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One of my favorite pictures of all time!


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This is one of my favorite pictures of all time! Many have seen it on the website as one of my CD covers Through The Years.

Frankly, I do not remember how old I was but probably around five or six years of age. I am the kid looking at the dog and as you see, I am holding the tuba for my older brother, Bruce. This is one of his favorite pictures as well. He has used it on his website too. Just Google Bruce Broughton and you will see and read all about him. It is really good stuff!

So this picture brings to mind many things regarding me and my great brother. It is amazing to think that less than 15 years (or so) later we would both be in the music industry in Hollywood.

Bruce had interests in piano and music at a very seriously young age and though I was around it, I was not interested at all (through marimba lessons, cornet lessons et al) until I heard John Cobb play trombone when I was ten years old. Once I heard John, my whole world changed forever. Trombone ruled. Absolute inspiration. No lessons, just a good solid two hours a day and no one got in my way. Me and the Arbans book! For those of you who do not know about John, he is one of the great musicians in the United Kingdom and is revered and respected by many who have worked with him through the years. (There is that title again)

Through the years, Bruce became my accompanist and to this day there has never been anyone as good or as qualified. We performed a lot together and when at the age of 15 or 16, I got interested in arranging etc., Bruce became my encourager and later my first mentor as a composer. We both started in the music business around the same time. Bruce wanting to be a composer and me a trombone player. The rest is history and lots has happened since.

I honestly cannot talk about this picture without talking about Bruce to the max, so I will keep it short.

There has never been anyone as close, as encouraging, as important, as knowledgeable, or as supportive as my brother Bruce and it has been really neat to go through this life having him there to push me on as well as to see where all the music has taken us!

Through The Years is a very appropriate title for and album. However, it comes nowhere close to what it all means in the relationship I have had with my brother, Bruce!


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