Special Offering in Honor of Memorial Day, May 18th - June 1st, 2026

Greetings everyone!

As the summer is getting closer and most colleges are ending with high school finishing up a month later, I have a special offer for those who are interested.

I am fully aware as all of you are of the challenging times we are living in including, of course, finances. So my thought was, if there are any students or professionals who would like to work with me, I'd like to offer them a break to work with me. Our culture has Memorial Weekend Specials, 4th of July deals, Labor Day Bargains etc. So my thought was to piggyback on a system that is already in place in our minds. SOOOO...

In honor of Memorial Day, I am offering a discount on private lessons. Starting on May 18th through June 1st, a one hour session with me, on Zoom, will be $125. This is half my standard rate. My standard rate does include a shorter follow-up session but this discounted rate will not.

If you are a teacher and would like to refer one of your students who you think could benefit from having a session with me, it would be an honor to work with them.

After working with people for nearly 59 years now (my 7th grade band director said to the trombones "take lessons from Norman") I have many ways to approach injuries, endurance issues, burnt-out-syndrome, range stuff and assisting a player to find the spirit of the music inside themselves. I feel each person has art inside of them. I have helped countless players with audition "stuckness" and general playing ruts. This offering is not closed to other brass instruments or musicians. I have worked with all the brass and many who have "high" end careers.

Thanks to all for reading this and hope some of you find it useful or know others you would like to recommend this offer to. My hope is to be able to offer this a few times throughout the course of a year that could hopefully fit inside most people's budgets.

Please feel free to pass along this offer to others. To take advantage of this offer, interested folks can get in touch with me at normtobe@gmail.com to set up a Zoom lesson.

FBSMC 17, Zoom Session 5 Anew! 7/24/25, 11am EDT

Hello Everyone!

As most of you know, Zoom Session 5 was cancelled last week due to a family emergency. So this week we will call the session Zoom Session 5 Anew! This session is part of FBSMC 17, "I Quest On" and will be Thursday 7/24/25, at 11am EDT. The Zoom invitation is below under Join Zoom Session.

*** All those who paid for last week's session, you are all set and no other donation, of course, is required.

Important Note: Since there will be music being sent out to participants, I need to know in advance who will be attending so the music can be emailed to you if you are attending. Please let me know as soon as you know you will be on the Zoom session so I can email you a part. Please try to let me know by Thursday by 10am EDT. Thanks! If you are later than that, just please let me know before the session starts! :-)

The Zoom Sessions will be working into the meaning of "I Quest On" through discussion and actually playing the main themes, rhythms and melodies of a new piece (with printed parts) together. This will serve to connect to the sentiment of the music so when all the parts are completed we will all have a strong grasp of the spirit of the music and the musical composition itself.

IMPOTANT NOTE: you do not have to be a trombone player to participate! FBSMC welcomes all brass instruments and any other instruments as well.

In Zoom Session 5, we will continue working on the Chant section of the piece as well as the previous sections. Everyone who is participating will get a copy of the Chant. For those that are first timers this season, I will send you the other two sections as well. We will work on all these sections together. Each participant can choose a key or different octave that is more comfortable for them to play the material (in these sessions where we are all playing the same lines) if needed. The importance of these first sessions is to know the main motifs as they are without harmony and other accompanying rhythmic figure

***Because we will be reading the same music in the first sessions, I will need to know in advance who will be attending in each session so the music can be emailed to you. Contact me at normtobe at gmail dot com. Please let me know before the Zoom Session starts whether you will be attending. The earlier the better! :-)

When the piece is completed, everyone will get a part which could be very different from the music we were working on together. For example, some parts will be rhythmic figures, others chordal harmony and/or combinations of both just like any other pieces you have played. After I know the number of participants joining in, I will assign a specific part to each player.

The completed piece will be called "I Quest On." There is a good chance that other pieces related to this main piece will be composed as well. We will see how FBSMC 17 Quest unfolds!

BRING YOUR HORNS to all sessions please. We will also warm-up together which will help us get into the space needed to facilitate the sessions.

FBSMC 17 I Quest On, requires a donation of $12. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

**At the end of the session, the entire new composition will be made available for purchase to participants.

**** Companion Notes- If there are companion notes at the end of a session, they will be available for purchase. The amount could range from $3.50 to $8.50 depending on the length of the notes. Obviously the notes are optional.

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85109735061?pwd=oyP0ZowZlsIhMbnduso6K2MDOaq0zw.1

I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you who would like to join in. Don't worry if you cannot attend all the sessions. But all the more the better! :-)

Please inform anyone you know who might be interested in this quest. You can give them my contact information.

Stay tuned for any updates!

Towards your quest, bring your best!

Norman

Food for thought about the spirit of this FBSMC 17:

We cannot escape action. No matter where you look, all living things carry out actions. Flora and fauna for example, don’t have choice- they function according to their designed purpose.

Human beings do have the faculty of choice. The question is: What drives that choice?

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $12

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 17, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" or "family and friends " (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

7.COMPLETE TRANSACTION (make sure your transaction goes through)

FBSMC 17, "I Quest On," Zoom Session 5, 11am EDT, 7/17/25

Hello Everyone!

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 17 (FBSMC 17) Zoom Session 5, "I Quest On," will be Thursday July 17th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

Important Note: Since there will be music being sent out to participants, I need to know in advance who will be attending so the music can be emailed to you if you are attending. Please let me know as soon as you know you will be on the Zoom session so I can email you a part. Please try to let me know by Thursday by 10am EDT. Thanks! If you are later than that, just please let me know before the session starts! :-)

The Zoom Sessions will be working into the meaning of "I Quest On" through discussion and actually playing the main themes, rhythms and melodies of a new piece (with printed parts) together. This will serve to connect to the sentiment of the music so when all the parts are completed we will all have a strong grasp of the spirit of the music and the musical composition itself.

