I've been using & elaborating on the "roll out" concept from Jeff Smiley's Balanced Embouchure for YEARS, to play well below "fundamental C" on the horn. Not only is this useful for opening the low register, there are a number of benefits to roll out practice: Sound like fun? I've got a free 90 minute […]
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Hi, I’m Mars
I am a multi-hyphenate: optimizer-elf-musician-wizard-coach.
I care deeply about wellness. I believe that the nuclear fusion of artistry, science, and spiritual development is sustainable fuel for a richly meaningful world.
Degrees in cognitive science & computer science; experiences in African shamanism & tantra; graduating #1 in class from a Silicon Valley startup accelerator...
I converge a galaxy of diverse experiences into focused service for clients and audiences.
I care deeply about wellness. I believe that the nuclear fusion of artistry, science, and spiritual development is sustainable fuel for a richly meaningful world.
Degrees in cognitive science & computer science; experiences in African shamanism & tantra; graduating #1 in class from a Silicon Valley startup accelerator...
I converge a galaxy of diverse experiences into focused service for clients and audiences.
PERFORMANCE
I play French horn around the world with symphonies, DJ's, and in world music + sound healing collaborations.
Classical highlights from the last few years include performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli in Florida, and an exquisite song cycle featuring horn in San Francisco.
I've played amazing Calypso jams in Costa Rica, performances with Yemanjo and other DJ's at Ecstatic Dance Hawaii, collaborations with Silk Road Ensemble members. I facilitate jam sessions and sound healing sets.
I play French horn around the world with symphonies, DJ's, and in world music + sound healing collaborations.
Classical highlights from the last few years include performances with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Andrea Bocelli in Florida, and an exquisite song cycle featuring horn in San Francisco.
I've played amazing Calypso jams in Costa Rica, performances with Yemanjo and other DJ's at Ecstatic Dance Hawaii, collaborations with Silk Road Ensemble members. I facilitate jam sessions and sound healing sets.
COACHING
I work with professional and amateur musicians, in several offerings:
1) Deep transformational journeys around artistic development, performance anxiety, or challenging professional issues.
2) Practice mastery - how to learn dramatically faster and make it stick for satisfying performances. Includes memorization, solving technical issues, and nuts & bolts practice strategies.
3) Project-based coaching - album releases, auditions or recitals, a finish line you want to cross. I help you cross it with virtuosity, health, and a heaping dose of fun!
I work with professional and amateur musicians, in several offerings:
1) Deep transformational journeys around artistic development, performance anxiety, or challenging professional issues.
2) Practice mastery - how to learn dramatically faster and make it stick for satisfying performances. Includes memorization, solving technical issues, and nuts & bolts practice strategies.
3) Project-based coaching - album releases, auditions or recitals, a finish line you want to cross. I help you cross it with virtuosity, health, and a heaping dose of fun!
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My favorite horn / brass methods
In my decades of playing horn (and dabbling in trumpet and trombone), I've been a voracious explorer of different approaches. Many books have given me one or two nuggets. Others have led me down not-so-helpful paths (Farkas "Art of Horn Playing" gave me a lot of good stuff in high school, but also indoctrinated me […]