Drake's trumpet lesson

So now that my insomnia jag is hopefully over I will be posting more normal things instead of the esoteric stuff. I always read it like I was reading someone else's writing. Some of it is interesting, some garbage, so I always need a filter a few days later. As I have said, it is always if you are going to put in the time to actuallywade through my posts to do it many weeks later. I get really frustrated that they won't just help me sleep at night. It ends up exacerbating all of my other problems when I go nearly a week at a time. The pain and sleep deprivation especially play off each other. But this is probably the more normal stuff that belongs on a family blog.

Drake has been first chair for most of this year, so I am pretty proud of his progress. He wouldn't play anything cool while I was taping, but this may give you an idea. He has managed to bypass the 'painfully squeaky and out of tune' phase that most trumpet players his age go through.