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What does Transform to Perform Mean?
A Musician's Instinct: Transform To Perform
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Transforming with Denis Wick
Learn about what triggered Denis Wick to #transform2perform throughout his life as a student, teacher, performer, and manufacturer in this interview with denis, hosted by Ian Bousfield.
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The number one reason to choose trumpet
"Why would you choose to play an instrument with a mouthpiece the size of a coin...?" asks Denis Wick Products' Mary Galime. Here is Denis Wick artist Chris O'Hara's answer.
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How I Choose the Right Tools for the Right Job. An interview with Chris O'Hara
On paint brush and one color will not cut it for most painters, and the same concept applies to musicians with their gear. To tell the right story, you need the products that best assist you to add the proper nuance to that story. Learn about Chris O'Hara's approach to his product in this #transform2perform interview.
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What is your last thought before you get on stage? An interview with Chris O'Hara
What is the last thing you think about before getting on stage for a big performance, and what is the first thing you think of after the performance? This is the essence of what we learn as we #transform2perform throughout our musical lives. Find out what Denis Wick artist Chris O'Hara approaches the before and after of every performance in this Transform to Perform interview.
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Getting to Professional. A T2P interview with Chris O'Hara
Every professional musician has a moment where they stop thinking like a student and start thinking like a pro. Denis Wick artist Chris O'Hara shares this moment in his life and the path that he has taken ever since.
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Is size or sound more important in your mouthpiece choice?
When you look for a good trombone mouthpiece, are you searching for a specific size or sound - which is more important. Find out what Denis Wick artist Carl Lundgren has to say about it in this #transform2perform interview.
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When does a student become a pro?
When does a student actually gain the title of professional? Is it the job that is won, or the moment you become a teacher? Denis Wick artist Carl Lundgren talks instead about the mentality of a pro vs. a student that makes all the difference.
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Why Trombone? Beginning inspirations for Carl Lundgren
In this #transform2pereform interview, Carl talks about the beginning inspirations that led him to playing the trombone.
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Having it all, and losing it all: a trombonist's account of focal dystonia
In this #transform2perform interview with Evan Clifton, Evan discusses how at the height of his trombone abilities, he woke up one morning and lost it all. Eventually the culprit was diagnosed to be focal dystonia, and Evan began a long journey to recovery that included the biggest physical, mental, and emotional challenges of his life.
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How to keep young musicians, and old ones, motivated
In this #transform2perform interview with Evan Clifton, Evan discusses how to keep students inspired to continue learning, prevent them from quitting, and keep them and himself creatively inspired.
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There's something about trombones! Why I had to play it
In this #transform2perform interview with Evan Clifton, Evan discusses what sparked his interest in the trombone and what it was that inspired him to continue learning through many years of school.
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Is 'trombone player' your only title? Lessons for a balanced life with Evan Clifton
In this #transform2perform interview with Evan Clifton, Evan discusses the aftermath being at the height of his trombone abilities and then loosing it all to focal dystonia. Gain wisdom from his life lessons, and what he lives by now as a successful recording trombonist, soloist, and teacher in Nashville, TN.
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That time I played with Maynard
In this #transform2perform interview with Christopher Bill, Chris discusses the first time he played with Maynard Ferguson and his band, and how that affected him as a mucian.
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Peers vs. Pros: who inspired you more?
Who inspires you to practice? In this #transform2perform interview with Christopher Bill, Chris discusses what inspiration he got from his peers, and the pros that came through is life as a young musician.
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The transformations that give and take: Life During the Pandemic
Is everything you learn to do going to help you out in the long run? In this #transform2perform interview with Christopher Bill, Chris discusses a very long and busy pandemic experience that pushed him and many artists around him to stretch their abilities, hone new skills, and then determine if those skills were helping or hurting their life as a musician.
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Choosing the right trombone mouthpiece
In this #transform2perform interview with Christopher Bill, Chris discusses the product that carried him through some major transformations in his career.
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What is magical about the practice room?
In this #transform2perform interview with Christopher Bill, Chris discusses the power of practice we learn as a musician, and what that has taught him, for better or for worse, in his career.
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How It Started: The piano recital that transformed the direction of my career
In this #transform2perform interview with Christopher Bill, Chris discusses the transformational piano recital that took him out of the mindset of a student trombonist and realize the opportunity of being a professional.
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Peers vs. Pros
In this #transform2perform interview Denis Wick's CEO, Stephen Wick, discusses who had more influence on him as a young musician: his peers, or the pros that he looked up to.
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Mouthpiece Advice for Students
In this #transform2perform interview Denis Wick's CEO, Stephen Wick, provides us the same advice he provides his students when it comes to finding a great tuba mouthpiece.
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The performance that transformed me into a professional
In this #transform2perform interview Denis Wick's CEO, Stephen Wick, discusses the performance that transformed his outlook on his current abilities, and what he wanted to accomplish as a musician.
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Not the first gig, but the first gig
In this #transform2perform interview Denis Wick's CEO, Stephen Wick, discusses what it was like to enter a gig recognized as Denis Wick's son, and what was the first gig where he felt like he had arrived as Stephen Wick, tuba performer.
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Learning on the job; an interview with Stephen Wick
In this #transform2perform interview Denis Wick's CEO, Stephen Wick, recalls some of his early gigs as a professional and the events that triggered him to transform into an even better tuba performer.