Archives
- 2009
- Dec08Band-in-a-Box 2010 for Windows“PGMusic announced today that they are out with the latest, greatest version of BinaB for ...”03Pitch Primer For The iPhone/iTouch“The Apple iPhone/iTouch software market is amazing. Games, tuners (like the great Strobe tuner). Even ...”
- Nov20Bob Reynolds Transcriptions“I wanted to let you know about the new book of Bob Reynolds' transcribed solos. ...”17Weird Al Yankovic Explains AutoTune“Originally from Rocketboom.com ”13Electronically Modified Didgeridoo“Kyle Evens made an electronically modified didgeridoo. While I too like my star wars type ...”
- Oct09Eigenharp Alpha“I'm not really sure what to make of this. The Eigenharp Alpha. "A professional level ...”04Why You Can't Get A Pair for Less Than $100“Gizmodo.com has a great article on why you cannot get a good pair of in-ear ...”02Chromatic Transposition of II-V-I Coltrane Lines“After few busy weeks, I finally got some time to update the "Downloads" section of ...”
- Sep29Free Laptop or iPod with an Instrument Purchase? Say What?“I'm not too sure who came up with this at the Woodwind and the Brasswind. ...”06Miguel Zenon - Ulysses In Slow Motion“Vasik sent in this great transcription of Miguel Zenon on Ulysses in Slow Motion. Great ...”01Jazz Phrasing For Beginners by Greg Fishman“Greg Fishman has a number of excellent books out. I've reviewed and highly recommend his ...”
- Aug30Band in a Box 2009.5 - Mac“After YEARS of waiting, and PG Music saying it was coming...it is here. Band in ...”10Roy Benson Altos“There are a lot of cheap student model altos out on the market now. Heck, ...”09Can Jazz Be Saved?“The WSJ has an article up called "Can Jazz Be Saved?". Basically, the article says ...”01Bobby McFerrin + Pentatonics = FUN!“World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World ...”Glenn Wilson - The Power Of Music“Great video. I love Mozart. ”
- Jul2850 MINOR II-V-I BEBOP LINES & Advanced Sight-Reading Etudes for Saxophones Vol. I“Finally, after few long days of struggling against my sluggish computer, I was able to ...”17Jazz Improvisation Series: II-V-I Jazz Lines in Fourths VOL. I“The first volume of "Jazz Improvisation Series: II-V-I Jazz Lines in Fourths" is finally up ...”09Intellectual Sight-Reading Series Vol. 1 Accidental Signs“I finally got the "Intellectual Sight-Reading Series Vol. 1 Accidental Signs" project uploaded to www.jkchang.com ...”04Nova Science Now: Auto-tune“Good short video of how Auto-Tune works. ”So You Want To Be A Musician“From Noise Addicts: The career path of a musician can be pretty difficult. I was reminded ...”01Digidesign Announces........what?“Avid/Digidesign put this up: "Apple has announced that they will begin shipping the new Mac OS ...”Chromatic Transposition of II-V-I Bebop Lines“Recently, I have some free time and managed to get some of my older jazz ...”
- Jun24DO NOT DO BUSINESS WITH MAKEMUSIC“This is just insane. I was a SmartMusic user. It has value. I wanted to ...”21ASCAP Wants To Be Paid When Your Phone Rings“First, they went after the Girl Scouts to have them PAY for singing songs around ...”
- May30HELL HAS FROZEN OVER - Band In A Box 2009 for MAC?!?!“I could NOT believe my eyes this morning. Band in a Box 2009 is FINALLY ...”29Finale 2010“Not to be outdone by Sibelius, MakeMusic announced Finale 2010. Actually, lets reword that. Failing ...”25Michael Brecker at North Texas State 1984“The now dead iBrecker had the audio files for this clinic/jam session given by Michael ...”19Sibelius 6“Sibelius 6 has just been announced. I'm not seeing much that makes me go "whoa" ...”01Peterson Strobe Tuner For iPhone/iPod Touch“Have an iPhone or an iPod touch? Need a tuner? You NEED the Peterson Strobe ...”
