Straight mutes come in all sizes and materials, and understanding how they can work for you will make your life a lot easier. Tom Hutchinson, principal cornetist of the Cory Brass Band, play-tests 3 of our straight mute options: the aluminium straight, copper bottom, and pianissimo mute. Which one will work best for you next muted section?

If you are going to focus on improving your buzz to get more sound, you have 2 options: free buzzing, and mouthpiece buzzing. Are both beneficial? Denis Wick artist Chris O'Hara provides some insights on free buzzing vs. mouthpiece buzzing and best practices in this Denis Wick Quick Clinic.

What does buzzing on your mouthpiece have to do with your tone? A lot! The sound starts with you and your mouthpiece and your trumpet magnifies that sound. Learn more about this concept, and get some buzzing exercises to improve your buzz and as a result, your tone

January is the perfect time to establish and reinforce some good habits, quit some old ones, reflect on all you've accomplished up to now, and examine what you would like to accomplish in the future. After all your reflections, what actions are you going to take?

Stumped on what to get that favorite trombone player of yours? Here are some of our Denis Wick artist group's favorite gadgets, books, and more that may just be the thing a special trombone player in your life may want!

Stumped on what to get that favorite trumpet player of yours? Here are some of our Denis Wick artist group's favorite gadgets, books, and more that may just be the thing a special trumpet player in your life may want!

A mouthpiece is responsible for your sound. How is you mouthpiece standing up to this responsibility? Here are 3 ways to determine how compatible your relationship is to your mouthpiece in this Denis Wick quick clinic with Denis Wick artist, Victor Haskins

It’s that time of year. The leaves are falling, pumpkin spice lattes are back by popular demand, and you’ve got a big audition coming up! Don’t worry, Denis Wick is here to help! Let’s get right into it…

Any type of lesson or audition prep takes some structure. Arbans Characteristic study #8 and phrasing study Beatrice are classic requests for auditions and placement tests. Denis Wick artist Chris O'Hara takes you through a step by step process to break these selections into smaller pieces, and prepare for success. 

A couple years ago as we were preparing to release the Denis Wick new Heritage Mouthpiece for trumpet, we reached out to Denis Wick artist to do a quick demo on comparing his Classic Denis Wick Maurice Murphy MM4C and Classic 4X to the new Heritage mouthpiece equivalents and boy did he deliver!