Michael AllenMar 21, 2018Trumpets - a primerI've played on the same mouthpiece since I was in high school - my teacher handed me an old Conn Helleberg style mouthpiece when I was...
Michael AllenMar 18, 2018Texture 1 - Writing for the whole ensembleA while back, I wrote an entry called 4 Dimensional Texture where I identified 4 basic ways to group instruments in a large ensemble.
Michael AllenMar 9, 2018Breaking my own rulesI usually have three or four arranging projects on the front burners and many more unfinished projects in my "work in progress" file....