Backing Track Projects
I have always found aural reinforcements to be helpful in my personal practice. Wether they've been the various Hip Bone Routines by Michael Davis, James Thompson's Buzzing Basics, the Tuning CD, DrumBeats+, or even the Pitch Drone in Tonal Energy; they've always helped me match pitch and time while working on fundamentals. Beyond the technical benefits, in a busy world, I've enjoyed the ability to press play and work through a routine.
On this page you will find my various Backing Track Projects. These are routines I've created using various software such as: Sibelius, Garage Band, and Reaper. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions about my process, would like the tempo adjusted on one of my tracks, or would like me to create a backing track for your routine!
Urbie Green:
One Hour a Day Routine
Like most people, I was inspired by Urbie Green's playing from the first moment I heard it. However, it was not until several years after I first heard him that I first began using his One Hour a Day Routine in 2018 in my own daily practice. I had just finished my Master's degree and I wanted a routine that "covered all of my bases" even if that's all I got to in a day. Eventually I adapted the routine to suit my needs; which included expanded ranges, adding supplemental exercises, the replacement/ omission of certain exercises, and of course making backing tracks.
*Note: The real benefit of this routine is the wisdom Urbie Green includes throughout his packet. I have omitted this to encourage any interested parties to seek out and purchase the original source material.
Peter Ellefson:
Warm Up #3 Adapted for Alto Trombone
The title says it all! I had the pleasure of studying with Professor Ellefson while pursuing my Master's Degree at Indiana University Jacob's School of Music. His Warm Up #3 has been a go-to for me for a number of years, and I decided to adapt it for alto trombone. I tell anyone that will listen that I think alto trombone is actually easier than tenor or bass trombone. It is a lighter smaller bored instruments with positions that are closer together than tenor or bass. We make it difficult by making it unfamiliar. I decided to combat this by taking a familiar routine and putting it on a less familiar instrument. I recommend that trombonists play through the Ellefson Warm Up #3 on tenor prior to this routine as a way of minimizing the unfamiliarity.
Buzz Town
Various mouthpiece exercises from a variety of sources, including: Vocal Warmups, Joseph Alessi, Brass Gym, Peter Ellefson, Jonathon Whitacre.
*This routine is not OFFICIALLY endorsed by Jerry Seinfeld or the Bee Movie*
Doubler's Bass Trombone Routine
Typically, my first notes of the day are on Tenor Trombone. By the time I am "warming up" on Bass Trombone I am really just doing a fundamental routine and getting ready for the day ahead. This routine borrows from the routines of Peter Ellefson, Brian Hecht, Emory Remington and George Curran.
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Want me to make Backing Tracks for your routine? Let me know in the contact form: linked here!