How to sound Reggae

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Apolo
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by Apolo »

Hi,

starting to play in a reggae/ska band, I don't find the proper technique to make my trombone sound as I would like to (bright greasy copper) without blowing very loud on my trombone...

as on this huge skatalites song:

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Any clues on how to do that?

Thanks :good:
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Bach5G
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by Bach5G »

How to sound reggae? Listen reggae.
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Apolo
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by Apolo »

Yeah, thanks for the answear, but I was thinking of much interesting technique than saying obvious and stupid things...

Thanks anyway ;-)
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harrisonreed
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by harrisonreed »

High/forward tongue position, playing in the slot exactly, equipment that makes it easy to slot, no vibrato.
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Doug_Elliott
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by Doug_Elliott »

What do you sound like now?

It's kind of impossible to suggest a change... Change from what?

Post a video of yourself playing the same thing.

The player in that recording is not playing all that loud... probably in a studio, and it's not always possible to reproduce a studio sound when playing live.
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Apolo
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by Apolo »

[quote="harrisonreed"]High/forward tongue position, playing in the slot exactly, equipment that makes it easy to slot, no vibrato.[/quote]

Yeah thanks,

that's exactly what I needed. Tried that today, and it starts to sound great. Now I just need to practice a lot and that will be fine.

Thanks again,

and by the way, I really like your profile's picture