Well i've been playing drums in this musical at the Auditorium center for about a month and a half every weekend. On the last number, i have to put on a bright gospel robe and go on stage for the last number and play trumpet to the tune of Blow gabriele Blow. For the past 10 shows i've been nailing the part. I mean i've been playing in front of audiences professionally for about 11 years now. Piece of cake right? WRONG!
Tonight, i get up on stage, and i start out the entire number with my trumpet calls. Well i put the horn to my lips, start to play and........ mergnatph!!! That's what came outta my horn!!! The damn thing wouldn't play! So the actors go on with the song the best way they could. I'm now sweating like pig at a barbeque. I stop playing so it doesn't get worse. Now mind you, i've played this same thing 10 times already, so everyone is wondering WHAT IS WRONG, and not HE SUCKS! So they keep going with the choreography and singing. I'm pulling and truning every valve and slide i can in front of a packed audience, up on a platform by myself with a spotlight on me. I start to see people realizing there is something wrong with my trumpet. I'm freaking out. It felt like there was something stuck in my trumpet, and i had no idea how to fix it or get it out on stage. So i continue poking and proding at my horn, and then i get pissed. So i slap the side, and try to play. IT WORKED!!! So i played the last half of the song (which was the most important part, due to everyone on stage pointing up at me with the spotlight on me shouting "Blow Gabe!") I nail the rest of the tune. Curtains go down, my anxiety is overwhelming.
Making a long story short, i figured out that my spit valve is broken, and was half open!!!! BOOO. so now i'm all causious. but this was the worst night ever!!! Hopefully tommorow night will be better!
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Oh man, that is a nightmare. It makes me cringe just thinking about that happening to me on stage...way to keep your composure!
You just gotta love the trumpet! Hey man, do you have the spit valves with the button like my Taylor?
If you do WD-40 is the cure to that problem. ~Q~
nah, i don't have them. The little screw that holds it in place broke. i fixed it, but now i'm gonna be all concious about it!! haha. So will the rest of the cast! hahaha!!
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