Yesterday I was reading through some of the blogs I follow and I noticed that David Clancy's blog mentioned a new forum for low brass players. I checked it out, and while it seems pretty small still, it looks promising.
The forum was started by an amateur euphonium player named Larry Herzog. Herzog, a sales engineer from Wisconsin, has recently become interested in playing euphonium again after a long break from the instrument. When he looked for some low brass online support, he didn't find much so he decided to start his own forum.
The forum had 24 members last Friday and today, a week later, it's up to 37. The forum is pretty small still, but gathering members quickly. It's made up mostly of amateur euphonium, trombone, and tuba players with the more experienced ones giving advice to more novice players. Big names like Roger Bobo and Steven Mead have signed up, but haven't been active other than the occasional encouraging remark. Despite the only occasional input from the Steve, any post about him or from him seems to be gathering a flood of responses.
The forum seems to be building up pretty good product reviews and answers to common questions. The focus is on products, practice techniques, and related news. It also has a great blog stream that includes this blog (hello lowbrass.org people!). Anyway, check out the new forum. It's worth your time and you could learn something or help out a fellow low brasser.
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