It's here! Finally - March '24 Channel update (Tasty flugel content)

Hi all! Thanks for you patience. This video has been sitting drafts since last Saturday when I shot it. It really tough finding the time to make decent content, edit and share with new work commitments, gigs and practice. I promise to try harder :D
This is really a straight forward channel update but I'm also sharing my Flugel Horn mouthpiece change than it's underway. I'd love to hear your thoughts and I apologise for the slightly crackly Flugel sound, I think my old trusty SM57 is on it's way out. :( I think you'll get a good enough idea of how it all sound though. Enjoy and thanks for watching!

[@holmesgroove1]

Fascinating stuff. I love the uniqueness of each instrument within it's class.

[@CameronJay]

Thanks man. These instrument can be a rabbit hole on many levels.. There a few musicians who 'just play' - it's an overly complex process for me, a process that I feel often gets in the way of making music. I appreciate your time taking to watch and comment. Thank you!

[@StudioTrumpeter]

It’s great that you have the opportunity to play jazz and travel around European cities! I can only practice and record my tracks at home. Glad you're doing great Cameron!

[@CameronJay]

Thanks Yan, always great to hear from you. Opportunities come and go - grab what ever you can Yan. You're a great player!

[@StudioTrumpeter]

@@CameronJay Thank you

[@ilesjazz]

The 3cfl sounds better, more focused sound. I play a 3cfl and a 7cfl. I mostly play the 7cfl because it's less hard work and sound difference is marginal but I do use the 3cfl if my chops are in reasonably good shape.

[@CameronJay]

Thanks Richard, always a pleasure to read your comments and known you're watching. Coincidentally, the MSFL from AR is around a 7c, (maybe 7B)and the reason for buying it is for a matching rim size between trumpet and flugel. I'm starting to deal with alignment issues and a lot of split notes in general in my playing that I can only put down to embouchure settling from my dental work. The new flugal mouthpiece is in direct relationship to this. My old 3cfl is great and where it works best is on the Mama Terra gig where I barely play and trumpet and when I do, it's a deeper wider trumpet cup. Back to the AR. It's hard to tell in the video and I think I need a better mic, the AR had a core sound which transcends the 'pop' sound that I feel I occasionally get from the bach. Thanks as always Richard. Great to hear from you!

[@StudioTrumpeter]

All your flugel mouthpieces sound like a cornet. this is not the sound of a flugelhorn there should be a larger size closer to the horn

[@CameronJay]

That's a very interesting comment and I've often felt that the Bach Strad is considerably more 'pop' than many other Flugel horns however, on this occasion I think that the Microphone I use is a little too focused (SM57) for the flugel. I'd love to have more high end equipment to fully demonstrate some of these ideas. Comment appreciated and noted! Thanks Yan.

[@StudioTrumpeter]

@@CameronJay I understand that we use what we have, it’s hard to find a mouthpiece for the flugel

[@CameronJay]

@@StudioTrumpeter well, neither of these are particularly shallow mouthpieces although the AR is narrower than the Bach (it matched the trumpet rim). I do find the Strad Flugel horn quite a bright, focused instrument.