IMPOTANT NOTE: you do not have to be a trombone player to participate! FBSMC welcomes all brass instruments and any other instruments as well.

In Zoom Session 5, we will continue working on the Chant section of the piece as well as the previous sections. Everyone who is participating will get a copy of the Chant. For those that are first timers this season, I will send you the other two sections as well. We will work on all these sections together. Each participant can choose a key or different octave that is more comfortable for them to play the material (in these sessions where we are all playing the same lines) if needed. The importance of these first sessions is to know the main motifs as they are without harmony and other accompanying rhythmic figure

***Because we will be reading the same music in the first sessions, I will need to know in advance who will be attending in each session so the music can be emailed to you. Contact me at normtobe at gmail dot com. Please let me know before the Zoom Session starts whether you will be attending. The earlier the better! :-)

When the piece is completed, everyone will get a part which could be very different from the music we were working on together. For example, some parts will be rhythmic figures, others chordal harmony and/or combinations of both just like any other pieces you have played. After I know the number of participants joining in, I will assign a specific part to each player.

The completed piece will be called "I Quest On." There is a good chance that other pieces related to this main piece will be composed as well. We will see how FBSMC 17 Quest unfolds!

BRING YOUR HORNS to all sessions please. We will also warm-up together which will help us get into the space needed to facilitate the sessions.

FBSMC 17 I Quest On, requires a donation of $12. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

**At the end of the session, the entire new composition will be made available for purchase to participants.

**** Companion Notes- If there are companion notes at the end of a session, they will be available for purchase. The amount could range from $3.50 to $8.50 depending on the length of the notes. Obviously the notes are optional.

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85109735061?pwd=oyP0ZowZlsIhMbnduso6K2MDOaq0zw.1

I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you who would like to join in. Don't worry if you cannot attend all the sessions. But all the more the better! :-)

Please inform anyone you know who might be interested in this quest. You can give them my contact information.

Stay tuned for any updates!

Towards your quest,

Norman

Food for thought about the spirit of this FBSMC 17:

We cannot escape action. No matter where you look, all living things carry out actions. Flora and fauna for example, don’t have choice- they function according to their designed purpose.

Human beings do have the faculty of choice. The question is: What drives that choice?

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $12

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 17, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" or "family and friends " (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

7.COMPLETE TRANSACTION (make sure your transaction goes through)

FBSMC 17, I Quest On, Zoom Session 4, 11am EDT, 7/10/25

Hello Everyone!

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 17 (FBSMC 17) Zoom Session 4, "I Quest On," will be Thursday July 10th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

Important Note: Since there will be music being sent out to participants, I need to know in advance who will be attending so the music can be emailed to you if you are attending. Please let me know as soon as you know you will be on the Zoom session so I can email you a part. Please try to let me know by Thursday by 10am EDT. Thanks! If you are later than that, just please let me know before the session starts! :-)

The Zoom Sessions will be working into the meaning of "I Quest On" through discussion and actually playing the main themes, rhythms and melodies of a new piece (with printed parts) together. This will serve to connect to the sentiment of the music so when all the parts are completed we will all have a strong grasp of the spirit of the music and the musical composition itself.

IMPOTANT NOTE: you do not have to be a trombone player to participate! FBSMC welcomes all brass instruments and any other instruments as well.

In Zoom session 4, we will be working on the Chant section of the piece. Everyone who is participating will get a copy of the Chant. For those that are first timers this season, I will send you the other two sections as well. We will work on all these sections together. Each participant can choose a key or different octave that is more comfortable for them to play the material (in these sessions where we are all playing the same lines) if needed. The importance of these first sessions is to know the main motifs as they are without harmony and other accompanying rhythmic figure

***Because we will be reading the same music in the first sessions, I will need to know in advance who will be attending in each session so the music can be emailed to you. Contact me at normtobe at gmail dot com. Please let me know before the Zoom Session starts whether you will be attending. The earlier the better! :-)

When the piece is completed, everyone will get a part which could be very different from the music we were working on together. For example, some parts will be rhythmic figures, others chordal harmony and/or combinations of both just like any other pieces you have played. After I know the number of participants joining in, I will assign a specific part to each player.

The completed piece will be called "I Quest On." There is a good chance that other pieces related to this main piece will be composed as well. We will see how FBSMC 17 Quest unfolds!

BRING YOUR HORNS to all sessions please. We will also warm-up together which will help us get into the space needed to facilitate the sessions.

FBSMC 17 I Quest On, requires a donation of $12. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

**At the end of the session, the entire new composition will be made available for purchase to participants.

**** Companion Notes- If there are companion notes at the end of a session, they will be available for purchase. The amount could range from $3.50 to $8.50 depending on the length of the notes. Obviously the notes are optional.

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/86379224666?pwd=dnpkDAXMU52rxPx46V7EabUYbsRKyx.1

I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you who would like to join in. Don't worry if you cannot attend all the sessions. But all the more the better! :-)

Please inform anyone you know who might be interested in this quest. You can give them my contact information.

Stay tuned for any updates!

Towards your quest,

Norman

Food for thought about the spirit of this FBSMC 17:

We cannot escape action. No matter where you look, all living things carry out actions. Flora and fauna for example, don’t have choice- they function according to their designed purpose.

