Related Sites:
S.E. Shires Trombones
Trombone Excerpts
Trombone Tools - College Auditions
Wessex Tubas
Music and Method Books:
Hickey’s Music Center
Mountain Peak Music Method Books
Other Products:
forScore Music App - This is a great music reading app on iPad that I use every day.
Hetman Musical Instrument Lubricants (I recommend #11 for f-attachment valves and #14 for bearings and linkages)
Jo-Ral Mutes
K&M Trombone Stand
Leather Specialties Leather Guards - I really recommend using these leather guards: they help protect lacquer and look sleek!
Neotech Trombone Grip - This grip helps you support the weight of your trombone comfortably and with much less fatigue!
Protec Pro Pac Cases
Shure MV88 iOS Condenser Microphone - This is a very high-quality microphone that plugs into your iPhone’s lightning port.
Scale Practice Randomizer App - This is an amazing app to practice scales: you can select any subset of scales and it will automatically randomize your list to make practice scales even more “fun.”
Trombone Excerpts App - This app is an easy-to-navigate app with every major excerpt already in the database complete with composer information, historical context, and YouTube links! More excerpts are being added all the time, too!
Tunable - This is my favorite tuner app on my phone: it’s easy to read and responds quickly.
Tonal Energy - The tuner in this app is also quite good, but I really prefer this metronome.
Boss DB-90 (Dr. Beat) - Nothing “Beats” this physical metronome. I still use when I run rehearsals.
Yamaha Slide Lubricant - This is the best (and most easily-applied) slide lubricant I’ve ever used. I was a die-hard Slide-O-Mix fan until I found this stuff!
