TBJ144: Marty Hackleman
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TBJ144: Legendary horn player and teacher Marty Hackleman on All Star Brass, poetry and fire tornadoes. Marty joins The Brass Junkies for a second time to share some amazing stories, including a very honest explanation of how he decided to end his playing career.
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Easter Eggs
Newly recovered from his first experience on the show
Fire tornadoes
Stopping his playing career
Turnips
Dystonia
How his teaching was impacted by dealing with his challenges
Plan B: Pour a scotch
His notes on stopping
Why he did what he did, the thought processes
Playing classical flamenco guitar
Identifying as a musician
Attachments
His fraternal twin
Using band to avoid gym class
Singing a lot as a kid
HIs Mom’s skills as a pianist
His Dad’s as a talk radio personality
Starting to write at 16 and again at 25
190 pages of poems in total
Poems from a young heart
Parker poetry
Getting married at 19
Poetic influences
How his poetic style developed
Shakespeare
Collecting cool words
All Star Brass
Ryan Anthony
How the All Star Brass began
Banff
The live recordings
Amazing lineup of players
“Sway” arrangement by Sam Pilafian
Dancing Monkey
GIFs
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