Human beings do have the faculty of choice. The question is: What drives that choice?

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $12

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 17, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" or "family and friends " (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

7.COMPLETE TRANSACTION (make sure your transaction goes through)

FBSMC 17, I Quest On, Zoom Session 3, 6/26/25, 11am EDT

Hello Everyone!

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 17 (FBSMC 17) Zoom Session 3, "I Quest On," will be Thursday June 26th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

Important Note: Since there will be music being sent out to participants, I need to know in advance who will be attending so the music can be emailed to you if you are attending. Please let me know as soon as you know you will be on the Zoom session so I can email you a part. Please try to let me know by Thursday by 10am EDT. Thanks! If you are later than that, just please let me know before the session starts! :-)

The Zoom Sessions will be working into the meaning of "I Quest On" through discussion and actually playing the main themes, rhythms and melodies of a new piece (with printed parts) together. This will serve to connect to the sentiment of the music so when all the parts are completed we will all have a strong grasp of the spirit of the music and the musical composition itself.

IMPOTANT NOTE: you do not have to be a trombone player to participate! FBSMC welcomes all brass instruments and any other instruments as well.

In Zoom session 3, we will be working on the 2nd melody and its underlying rhythmic drive. Everyone who is participating will get a copy of the second melody and accompanying rhythm. We will work on these together. Each participant can choose a key or different octave that is more comfortable for them to play the material (in these sessions where we are all playing the same lines) if needed. The importance of these first sessions is to know the main motifs as they are without harmony and other accompanying rhythmic figure

***Because we will be reading the same music in the first sessions, I will need to know in advance who will be attending in each session so the music can be emailed to you. Contact me at normtobe at gmail dot com. Please let me know before the Zoom Session starts whether you will be attending. The earlier the better! :-)

When the piece is completed, everyone will get a part which could be very different from the music we were working on together. For example, some parts will be rhythmic figures, others chordal harmony and/or combinations of both just like any other pieces you have played. After I know the number of participants joining in, I will assign a specific part to each player.

The completed piece will be called "I Quest On." There is a good chance that other pieces related to this main piece will be composed as well. We will see how FBSMC 17 Quest unfolds!

BRING YOUR HORNS to all sessions please. We will also warm-up together which will help us get into the space needed to facilitate the sessions.

FBSMC 17 I Quest On, requires a donation of $12. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

**At the end of the session, the entire new composition will be made available for purchase to participants.

**** Companion Notes- If there are companion notes at the end of a session, they will be available for purchase. The amount could range from $3.50 to $8.50 depending on the length of the notes. Obviously the notes are optional.

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/85677109380?pwd=muwyN58WPsxGuBQNqiaXSFYmnlZTHw.1

I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you who would like to join in. Don't worry if you cannot attend all the sessions. But all the more the better! :-)

Please inform anyone you know who might be interested in this quest. You can give them my contact information.

Stay tuned for any updates!

Towards your quest,

Norman

Food for thought about the spirit of this FBSMC 17:

We cannot escape action. No matter where you look, all living things carry out actions. Flora and fauna for example, don’t have choice- they function according to their designed purpose.

Human beings do have the faculty of choice. The question is: What drives that choice?

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $12

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 17, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" or "family and friends " (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

7.COMPLETE TRANSACTION (make sure your transaction goes through)

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 17, Zoom Session 1, 6/12/25, 11am "I Quest On"

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 17 (FBSMC 17) Zoom Session 1, "I Quest On," will be Thursday June 12th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

I stated in an email last week, that this was the first time we were going to have a trombone choir and do some overdubs that will be put on YouTube. However! We actually did this before starting 2020. The difference is this is the first time I'm announcing it in advance and we will include others who might not be able to make all the sessions. That is why I'm calling it FBSMC Trombone Choir and Friends.

The format of the sessions will be different. We will be working on portions of the piece in each session as follows:

The Zoom sessions will be working into the meaning of "I Quest On" through discussion and actually playing the main themes, rhythms and melodies of a new piece (with printed parts) together. This will serve to connect to the sentiment of the music so when all the parts are completed we will all have a strong grasp of the spirit of the music and the musical composition itself.

IMPOTANT NOTE: you do not have to be a trombone player to participate! FBSMC welcomes all brass instruments and any other instruments as well.

In Zoom session 1, we will be working on the opening theme of the new piece and possibly the section after it. Everyone who is participating will get a copy of this opening theme and we will work on it together. Each participant can choose a key or different octave that is more comfortable for them to play the material (in these sessions where we are all playing the same lines) if needed. The importance of these first sessions is to know the main motifs as they are without harmony and other accompanying rhythmic figures.

***Because we will be reading the same music in the first sessions, I will need to know in advance who will be attending in each session so the music can be emailed to you. Contact me at normtobe at gmail dot com. Please let me know by Wednesday June 11th (if needed you can let me know an hour before the zoom session starts) at the latest if you are attending. Of course you can let me know earlier as well. :-)

When the piece is completed, everyone will get a part which could be very different from the music we were working on together. For example, some parts will be rhythmic figures, others chordal harmony and/or combinations of both just like any other pieces you have played. After I know the number of participants joining in, I will assign a specific part to each player.

The completed piece will be called "I Quest On." There is a good chance that other pieces related to this main piece will be composed as well. We will see how FBSMC 17 Quest unfolds!

BRING YOUR HORNS to all sessions please. We will also warm-up together which will help us get into the space needed to facilitate the sessions.

