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    Step Six: The Plateau
    C.L. Behrens
    • Sep 2, 2020
    • 3 min

    Step Six: The Plateau

    So we've been practicing and you're seeing progress. You've started an exciting journey to becoming a better musician. But you've hit a...
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    Step Five: Just say, "Toh" (Articulations)
    C.L. Behrens
    • Aug 25, 2020
    • 2 min

    Step Five: Just say, "Toh" (Articulations)

    "Just say Toh." Jim DeSano would say that to me all the time in lessons. Between that and "Are you keeping your corners down?" Would...
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    Auditions
    C.L. Behrens
    • Aug 21, 2020
    • 4 min

    Auditions

    Everyone approaches auditions in different ways. Something that I feel is neglected in studying has been how to take an audition. You can...
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    The only time I'll mention my equipment
    C.L. Behrens
    • Aug 14, 2020
    • 2 min

    The only time I'll mention my equipment

    Okay, lets do a rundown of all the equipment I use: Rath R9 custom bass trombone Gold brass bell Gold brass tuning slide Hagmann valves...
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    Step Four: the Low Range (you didn't know you needed)
    C.L. Behrens
    • Aug 11, 2020
    • 2 min

    Step Four: the Low Range (you didn't know you needed)

    Excuse me as I step up on my soap box. To have an excellent high range, you must have an excellent low range. That's right. Do you...
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    COVID & Me!
    C.L. Behrens
    • Aug 7, 2020
    • 2 min

    COVID & Me!

    Oy, where to even start. I guess from the beginning. So, on March 16th the San Francisco Bay Area began sheltering in place. This blog...
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    Step Three: Practice regimens
    C.L. Behrens
    • Aug 4, 2020
    • 2 min

    Step Three: Practice regimens

    So you've been putting time in on the horn? That's great! Getting started is the hardest part, and those first days can be very...
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    Bloggity Blog Blog Blog
    C.L. Behrens
    • Jul 31, 2020
    • 1 min

    Bloggity Blog Blog Blog

    Hi everyone! Having completed many other tasks on my never ending To-Do list, I've finally begun the resurrection of the blog. The last...
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    Step Two: Use a drone
    C.L. Behrens
    • Mar 19, 2019
    • 2 min

    Step Two: Use a drone

    Congratulations, you've started using a metronome! All of here at Good Rhythm, Inc. are proud of your efforts and your continued...
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    Step One: Have you accepted the metronome as your Lord, God, and Savior?
    C.L. Behrens
    • Mar 12, 2019
    • 2 min

    Step One: Have you accepted the metronome as your Lord, God, and Savior?

    The Metronome. My dreaded enemy, the executor of truth and justice. All through out my early music life I despised the little machine...
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    Spring 2019 Blog Series!
    C.L. Behrens
    • Jan 19, 2019
    • 1 min

    Spring 2019 Blog Series!

    Hello everyone! Happy to announce that this springs theme will be about practicing! This could also be viewed as what I use as teaching...
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    Life After Music School - Final Thoughts
    C.L. Behrens
    • Dec 28, 2018
    • 1 min

    Life After Music School - Final Thoughts

    I do hope that these blogs posts have been helpful in understanding what being a musician takes. This series was written in hopes of...
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    Life After Music School - Your Health
    C.L. Behrens
    • Dec 19, 2018
    • 4 min

    Life After Music School - Your Health

    A musician's health is something I feel many don't discuss, or do with little emphasis. The understanding that dedicating yourself to...
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    Life After Music School - Maintaining Your Craft
    C.L. Behrens
    • Nov 6, 2018
    • 2 min

    Life After Music School - Maintaining Your Craft

    For those of you who have been reading the blog, this was one of the three points in the first post of this series. Over the years I have...
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    Life After Music School - Music as a Business
    C.L. Behrens
    • Oct 17, 2018
    • 3 min

    Life After Music School - Music as a Business

    Stop playing for free. You're killing the market.
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    An Airline Paid to Fix My Horn!
    C.L. Behrens
    • Oct 9, 2018
    • 3 min

    An Airline Paid to Fix My Horn!

    American Airlines has done a good thing for musicians. I implore folks to share this message so we can have a good story out there of an ins
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    Life After Music School - Gossip Train
    C.L. Behrens
    • Oct 3, 2018
    • 2 min

    Life After Music School - Gossip Train

    I'm pulling for you. We're all in this together.
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    Life After Music School - First Steps
    C.L. Behrens
    • Sep 19, 2018
    • 3 min

    Life After Music School - First Steps

    So what is your first step in securing work as a musician? Wait patiently every Friday and Saturday with your phone on the charger, dressed
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    New blog series! - Life After Music School
    C.L. Behrens
    • Sep 17, 2018
    • 1 min

    New blog series! - Life After Music School

    Hello everyone, I hope you're all well. I'm going to do a series this fall about what information/knowledge isn't included in a music...
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    New Music!
    C.L. Behrens
    • Dec 22, 2017
    • 1 min

    New Music!

    Hey everybody, Thought I would share this with all y'all. Recorded this over a year ago and it was released when I was on a social media...
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