Bud Herseth
Never practice- always perform.
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Sounding Taps
Many times people ask what the best part of my job is. Without a doubt, it is when I am called to play Taps. We don’t do it as often as you may think, and when we do, there is a rotation that happens at work between myself and the other trumpet players. Today was
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Maintenance Mode
It’s a unique time in my professional world where there is not too much on the horizon… a concert band tour in August, a brass quintet tour in September, a couple of gigs in October and then a short break until Holiday caroling and Christmas shows. I can’t remember ever having a “break” like this
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Abused African Grey Needs A New Home
Hi all, my name is Pepper and I am an abused African Grey Parrot. I am looking for a new home where I can live my life the way I was meant to. In an attempt to convey to you the level of abuse, let me give you some examples: My day does not start
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Northwestern University
The message sparkled right there at the top of the bulletin board, written with silver thumb tacks: “WE ARE WHAT WE PRACTICE”. A student almost needn’t unpack to play for his lesson. Just take some solemn minutes there while gazing at the writing on the wall. Think about it. What’s the status of our musical
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New Website!
So, the website has been re-designed (along with my entire life!). The main focus of this site is to keep my family and friends informed of what’s going on with my life! Where I am, what I’m playing, things like that. I hope you find this site easy to navigate and full of lots of
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Biking San Francisco!
There is far too much fun to fit in a status update, so here's the note to encompass all of this “fun”. I had so much fun playing the Fleet Week gig on Sat that I decided to come back to San Fran to experience all of it. Plus, I have been wanting to ride