FBSMC 17 I Quest On, requires a donation of $12. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

**At the end of the session, the entire new composition will be made available for purchase to participants.

**** Companion Notes- If there are companion notes at the end of a session, they will be available for purchase. The amount could range from $3.50 to $8.50 depending on the length of the notes. Obviously the notes are optional.

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84874028233?pwd=joWCTbUC8bFu5pEDSwA7AXrIeD4ux9.1

I'm looking forward to seeing as many of you who would like to join in. Don't worry if you cannot attend all the sessions. But all the more the better! :-)

Please inform anyone you know who might be interested in this quest. You can give them my contact information.

Stay tuned for any updates!

Towards your best quest,

Norman

Food for thought about the spirit of this FBSMC 17:

We cannot escape action. No matter where you look, all living things carry out actions. Flora and fauna for example, don’t have choice- they function according to their designed purpose.

Human beings do have the faculty of choice. The question is: What drives that choice?

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!

HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $12

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 17, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" or "family and friends " (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

7.COMPLETE TRANSACTION (make sure your transaction goes through)

Five Vital Approaches to Practicing, Zoom Session 5, We Become Our Practice, 2/8/25 11am Eastern

Greetings Everyone and hope all is well!

"Five Vital Approaches To Practicing" Zoom Session 5, titled "You Become Your Practice" will be this Saturday February 8th at 11am Eastern Time. Donation instructions and Join Zoom Session link are below.

Something to remember...

Most of the people on this email list who know a bit about my teaching and what is important to me, understand the principles that are talked about are not just trombone related. They come from the sentiment of "Music as a Living Thing." Musicians of all kinds would benefit from these principles, concepts, exercises and self inquiry my videos and courses provide. Certainly all brass players could use the brass techniques because they are just not trombone related. I've had many brass players attend the sessions over the years.

Inspiration for the Course

Since we spend so much time at certain points in our playing life practicing alone, it is important to realize we are never really practicing alone! We are always “attended” by our state of consciousness, mindset, attitudes, expectations, moods, successes, failures, timelines etc. and what these attract to ourselves whether useful or not useful. These thoughts create an internal ecology which oversees or governs our practice sessions.

Zoom Session 5, Part 2, is about "We ARE Our Practice." Every moment we live, we are involved in some kind of action. Looking at the physical, mental and emotional parts of our life, we know each one has a multitude of feelings and actions that accompany those feelings, thoughts and sensations. How about the actions of the conscious, semi-conscious and unconscious aspects of our mind? Each organ in our body is playing its role through various actions. Think of the actions of different states of mind when waking, dreaming or in deep sleep. There is always a corresponding physical response to these states of consciousness.

Putting all this into our musical life, I’m hoping that this 5 week “course” has brought participants into better focus through the experiments we did that our thoughts and attitudes play a very significant role (governing role) in what comes through our instruments. We will do further experiments into the basics of playing and find further application and confirmation of the truths, We ARE Our Practice and we can Change in order to Continue to Exist!

Please bring your horns. :-) We experiment in these sessions to bring to life through our horns why and what is being said.

Companion Notes for Zoom Session 5:

http://frequencybone.blogspot.com/2025/02/companion-notes-for-zoom-session-5-we.html

It is ok if you have not attended the other sessions. Eventually it all becomes interconnected. You can also find companion notes from previous weeks at: frequencybone.blogspot.com.

Five Vital Approaches To Practicing requires a donation of $10 for each session. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins. Thank you in advance!

** I'm hoping to have a booklet of Companion Guide Notes at the end of the course for purchase. A notification email will be sent when this is available.

Hoping to see some of you on Zoom!

Moving forward anew!

Norman

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/89795385594?pwd=gDCrFtzlnBmPxv6zIyV1aoPvDx3lYY.1

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $10

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 16, Train Athletic Craft, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

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Companion Notes for Zoom Session 5, We Become Our Practice, Part 2

We ARE Our Practice!

Every moment we live, we are involved in some kind of action. Looking at the physical, mental and emotional parts of our life, we know each one has a multitude of feelings and actions that accompany those feelings, thoughts and sensations. How about the actions of the conscious, semi-conscious and unconscious mind  aspects of our mind. Each organ in our body is playing its role through various actions. Think of the actions of different states of mind when waking, dreaming or in deep sleep. There is always a corresponding physical response to these states of consciousness.

If we understand that each thought whether conscious, semi-conscious or unconscious has a physical quality (symptom) that comes with it, it may be easier to see how we are what we do on a repetitive basis. But, there are parts of ourselves we do not see unless certain conditions or situations in our lives cause us to act in ways we could not have predicted. Surprise!

Putting all this into our musical life, I’m hoping that this 5 week “course” has brought into better focus through the experiments we did that our thoughts and attitudes play a very significant role in what comes through our instruments. What, why, how, where and when have allowed us to view this process consciously. When habit is strongly embedded in us, it is unconscious. So this way of going on,( there are a myriad of ways) is an excellent opportunity to experience an awareness of the interconnectedness of mind and body. Beyond that, it allows us to be freer to discover ourselves without being stuck in just a few concepts. In fact, if you are the type of player that has a particular school of playing (firm fixed ways of going on) that works for you, hopefully by doing this five week course brings more depth of understanding to why you do what you do and offers other ways of approaching your firm foundations, perhaps adding more space inside of them for you to navigate other options.

The third overlay point in all of this, is to move away from getting too fixed in certain thoughts and attitudes that prevent more comprehensive visions of art, life and ourselves. This is the greater freedom to be (and discover) who we are truly meant to be.

ONWARD!