- Apr30Dealing With Theft“I got an email last night from a friend who returned home to find that ...”26Don't Need No Stinking Percussionists!“Kinda cool I guess... ”23What Ever Happened to Eric Kloss?“I picked up an LP of Eric Kloss "Consciousness". Wow. However, he seems to have ...”SmartMusic - FAIL!“If you read the archives here, you know that I have a love/hate relationship with ...”17Super Mario Medley“Ok, I decided to put this up. It's an arrangement of Super Mario music I ...”The Difference Between Speakers“I found this article today. Rather interesting. "A speaker's ultimate goal is "to sound like reality"—the ...”15Save The Last Dance For Me“This is a transcription/arrangement I did for a Big Band I play with. The original ...”14Tom Dowd and the Language Of Music“I finally got around to watching some of the things that had been piling up ...”11Upgrade A Success“Seems like everything went fairly well on the move. There might be some things that ...”08Possible Downtime?“This site, and my others (jazz-flute, jazz-clarinet, jazz-oboe, etc), will probably be down sometime over ...”
- Mar22What To Use To Remove Neck Buildup“Ok, this is nasty. My tenor and alto have like mineral deposits in them now. ...”16Sennheiser Headphones - How They Are Made“Doing well in this economy? Need a pair of cans (headphones)? Got $1500 to spend. ...”15Norbert Stein“I came across German Saxophonist Norbert Stein's website today. He has a TON of stuff up ...”10Singing At The Bottom“I don't know if I am crying cause it is so bad or because it ...”
- Feb16Louie Bellson Dies at 84“Sad news today: Louie Bellson, a jazz drummer and bandleader who combined remarkable instrumental virtuosity with ...”14Gerry Niewood Dies In Plane Crash“Lohud reports: "Rochester native Gerry Niewood, whose jazz saxophone was a familiar sound for four decades ...”12Michael Brecker - Delta City Blues Live“He never gets old or goes out of style. ”iBrecker.com........Gone?“It seems that iBrecker.com has been down for a while now. Anyone know it's status? ...”08TIME: Why Pop Music Sounds Perfect“Time Magazine has an article about the abuse of AutoTune. Another reason why the "Pop" ...”03Interesting Music Stand“Barry Wood has finally put up his NAMM 09 Oddities page. There was this interesting ...”
- Jan24World's Worst Saxophone Player?“There are a LOT of bad videos on Youtube, but this one looks like the ...”18EWI Wars Over?“One good way of judging how good or bad something is doing is by looking ...”New Wordpress Theme“Ok, finally found and got around to installing and tweaking a new Wordpress theme for ...”11Bolling Suite For......Soprano Sax“I recently transposed and modified 2 movements of the Bolling Suite for Flute and Trio ...”10More Podcasts“Some more Podcasts I discovered. Yamaha Wind Instruments Podcast Sonny Rollins Podcast The Traneumentary Wynton Marsalis Podcast Christian McBride Podcast Jazzcorner The ...”
- 2008“So far so good!”
- Dec25Zinn Practice Regimen For Saxophone“Ok, I think this is the FINAL version of this. Last updated in 2005, this ...”24Jazz Musicians Look to Federal Budget for Bailout Support“Washington, D.C. (CNN) In light of the recent downturn in the American economy, the nation's jazz ...”23Looking For A Wordpress Theme“This site is currently using a crappy Wordpress theme that I don't particularly care for ...”EWI Firmware & TGTools Updated“Two quick updates. For all you Akai EWI 4000 owners, Akai released new firmware for ...”20Shure 58......Better Than A Towel?“Douglas Adam's The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy, the thing to have as a towel. ...”17Pro Tools 8 Released“Keeping its promise to ship Pro Tools 8 in December, Digidesign announced that Pro Tools ...”11Do Not Ever Get This“I just would die of laughter if I actually met someone who wore this. Seriously........gay.........”Andrew White, Works of John Coltrane transcriptions“Can anyone help me find these, he transcribed something like 650-800 songs, whole albums, and ...”04JAM for iPhone/iPod Touch“I'll admit I am an unabashed Apple fan. I do use a PC for menial ...”03Walrus Plays The Saxophone“From the UK (those crazy Brits) The Beatles once penned the song "I am the Walrus" ...”
