Jeff Lang of Philadelphia Orchestra - Success, Accuracy, Chops, Sound, and Virtuosity 📯🚀

This episode is sponsored by High Range Magic, a 3 month bootcamp for horn players. Find out more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOG58cB9AU8 --- Holistic Horn, Episode 2- Jeff Lang on Success, Accuracy, Chops, Sound & Virtuosity Jeffrey Lang (https://www.jeffrey-lang.com/) is Associate Principal Horn in Philadelphia Orchestra, and French horn faculty at Temple, Curtis Institute, and Bard.   Check out his beautiful Brahms Trio Recording here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE-RwOHxk0k You can listen to his album on Spotify here https://open.spotify.com/album/2SXQdpFoerw104WtM8MCaX On this podcast we cover SO MANY TOPICS, here is a short list: - Post-pandemic insights, the function of music in society - How to avoid being a jaded professional - What makes a student successful - It’s never good to be down on your playing - “Choke”, the book: why athletes and musicians screw up and how to fix your place of focus to avoid choking - When jeff DOESN’T feel bad about missing notes, and when he does (great wisdom!) - You can probably forgive yourself a little more if you’re a horn player - Two simple secrets to building accuracy on the horn - How to get around the the paradox that attachment to accuracy leads to less accuracy - How jeff approaches endurance, high range, recovery - The difference between working out & warming up - The number one way you can screw up your chops  - Can ibuprofen be helpful as a prophylactic? - The player who wins auditions - Making a good sound - If Jeff could wave a magic wand in the horn world…  - Postage stamps to murals - Fixing scarcity mentality in the horn world - The 3 players that most inspired Jeff, and how he attempted to merge their qualities into his own sound. - What Jeff would put on a billboard for all horn players --- Other links from the conversation: ChopSaver - great recovery lip balm! https://www.chopsaver.com/ "Choke: What the Secrets of the Brain Reveal About Getting It Right When You Have To": https://a.co/d/8lvTcGn James Chambers Plays the French Horn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEsvZ3KCsLQ