Companion Notes for Zoom Session 4, You Become Your Practice, Part 1

No matter what we do on a regular basis, it constitutes what we practice in our daily lives. If "practice makes perfect", what is it making perfect? What we think, how we act, why we do what we do, where and when we act or do not act, all point to aspects of what we presently are or have become over time. "Hence, We Become Our Practice."

We have the ability to CHANGE and improve ourselves. It ain't always easy, that's for sure! So change is a real possibility and is a wonderful quality of being human. We have been changing since conception and developed through all the stages until birth. And notice, we haven't stopped changing!:-) As my great life mentor said:

CHANGE IN ORDER TO CONTINUE TO EXIST

The above statement comes from a very elevated place concerning the greater human potential, high third overlay level. What is interesting is that the human being, like other living things on the planet, has a 1st overlay that develops automatically into the physical vehicle. A phrase we've heard in the music field and other fields when someone has a strong aptitude for something is "they're a natural." Well, that natural 1st stage was part of what they were born with and didn't have to work for. The 2nd stage, 2nd overlay, needs to be worked for to develop fully. The 3rd stage is of WHY they do what they do. WHAT drives them??? In this case, the power of their desire (the desire being the expression of the essence that moves them, 3rd overlay) drives their 2nd overlay, the human driver which of course needs the vehicle (1st overlay) to be the instrument of outward expression.

The 2nd overlay is the driver. Like learning to ride a bike, within a period of time with all the falling and trying to remember what you need to balance, all this learning gradually becomes "2nd nature." The first overlay gets the hang of it and off you go. It becomes automatic. The 2nd overlay is called "skill and choice" which means you have more freedom for choice as your skill gets more developed. The third overlay dictates why you ride the bike and what you want to pursue with it. For example, do you want to participate in competitive racing or use bicycling for exercise or a means of transportation? Whichever is your reason or reasons for riding a bike, would be your purpose. A deeper third overlay would be for personal quest

Companion Notes for Zoom session 2, You Become WHY You Practice

Since this session is using why as a point to start this week's inquiry into practicing, the question may arise; Why did I choose the title for this course to be "Five VITAL Approaches to Practicing?" It is a good question and I'll give some of my reasoning behind it.

First of all, I wasn't doing lots of reasoning before I picked the topic. It came about when I was practicing and started thinking about an issue that appeared in my playing. In the midst of this, I became very aware of the naturalness of the reasoning process, in this case, problem solving.  After finding out what the issue was, I started to wonder why it was happening. Once the why it was happening became clear, I naturally found myself asking how I can fix this and work with this. But after working with the how and finding the means and ways to work with the issue, more practicing showed me that I had worked it out in one range and dynamic, but things changed a bit when going into different registers and dynamics. It was this that led to where does it start and when does it start!

However, a person in a similar scenario might start with a different order of what, why, how, where and when. In a moment of frustration you might yell out "WHY or "WHAT am I going to do about this!" or "WHEN will this ever end?"

 

As a matter of fact, I had to find when does it start and where does it start to even get to finding the register and dynamic that worked well enough to have a place to start! And guess where this led me? To the Can Do Point!

That whole practice session was a process of getting to the Can DO Point! :-)     

Zoom Session 2, 11/18 to Five Vital Approaches to Practicing, Zoom Link included

Greetings Everyone and hope all is well!

A NOTE BEFOREHAND

Most of the people on this email list who know a bit about my teaching and what is important to me, understand the principles that are talked about are not just trombone related. They come from the sentiment of "Music as a Living Thing." Musicians of all kinds would benefit from these principles, concepts, exercises and self inquiry my videos and courses provide. Certainly all brass players could use the brass techniques because they are just not trombone related. I've had many brass players attend the sessions.

"Five Vital Approaches To Practicing" Zoom Session 2 titled "You Become Why You Practice" will be this Saturday 1/18 at 11am Eastern Time. Donation instructions and join Zoom Session link are below.

Inspiration for the Course

Since we spend so much time at certain points in our playing life practicing alone, it is important to realize we are never really practicing alone! We are always “attended” by our state of consciousness, mindset, attitudes, expectations, moods, successes, failures, timelines etc. and what these attract to ourselves whether useful or not useful. These thoughts create an internal ecology which oversees or governs our practice sessions.

Session 1 approached you becoming what you practice. Lots came from this including a new short tune. This session on 1/18 we will get into you become why you practice. Even though this phrase might sound or look odd, Session 2 gets us closer to our motives and reasons about why we choose to play and the effects it has on practicing and our music making. This session is a deeper tuning into ourselves.

Please bring your horns. :-) We experiment in these sessions to bring to life through our horns to practice why and what is being said.

Zoom Session Topics and Schedule

-Zoom Session 1- You Become What You Practice 1/11

Zoom Session 2- You Become Why You Practice 1/18

Zoom Session 3- You Become How You Practice 1/25

Zoom Session 4- You Become When You Practice 2/1

Zoom Session 5- You Become Where You Practice 2/8

It is ok if you have not attended the first session. Eventually it all becomes interconnected. You can also view last weeks blog notes:https://frequencybone.blogspot.com/2025/01/companion-notes-for-five-vital.html

Five Vital Approaches To Practicing requires a donation of $10 for each session. The donation instructions are below*. If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins. Thank you in advance!

Companion Notes will be located on frequencybone.blogspot.com

**I'm hoping to have a booklet of Companion Guide Notes available for purchase, after the course is done. A notification email will be sent when they are available.

Hoping to see some of you on Zoom! You are welcome to bring your horns!

Moving forward anew!

Norman

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Companion Notes for "Five Vital Approaches to Practicing" Zoom Session 1

You Become What You Practice!

