Sheet Of The Week – Daylight (Maroon 5)

May 17, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

Another by Maroon 5.

  Daylight by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (94.5 KiB, 6 hits)
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  Daylight by Maroon 5 for Bb Instruments (93.6 KiB, 4 hits)
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Suit & Tie – Jazz Version

May 17, 2013 in Videos

Awesome……

Eastman Sax Project

May 12, 2013 in Videos

Good stuff

Sheet Of The Week – Radioactive (Imagine Dragons)

May 10, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

New group. Hope to hear a LOT more of them in the coming months and years.

  Radioactive by Imagine Dragons for Eb Instruments (80.6 KiB, 15 hits)
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  Radioactive by Imagine Dragons for Bb Instruments (81.8 KiB, 9 hits)
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Sheet Of The Week – Suit & Tie (Justin Timberlake)

May 6, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

Not really a Justin Timberlake fan, but I do like this song.

  Suit & Tie by Justin Timberlake for Eb Instruments (121.0 KiB, 23 hits)
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  Suit & Tie by Justin Timberlake for Bb Instruments (119.2 KiB, 12 hits)
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Why Harry Connick Jr. Couldn’t Sit Idle During ‘Idol’

May 5, 2013 in Articles

via NextAvenue.org:

“Not one of the contestants took Connick’s “Then” advice when they got on stage. Substance was thrown out the window for pyrotechnic vocal tricks. Angie sang Gershwin’s “Someone to Watch Over Me,” an ode to vulnerability, in full-power voice. She hardly came off as “a little lamb who’s lost in the wood,” as the lyric says. More like a John Deere tree cutter. ”
“Connick squirmed in his front-row seat during the “Then” performances. I haven’t seen such facial contortions since Linda Blair got anointed with holy water in The Exorcist.”

It goes on. But basically, it sums up the whole “American Idol” and the other singing things (like The Voice). Fluff. Crap. I can name TWO people who have done well winning American Idol, Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood. That’s it. Hardly making an “Idol” out of the winners.

World’s Largest Saxophone?

May 5, 2013 in Articles, Videos

Very cool video from the Steve Allen show where three of his saxophonists play ONE saxophone.

Here is the video (embedding was disabled)

West Side Story Medley

April 29, 2013 in Sheet Music

Here is an arrangement/transcription I did a while back. I won’t take ALL the credit for this, as there is a version floating around the internet that this is based on. But that arrangement had problems, and I fixed it. This is based on the version that is on the “Best Of Buddy Rich” album. Buddy Rich never really played any of his songs the same every time, and some versions of this are faster or have some variations. I like the one on the Best of album the most, so I tried to pretty much fix up the version I found to match that. One of my favorite Buddy Rich big band songs.

  West Side Story Medley as played by Buddy Rich - Score (696.7 KiB, 18 hits)
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  West Side Story Medley as played by Buddy Rich - Parts (1.1 MiB, 14 hits)
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UPDATE: Oops, seems when I did the security on the file, it made them only Adobe Acrobat X openable. Fixed that so it can be opened in like Preview or older versions of Acrobat.

Sheet Of The Week – A Thousand Years (Christina Perri)

April 27, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

I believe this was from Twilight?

  A Thousand Years by Christina Perri for Eb Instruments (86.6 KiB, 18 hits)
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  A Thousand Years by Christina Perri for Bb Instruments (86.0 KiB, 13 hits)
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Sheet Of The Week (Bonus) – Never Gonna Leave This Bed (Maroon 5)

April 20, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

Yup, another Maroon 5 song.

  Never Gonna Leave This Bed by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (66.0 KiB, 13 hits)
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  Never Gonna Leave This Bed by Maroon 5 for Bb Instruments (66.3 KiB, 7 hits)
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Sheet Of The Week – Kiwi (Maroon 5)

April 20, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

Another by Maroon 5.

  Kiwi by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (65.7 KiB, 5 hits)
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  Kiwi by Maroon 5 for Bb Instruments (63.5 KiB, 6 hits)
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2013 NAMM Oddities

April 18, 2013 in Articles

Barry Wood has updated his NAMM Oddities page from this year’s NAMM show. NAMM is a trade show that happens around the beginning of the year for music related items.

Some saxophone related items are here:

Instrument Care Apparel. I guess this appeals to people? I think its a waste of money but whatever…

It’s BAAAACK. Yes, the Vibrato Plastic Saxophone had a NAMM display this year. Though I had a post of it way back in May of 2011, two years later they are finally at NAMM. Whoohoo. So another two or so years until there is an actual shipping product?

Not to be out done in the Polycarbonate playhouse, NUVO has a line of plastic flutes and clarinets. Joy to the world.

Selmer Adds Yet ANOTHER Line Of Saxophones……Do We Need Yet Another Line?

April 14, 2013 in Articles, News

I came across this today.

Not sure if this is supposed to be another PRO line of instruments, or maybe an intermediate line? Selmer USA is NOT known for PRO horns. Looks kind of cheap to me.

Sheet Of The Week – Titanium (David Guetta)

April 14, 2013 in Sheet Music, Sheet Of The Week

Sorry, been busy and haven’t posted anything in a while. Here is one you all probably have heard.

  Titanium by David Guetta for Eb Instruments (66.1 KiB, 43 hits)
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  Titanium by David Guetta for Bb Instruments (69.0 KiB, 16 hits)
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Report: Saxophone Still Ok Vehicle For Self Expression

April 2, 2013 in Videos

Oh you guys at the Onion are soo funny…..


Report: Saxophone Still An Okay Vehicle For Self-Expression