Sleep apnea – What they don’t tell you! (Part 5)

written by Bruce Chidester on April 23, 2024

#1 Complaint- Dry mouth After visiting with other sufferers of Sleep Apnea, the most consistent complaint seemed to be dry mouth. The dryness in my mouth each morning was so severe that I eventually developed a lesion in the back of my throat which progressed into a serious problem. After several visits to an eyes, nose, throat specialist, I decided that the bleeding was caused from the excessive dryness brought on by the BiPap therapy. I mentioned that this was my decision because the specialist, after two exploratory excursions through my nose and throat, could not determine why I was…

Sleep apnea – What they don’t tell you! (Part 4)

written by Bruce Chidester

Setting up the equipment The next step after gleaning this useless information was to receive your own machine which will solve all of your Sleep Apnea problems. My first question at that time was, “How can an involuntary action (apnea episodes) be retrained to become voluntary actions”? I was assured…

Sleep apnea – What they don’t tell you! (Part 3)

written by Bruce Chidester

Results not accurate My experience during my sleep test can only be described as exceedingly uncomfortable. Throughout the night, I was forcibly ventilated through the mask covering my mouth and nose. Repeatedly I was told that it would eventually normalize to my natural breathing pattern but unfortunately it never did.…

Sleep apnea – What they don’t tell you! (Part 2)

written by Bruce Chidester

Testing Begins Once your physician suspects you may be suffering from Sleep Apnea, you are sent to a specialist who will isolate you in a small chamber to evaluate your breathing patterns in order to assign settings for your next level of testing. This next procedure is to simulate your…

Learning To Improvise Jazz Using The Creative Side of Your Brain

written by Bruce Chidester

If you are the creative, spontaneous type of musician, you definitely have an advantage over the analytic or practical type of person. You are more able to create lines than the musician who is more characteristically able to re-create music from the page. I am not trying to convince you…

Are We Continuing to Fall Behind?

written by Bruce Chidester

Check out previous posts on this topic http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/american-pride/ http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/american-pride-part-2/ http://www.thetrumpetblog.com/american-pride-3/

Trumpet Lessons On Line

written by Bruce Chidester

Check us out at…. trumpetlessonsonline.com Several lessons are offered free of charge to give you an idea as to the material in this 45 video lesson series, and for only $19.97. How could you go wrong?

The Disturbing Monette Video- Re-posted from 2010

written by Bruce Chidester

We all have had moments when something pops into our minds which is disturbing enough to keep us up at night and for me, this is one of those moments. Several weeks ago, while searching for topics for this blog, I came across a video produced by Mr. Dave Monette.…

A Playable, Wooden Trumpet

written by Bruce Chidester

When you think you have seen everything, along comes something new. In this case it is a trumpet made entirely of wood. When I say entirely, I mean just that as even the valve springs are fabricated from wood.

Careers In Music Part 2

written by Bruce Chidester

Now that we have recovered from the last post pertaining to many different areas in which one can make a living in music, it is time to focus our attention on two of the most common was to support yourself. Establishing and sustaining yourself in these musical areas- Teaching Teaching…

So You Want A Career in Music? Part 1

written by Bruce Chidester

So You Want A Career in Music? Part 1 So do tens-of-thousands of other people. Wanting something does not necessarily make it happen. Even with all the “If you want it badly enough, it will happen” believers propagating all their wonderful and deceptive rantings. In order to focus on a…

Selecting the Best Music School- Part 3

written by Bruce Chidester

What to Expect from Your Teacher When you visit your local physician with an ailment, you expect to leave with a solution to your problem. If you visit your dentist with a tooth ache, you expect to leave his/her office with relief, but too often trumpet students leave a trumpet…

Selecting the Best Music School- Part 2

written by Bruce Chidester

The first part of this post dealt with issues related to terms and your direction in your musical career. This post will focus on an area that I know well and that would be the study of an instrument (in my case the trumpet). No matter what your area of…

Selecting the Best Music School- Part 1

written by Bruce Chidester

Many are currently considering a career in music and wondering which school would be best to attend. This is a very important decision and choosing the best school to attend will affect your life in many ways. After more than fifty years teaching and attending colleges and universities around the…