It's true! This phrase started in the health movement (probably many decades or centuries ago) with the saying "You become what you eat." Obviously this was referring to our physical health and well being or lack thereof. We do all know how we feel after eating certain foods. I might love dairy and sweets, but afterwards I pay a price. That price has a profound effect on my physical and mental well being. Some foods, for certain people, can fog up their thinking while other foods aid with clear thought processes. So that is at the physical or first overlay for those who are a bit familiar with the Overlay System that I talk about frequently.

Subsequently, the phrase "You become what you think about" speaks about our mental food, our thought and thinking processes that occur on a regular basis. This is part of the second overlay in the Overlay System. Consider our attitudes and how they govern aspects of our thinking and their effects on the quality of our actions, positive or negative in our daily life. This can be more harmful than physical food in terms of its impact on how we approach anything.

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Then, to take a glimpse into the third overlay of the Overlay System, "You become what you are truly governed by." This means your true genuineness in motives and principles. This can be looked at from the wise saying: "it is not what you do, it is the reason why you do it" that determines the motivational quality of what literally drives you.

My hope is that this post will show a sense of how to open up a territory and make it come more multi-dimensional. You become what you practice is so true because like eating or thinking, what we do with our time is what we become as people and of course artists.

Time is the most valuable commodity a person has. It is a period of time (space) that will fill our life. What is our life?? So putting this thought into our musical artistic journey, it becomes easier to feel what moves us to do what we do. Quality process is what will determine the quality of essence in our Art.

More on this next week when we look into you become WHY you practice. A good question to ask! Why do I practice???

New 5 week Course starting 1/11/25, "Five Vital Approaches To Practicing"

Greetings Everyone and Happy New Year!

Starting on January 11th, 2025, running for 5 consecutive weeks, I will be giving a course on Zoom titled "Five Vital Approaches To Practicing" all at 11am Eastern Time. Zoom links will be emailed a couple of days before each session. Donation instructions are below.

Inspiration for the Course

Since we spend so much time at certain points in our playing life practicing alone, it is important to realize we are never really practicing alone! We are always “attended” by our state of consciousness, mindset, attitudes, expectations, moods, successes, failures, timelines etc. and what these attract to ourselves whether useful or not useful. These thoughts create an internal ecology which oversees or governs our practice sessions.

Oftentimes, we don’t have a clear plan to help. And there are many plans that do help! I’ve been thinking about this particular plan that will be featured in this 5 part course. "Five Vital Approaches To Practicing" is intended to give more options and insightfulness to the player’s practice sessions hence being more aware to help in getting off the hamster wheel of repetition that often can turn into a rut.

Zoom Session Topics and Schedule

Zoom Session 1- You Become What You Practice 1/11

Zoom Session 2- You Become Why You Practice 1/18

Zoom Session 3- You Become How You Practice 1/25

Zoom Session 4- You Become When You Practice 2/1

Zoom Session 5- You Become Where You Practice 2/8

If possible, I encourage those interested to attend all 5 sessions to see the connection and interaction of these 5 approaches with each other.

Five Vital Approaches To Practicing requires a donation of $10 for each session. The donation instructions are below*. If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins. Thank you in advance!

Companion Notes will be located on frequencybone.blogspot.com. Extra notes and exercises will require a separate donation. A notification email will be sent when they are available.

Hoping to see some of you on Zoom! You are welcome to bring your horns!

Moving forward anew!

Norman

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More About My Time With Bill Moyer..

This is a companion post to the video that was uploaded to YouTube called: "Not Again Norman" Remembering William "Bill" Moyer.

One of the things I said on the video was "he played me a recording of the Mozart Requiem" in regards to meplaying for Bill set up by my Uncle Sherman Walt. I want to be clear that Sherman played me that recording when we went to Boston on that same trip. On the video it almost sounds like Bill played me the recording.

There are some other stories that were not mentioned in the video that were really pretty funny. On one of the Japanese trips, I think it was the 1986 BSO Japan tour, one night I asked Bill about his day. He told me that he went to a unique Japanese restaurant where they specialize in turtles as a delicacy. Right away it did not sound very appetizing to me.. But Bill went on to say everything they had on the menu had to do with turtles. So I interjected and said "so they started you off with turtle soup I take?" He responded "Well Norman, that wasn't the first thing. We started off with a cocktail. It was a Bloody Mary." (Oh, oh I thought). Bill continued "and yes, it was a turtle blood Mary. I winced! And he said "I felt a bit guilty because I liked it." At that point I totally lost my own need for food. Especially since I was a strict vegetarian! But hearing him say it with "classic" Bill Moyer pitch and phrasing, I started laughing my head off and so did he!

Before I was in the orchestra and living in a first floor apartment on Strathmore Road in Brighton, Bill and I were on the phone talking about some extra work. I mentioned I was taking an audition and he said he was in the basic area and he would come over to my apartment and listen to me if that would help. I couldn't believe he was offering that,so after a split second I said "great!"

In about 15 minutes the doorbell rang. I had just enough time to make things look a little better, and welcomed Bill inside. I took him to the end of my long basement apartment's hallway into my practice room. It was a pretty big room where there was a music stand, music, my trombone and blank walls except for one. This wall had penciled on it in very big letters, WIND AND SONG. This was a quote from Arnold Jacods, world known tubist and brass teacher from the Chicago Symphony.

