow of Mike Martin

• Putt-Putt in a brown Datsun

• Mike's audition story

• Lapses in confidence

• Naming his next hernia Joe

• Actual chop problem advice

• Breath attacks

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