I bought The TANK
Published by awesometbn on Tagged Trombone FestivalsAt the ITF 2008 in Utah, I went to the third floor exhibitor room for Shires, and while looking around in the same room I saw a sturdy trombone case made by Diversified Case Company in the Slidebone.com exhibitor space. I shipped my softside Reunion Blues gigbag to the hotel with UPS so it would be there when I arrived on Tuesday. It is a double case that holds my alto and tenor trombones. Perfect for hanging over your shoulder and walking. So at the end of the festival I was prepared to find a UPS Store or FedEx and ship it home (easier than dealing with the airlines). That is, until I saw this masterpiece from Diversified.
Their double case carefully fits my alto and tenor, with plenty of snug-fitting foam, cut-out in the shape of each bell section and slide assembly. I had already set aside more than $300 for shipping home, so I applied that money to this purchase. What about my softside gigbag? Slidebone shipped that to my home as a courtesy! Thanks! So I can happily report all the rough handling from Frontier Airlines did not dent my horn at all (I have a whole other story to tell about Delta Airlines and my crimpled bell on my Bach 42). So if you are considering The TANK, get one, you won’t be disappointed.
Trying to reach TTF
Published by awesometbn on Tagged Trombone FestivalsDuring the International Trombone Festival 2008 in Utah I made a post on The Trombone Forum about technology and the trombone after attending a workshop by Robin Eubanks. Later that night, Robin performed on the evening concert, and I wanted to update my post or at least add some comments. Didn’t have a chance to do that until yesterday, but guess what, the Trombone Forum timed out, it wouldn’t connect. Must be my connection. Always seems to happen when I’m travelling. So I tried again from Atlanta. No luck. Then I saw some news reports about an explosion at The Planet datacenter in Texas. Could this be the reason? I checked whois and sure enough TTF uses The Planet. I’ll bet this is the reason. Hopefully everything will be okay once they run power to the disconnected servers, and the data loss will be minimal. The Planet has their own forum with updates about the fire and the work they are doing to get everybody up and running.
Just got back from ITF 2008 in Utah
Published by awesometbn on Tagged Trombone FestivalsWhew! Long trip from Salt Lake City to Atlanta. Flew on Frontier Airlines to their hub in Denver, on the way there and back. It was an amazing conference. Tried to get there ahead of time on Tuesday, but with the time change and slight travel delays we arrived pretty much around midnight. The festival was a blast! I’m unpacking and trying to organize my thoughts. More to come.
Online Store Preview
Published by awesometbn on Tagged MerchandiseThank you for supporting Awesome Trombone Links! You should be able to find some great hats, shirts, and other stuff for that special trombone student or professional.
Here are the most popular items (and our favorites!) from our online store. Remember, every purchase will help to support this site. Thank you so much!
Newspaper Headlines from around the World
Published by awesometbn on Tagged News HeadlinesOkay, this should be interesting. This is my experiment with viral video (meaning that if something becomes wildly popular we now have an easy method in place to quickly distribute that particular video, it’s called the “embed” button). I have partnered with multiple news organizations to provide updated stories that seem to be related to the trombone. These news organizations include Reuters, The Associated Press (AP), Agence France Press (AFP), The Denver Post, The Sports Network, and many others. At this time I am able to grab their video feeds, but I am still working on getting text articles by themselves. I’ll update this section when they become available. In the meantime enjoy the following reports.
Online Recordstore
Published by awesometbn on Tagged Recordings
Thank you for supporting Awesome Trombone Links! You should be able to find some great CDs and recordings for that special trombone student or professional.
For your convenience we have searched Amazon high and low for all trombone related items. Below each CD or recording we have tried to include as much information as possible (title, author, recording label, etc.) to help you identify the recordings you might want.
By the way, Amazon is not the only place we found trombone recordings for sale. We will continue to update this page with new vendors as soon as we have the time to integrate more CSS and XHTML code into our webpages.
Online Bookstore
Published by awesometbn on Tagged Books
Thank you for supporting Awesome Trombone Links! You should be able to find some great books for that special trombone student or professional.
For your convenience we have searched Amazon high and low for all trombone related items. Below each book we have tried to include as much information as possible (title, author, publisher, ISBN, etc.) to help you identify the books you might want.
By the way, Amazon is not the only place we found trombone books for sale. We will continue to update this page with new vendors as soon as we have the time to integrate more CSS and XHTML code into our webpages.
Online Trombone Chat Client
Published by awesometbn on Tagged ChatWe think this is pretty cool. Below is an embedded Java applet called ConferenceRoom that will connect to a chat channel called #trombone. If you don’t see anything, take a look at our post called Some Tips and Troubleshooting Steps.
Online Game Room
Published by awesometbn on Tagged GamesFeel free to stay as long as you like. We are planning to add more games as we find them and integrate them into the website. Have fun wasting some time and playing a few games!
Big Bands, Chamber Groups, and Performance Ensembles
Published by awesometbn on Tagged Big Bands and Chamber Groups, DMOZ
Our (dated) collection of Big Bands, Chamber Groups, and Performance Ensembles. We are using this as a placeholder for some older content, and plan to make individual posts out of each item as we review it and update it. Here you will find military bands, bandstand big bands, and smaller groups such as quartets, quintets, and trombone choirs.