Not before long, I was playing 1st trombone orchestral excerpts for him and the last excerpt he wanted to hear was from Robert Schumann's 3rd Symphony "The Renish." The 4th movement has a very high part for the first trombone and is a very well known trombone excerpt. I played it a couple of times because for some reason I cracked the high Eb. After I played better, Bill said in a very complimentary positive full tone, "Ah Norman, you have such a beautiful tone on the high Eb" and then under his breath I heard "when you get them." Subtle Bill!

In 1994, Bill and Betsy, his lovely wife, were renting their Japanese style home on their quiet, really nice property off Interlaken Road in Stockbridge MA. Very intimate location close to the back gate of Tanglewood (Lion's gate). The house to the right, which was hidden by the lush trees, was where Gunther Schuller lived.

My wife Carol and I loved the area and the traditional Japanese house so we rented it for two summers. I was really getting into composing that summer at that time and I'm sure Gunther's nearby presence was influencing me! While we were first looking at the property, Bill was showing us the yard. He had a place where he said he kept a pony. I said "Wow Bill! I didn't know you were interested in horses." Bill responded by saying that his children really wanted a pony so he "gave in" and made the space for one. There certainly was enough room on the land I thought. I commentated by saying that was an amazing thing you did and it must have been quite costly and took a ton of work. Bill responded by saying after one of his long sighs, "Oh, we did everything we could for our children" with a wistfulness and gentle smile on his face. I certainly got the feeling of his commitment to family, pony and all!

Here are a few photographs of Bill. Doug Yeo who took the first two of these photos, kindly gave me permission to use them in this blog post. They all capture aspects of Bill. The first one was on a tour, probably the 1986 Japanese tour in his very organized mode writing on top of orchestra trunks.

This picture, also from the 1986 Japan tour, carries a lot of the essence of my relationship with Bill:

This last picture was taken at a gathering of retired BSO members set up by percussionist Tom Gauger, in about 2010 or so. It captures three generations of BSO 2nd trombone players; Bill, Ron Barron and myself. This last picture is one that all those who knew Bill would certainly recognize this facial expression of his right away! I loved my time with Bill. And, feel very fortunate to have had this warm and endearing relationship with him. I take comfort knowing he is in the best of hands and always will be.

FBSMC16, Zoom Session 10, Thursday 8/8/24, 11am Eastern, "What Leads You?"

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 16 FBSMC 16) Making Your Practicing a Time of Connection and Discovery! Zoom Session 10, will be tomorrow, Thursday August 8th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

BRING YOUR HORNS! The Zoom Session 10 is called "What Leads You?" We will be experimenting together to find the difference when we are connected to the spirit or essence of the music and how that will lead our music making. This will open up greater insights into the 2nd and 3rd overlays of the Overlay System.

FBSMC 16 Video 6 is now uploaded to YouTube! It is called "Details." This video happened after I anagrammed the word details. It was amazing where that led me! It is a shorter video with me playing for about 4.5 minutes in the beginning and then talking about what my process was and what it revealed to me about the Overlay System.

Video 6 Link: https://youtu.be/RKhlvxZ7EPo

***Companion Notes- I will send out an email when they are ready and of course anyone can purchase them. They are not just for those who attended the Zoom Sessions. Price to be determined.

Join Zoom Session

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Forward the best and leave the rest!

Norman

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REMINDER: FBSMC 16, ZOOM SESSION 9, TOMORROW 8/1/24 11am EASTERN

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 16 FBSMC 16) Making Your Practicing a Time of Connection and Discovery! Zoom Session 9, will be tomorrow,Thursday August 1st at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

Zoom Session 9 is called "MIND INFORMING MATTER or MATTER INFORMING MIND?" Matter in this case means our physical body. The mind can control the body voluntarily and the body can control the mind involuntarily. They are a sacred duo capable of extraordinary things when aligned with purpose! We will dig into this duet we play all the days of our lives and see if we can become more aware of which one is "playing the first part" and which one is "playing the second part." We will engage in some meditative processes to help us tune into each of one of these"players." Again, it will lead us into the Overlay System.

FBSMC 16 Video 6 will probably be uploaded to YouTube in the next day or two. It will be about remembering (or by "stumbling upon" something that was beneficial to your playing that you haven't done in a while. (Just happened to me a couple of days ago!)

FBSMC 16 "Making Your Practice Sessions A Time of Connection and Discovery!" requires a donation of $10. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

***Companion Notes- I will send out an email when they are ready and of course anyone can purchase them. They are not just for those who attended the Zoom Sessions. Price to be determined.

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FBSMC 16, Zoom Session 8, "Mind Informing Matter." 7/25, 11am eastern and Video 5 uploaded to YouTube called "Embrace The Present"

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 16 FBSMC 16) Making Your Practicing a Time of Connection and Discovery! Zoom Session 8, will be Thursday July 25th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

BRING YOUR HORNS! Zoom Session 8 is called "MIND INFORMING MATTER." Matter in this case means our physical body. This is a huge part of our work in any Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection season. For all of you who have been participating, this point has been experienced. The mind's capacity for connection is limitless compared to just working at the level of the physical machine. Mind and body are a sacred duo capable of extraordinary things!

FBSMC 16 Video 5 is now uploaded to YouTube! It is called "Embrace the Present." In Video 5, I create a trace of thought from equipment changes, not living in the past, embouchure mapping, mouthpiece pressure, finding your current art and much more! Question: How can you find your current Art if you are living in the past and not updating yourself about yourself??/

Here is the link to the video:

https://youtu.be/mfHCnLnmhpc

FBSMC 16 "Making Your Practice Sessions A Time of Connection and Discovery!" requires a donation of $10. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

***Companion Notes- I will send out an email when they are ready and of course anyone can purchase them. It is not just for those who were on the Zoom Sessions. Price to be determined.

