I'm Tom Waid, formerly a Tuba Player with The United States Army Band (Pershing's Own) and, since I'm now retired and being paid NOT to be in the Army, presently the instructor of tuba at Stetson University in DeLand, Florida and at Brevard Community College in Cocoa, Florida. This is the place where students in my BCC, Stetson, and private studios may find resources to help with their music lessons. In addition I've included pages devoted to my diversions so that I may share them with my students and anyone else who may be interested. Please enjoy your stay!

For a summary of what I have to offer on this web site go to "How to use the Site."
 

January 2008; New Paint!!

For all who are interested in becoming a member of a U. S. military band I can speak from my experience as a former career member of one of America's top military bands that you can have a rewarding career as a military musician. Please understand that, when making your first inquiries, the local recruiter doesn't always have the latest and most accurate information about the particular service's band program. Go to the Band Office web-site and make your first inquiries there. Generally, you will audition first and receive your acceptance paperwork before your go to the local recruiter. Learn the proper military occupation code for your category of bandsman and make sure your paperwork specifies that particular code before you commit to an enlistment. Go to the Links page for the Service Bands web sites.

• To find help with your music study go to Lesson Resources. You will find help with your daily practice, materials such as scales and warm-ups, syllabi for my BCC and Stetson students, a repertoire list for the study of trombone, euphonium, and tuba, and a list of recordings of interest to students of these instruments.
• Go to the Links page for web sites of interest to low brass musicians and also a few off topic links just for the fun of it.
• When my wife, Linda, and I retired from the Army Band we moved aboard our sail boat and voyaged to the Caribbean. During the fourteen months we spent cruising I posted a journal to a web site we called "The Voyage of the Bellatrix". Here at TropicalTuba.com I've archived stories and photos from that original web site.
• Both Linda and I are Scuba Divers. Indeed we're both certified Master Instructors by the Professional Association of Diving Instructors (PADI)
• We no longer own a boat. We've sold it and bought an airplane. Both Linda and I have become pilots and enjoy flying our Cessna N6496B.
   

Contact Me:

Tom Waid
7964 Evelyn Ct.
Cape Canaveral, Fl 32920

home: 321-784-8551
cell:    321-432-8012

e-mail!

Lesson Resources    Links    Voyage of the Bellatrix    Scuba Diving    N6496B