Oxo

There is an old saying.
'The older you get. The better you get. (unless you are a banana!)

Well in my book that's a load of old tosh.
New mouthpiece. Bad light. Setting the mic in wrong position. But most of all, duff notes. All this made it a frustrating night for me last night, and all my fault.
Ok I got 2 out of 3 solo's almost right! But I did not allow for practising at home with new mouthpiece (in Trombone it's not made for) using my practice mute.
Of course when you take the said mute out to blow normally in a room, it is an entirely different ball game. The majority of musicians will understand this (apart from the real good ones, who could blow on any mouthpiece and it would sound fine) but some of the audience(not all, J and L) just think you blow and the notes come out all on their own!!! To cap it all, the new bone wont be delivered to the warehouse in France for another week!!!!!
Having said all that, it did not particularly stress me, as I knew the causes of the fluffs and will try and put them right and find some entirely new ones next time.

The boss is back from abroad and as always has brought some nasty disease back with him. They had me stock taking today (no not the bodies) and counting coffin handles and shrouds. Oh joy!!!!!. Just wondering if their will ever be light at the end of the proverbial tunnel???

Strange sign in the Cemetery.
Visitors are prohibited from picking flowers from any graves except their own!!!!