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Norman

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FBSMC 16, Zoom Session 7, 11am Eastern, 7/18/24 and Video 4 uploaded to YouTube

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 16 FBSMC 16) Making Your Practicing a Time of Connection and Discovery! Zoom Session 7, will be Thursday July 18th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

BRING YOUR HORNS! Zoom Session 7 will get into ways to foster and build your creativity through connection to some basic principles. Creativity is a natural gift. it is a matter of activating it! We will also look into Bolter Embouchure Anatomy and some of my recent discoveries in how to help notes that want to quiver. HINT: It has to do with lines and points. :-)

FBSMC 16 Video 4 is now uploaded to YouTube! It is called "Being Creative." I take a look at notes that can quiver in detail from the perspective of Bolter Embouchure Anatomy. There are many techniques to help with shaky notes but in the video, I point to a certain range in my playing where it happens and what I discovered to diminish it. I also talk about what are the possible blockages to a creative process.

Here is the link to the video:

https://youtu.be/4c5Av_Sc-HM

FBSMC 16 "Making Your Practice Sessions A Time of Connection and Discovery!" requires a donation of $10. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

*** There is a very good possibility that there will be extensive companion notes available for a donation of $7 Watch for the reminder email in couple of days for the update on the companion notes availability.

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Norman

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3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $10

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 16, Train Athletic Craft, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

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FBSMC 16 Zoom Session 6, TOMORROW 7/11th, 11am EASTERN, ZOOM LINK in POST

Hi All!

Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection 16 (FBSMC 16) Making Your Practicing a Time of Connection and Discovery!Zoom Session 6, will be tomorrow Thursday July 11th at 11am EDT on Zoom. Zoom Invitation is included below under Join Zoom Session.

FBSMC 16 will consist of at least one Zoom session a week on Thursday mornings and weekly YouTube videos.

The Zoom sessions will be a time of warming up and practicing together in which we will look at what we focus on and what that focus is connected to.

BRING YOUR HORNS! We will be doing so work we did at the first in-person session in Bosotn on 7/9. Including breath work many different kind and timbre concepts with space, time, color and shape.

A good number of the YouTube videos will be of me practicing showing many avenues of connection and what I discover during those practice sessions and how they are applied in my musical life as well as in my daily living. This week's YouTube Video 4 will be uploaded in the next couple of days. Stay tuned...

FBSMC 16 Making Your Practice Sessions A Time of Connection and Discovery! requires a donation of $10. The donation instructions are below* If this is really going to be a strain for you, please get in touch with me and we will work something out. Donations can be sent out before the session begins or soon after the session has ended. Thank you in advance!

During the course of the summer, I will be writing some companions notes and guidelines as well as written music. An email will be sent out letting you know when they are available.

Join Zoom Session

https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82361912843?pwd=gDhISxTVS5bMEVrg93gKwnDxPUnaLL.1

Forward the best and leave the rest!

Norman

Please feel free to share this email with others you may know.

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $10

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 16, Train Athletic Craft, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

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FIRST -EVER FBSMC IN-PERSON SESSION- JULY 9TH 12PM in BOSTON!

Greetings!

I'm happy to announce that our first Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection in-person session will take place on Tuesday, July 9th, at 12 noon at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, 8 The Fenway, in the Opera Studio (room 406).

Since this session will be in-person and will go from 12-1:30pm, the donation will be $15. The donation instructions are at the bottom of this email. Please pay before the session. Thanks in advance!

I'd like to start right on time, so please do what you can to arrive in a timely manner. This will help facilitate the session. Thank you!

I'm looking forward to seeing all who can attend. Since it is in-person, we will have the opportunity to experiment with the new concepts and techniques in the spirit of FBSMC 16 "Making Your Practicing a Time of Connection and Discovery!"

This means that we can all play some things together and independently to see the difference when the new techniques are applied. This will be really alive, interesting, insightful and fun! We will also have more time for group discussion.

*Please forward this email to friends, students, professionals, teachers and anyone you feel who might be interested.,

Since this is the first time in 16 years that the Frequency Bone Summer Music Connection is being held in-person, it is unique in its history! I hope to see those who are interested attend this event. Perhaps more of these in-person sessions will be able to happen throughout this summer and become part of the FBSMC in future years. We will see what unfolds..

Best wishes to all and Happy Independence Day. AND, in the spirit of this important holiday in American history, I made FBSMC 16 video 3 titled :

"Independence + Dependence = Interdependence."

Here is the link to the video: https://youtu.be/jAounOZZE1Q

Norman

*Here are the donation directions:

*IMPORTANT NOTE

BEFORE DONATING, MAKE SURE TO PLEASE READ THE DIRECTIONS BELOW IT SO IT IS DONE CORRECTLY. THANKS IN ADVANCE!HOW TO SIGN UP:

(Note especially #6)

1. To pay/donate, please go to:

https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/vierabolter

2. You will arrive at a PayPal window with the Air-ev and Frequency Band symbols and the name Carol Viera (Dr V's name)

3. Click "SEND" option

4. Enter AMOUNT: $15

5. At the bottom of the same window is the prompt: "What's this payment for?" ENTER A NOTE about which session(s) you are attending (e.g. FBSMC 16, Train Athletic Craft, Private Lesson, or more than one)

6. **IMPORTANT!** Select left box titled "PERSONAL" or "Friends and Family" (because you're not "purchasing" merchandise, which is the default option; selecting that option incurs extra fees and creates an income category error for us; we do declare these personal payments on our taxes, as we would private lessons and coachings)

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