Hi Eric,

Thank you for your wonderful work. I enjoyed your youtube instruction and the free lessons you offered on your website. They were certainly instrumental in my decision to purchase your book.

I am an amateur player in two concert bands and one swing band. I have been playing for over 35 years. I have always suffered from endurance problems. I sound great at the beginning of the evening and get progressively worse. I think my embouchure is a problem as I roll my lower lip under my upper lip and eventually beat up my upper lip until it is swollen. I have rather large lips.

Your program has been very helpful. I feel that I have better air support and much better focus, tone and projection. My endurance is gradually improving too. The tip with the Harmon mute was very enlightening! I never thought of the body working in “sympathy” with the trumpet. I don’t feel like I’m fighting my horn anymore.

I’m on lesson three right now, trying to stay patient and not jumping to later lessons. I’ve tried many programs, but your ideas are the first to help me improve significantly and given me hope for continued improvement. I’m a golf teacher myself and I know the value of giving hope to a student, especially amateurs.

Thank you so much for helping me with my playing. I had actually considered quitting playing because I didn’t think I’d ever get any better. It is truly a joy to improve again.