As of today I have played trumpet every single day for the past 740 days. I agree that I should probably take a day off, but I would be so mad that I broke a 2+ year streak, so I just can't do it. I have found though that when I play 1-2 hours everyday I get tired really often and have more bad days and feel like resting, but when I play 2.5-4 hours every day I get tired at the end of the day but play amazingly the next day no matter how many days I do it in a row. Underworking is just as bad as overworking. I think the important thing is not necessarily having off days all the time, but rather maintaining a consistent routine that keeps you just outside of your comfort zone in a way that doesn't kill your chops but isn't so easy as to spoil them either. In other words, I think you're right and I wanted to warn others not to overdo the idea of not overdoing it.

This is golden, and yeah a day off every week and then is pretty good for chops

High school band does not care, finally got rest from thanksgiving break, came back yesterday feeling awesome, and by today I’m already fatigued from rehearsal yesterday for my schools winter prism, and I still got 2 days to go

I should probably listen to this

Just cool down for sometime if you really wanna rest.

The smaller the muscle the faster the recovery. If you don’t feel sore the day after there should be no issue playing

People can get away with playing every day for years and years. Rest days are not essential because the “weight lifting” analogy is not really analogous to playing the trumpet. but if you find that you perform better with a rest day every week or month then you should do it.

Hey jesse, i had a question, right now I am using a jean paul 330 that I bought two yrs ago in 6th grade, but the slides and valves are slow and deteriorating so I am thinking of getting a new trumpet. I'm gonna start 8th grade soon and I know I will play through high school and possibly in clubs or sparsely after in college (not going to be a musician). I definitely want to get something high quality, and even though I looked on websites like Sam Ash where a bach 180S37 can go down from 4,900 ish to 2,900, I'm not sure if I wanna invest that much and make my parents have to pay that much. Do you have any tips for buying or financing, or other trumpets that would suit me? (For reference, I am 1st chair in my school and was 2nd amongst only kids a year above in the Virginia all-district band ensemble, if you are familiar with that.) I do also prefer the look of silver plated trumpets

Is that a Lotus mouthpiece?

I got marching band I can’t 💀

But how am I gonna get all state as a freshman without practicing everyday 😭