- Nov30The Joys Of Youtube.....Product Advertising“Now it seems the world of advertising of products has now reached youtube. Saxgourmet (love ...”25MakeMusic CEO Resigns“I came across this today. Minneapolis – November 24, 2008 – MakeMusic Inc. (Nasdaq: MMUS), ...”21Get Off Your High Horse Dood“So, I had my bi-monthly jazz band rehearsal last night. I came to find out ...”10The Conn-O-Sax“While surfing the net, I came across the strange instrument called the Conn-O-Sax. There is ...”02Playing in Cold and Hot Environments“Sometimes, you need a video to show the obvious. This is one such video. Perhaps ...”
- Oct31Akai USB EWI“Suppose you want to play EWI. But you don't want to play the Studebaker one. ...”29So You Wanna Record A Big Band.....“So, I've been working on this CD for a big band I play in. I ...”28The Music of George Garzone & The Triadic Chromatic Approach DVD“George Garzone has a 2 DVD instructional set coming out next month. $89.95. Sounds interesting. "The ...”24Finally a Good Sampled Saxophone Instrument?“We have all suffered the pain of listening to synthed or sampled saxophones. Some of ...”20Saint John Will-I-Am Coltrane Church in Trouble“From the SF Chronicle: "..earlier this year one of its principal funders, the New College of ...”17Neal Hefti Dies“From the LATimes: Neal Hefti, a former big band trumpeter, arranger and composer who worked with ...”13Jazz Side Of The Moon“Here are the ingredients of a great album and recording: 1. Great songs....Pink Floyd's Dark Side ...”
- Sep29Miguel Zenon - MacArthur Genius“Damn. Congrats man. The MacArthur foundation is giving him $500K, no strings attached. Just don't invest ...”27Live Jazz Concert Recordings“Sometimes on the internet, you find some great sites. This is one such site. "You ...”19Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog“Ok, not Jazz or Saxophone related, but entertaining none the less. Check out Joss Whedon's ...”15Ralph Moore - Bye Bye Blackbird“Another transcribed solo by Kenyon Carter. Ralph Moore playing Bye Bye Blackbird off the Album ...”Bob Mintzer - Listen Here“Transcribed solo of Bob Mintzer on Listen Here off the album "Bob Mintzer Quartet - ...”Stan Getz - The Way You Look Tonight“Transcribed solo of Stan Getz on The Way You Look Tonight from the Album "Ultimate ...”Eric Alexander - Solid“Kenyon Carter sent some transcriptions to put up. The first of which is Eric Alexander ...”Pink Floyd Founder Dies“From the BBC Pink Floyd keyboard player and founder member Richard Wright has died at the ...”13Favorite Podcasts“iTunes is a great thing....not only for managing music, but for finding and getting Podcasts. ...”12SmartMusic 11 Released“MakeMusic released SmartMusic 11 on Thursday. After nearly 3 hours of downloading at a whopping ...”04MakeMusic To Charge For Finale Notepad 2009 Downgrade“MakeMusic announced today that they are going to be charging for Finale Notepad 2009, which ...”02Don LaFontaine Dies“Don LaFontaine, the man who provided the sonorous voice for more than 5,000 movie trailers, ...”
- Aug19LeRoi Moore Dies“This is sad, tragic news: "LeRoi Moore, saxophonist and founding member of the Dave Matthews Band, ...”17Saxophones from Taiwan Aiming for the Pros“I came across this article at the NPR. It is about Taiwan saxophones. "Just how Houli ...”
- Jul26Randy Pausch - Last Lecture“Now, this really has nothing to do with saxophone. Or Jazz. But it is well ...”25Looking For A New Server“I'm looking for a new server to host Jazz-Sax on. The current server, a 1997 ...”Johnny Griffin Dies“Sad news today "US jazz tenor saxophonist Johnny Griffin, who played alongside such luminaries as Lionel ...”21Ode To Joy“Ok, not saxophone related. But this is good. Really. ”12iPhone/iPod Touch Music Applications“Unless you have been living in a cave for the last week, you know that ...”09Finale 2009 - Defining Mediocrity“Continuing it's yearly practice, MakeMusic announced Finale 2009. Basically, they are not raising the bar ...”0550 Tons Of Records Donated“CNN has an interesting article: "The more than 200,000 records represented the entire inventory of "Records ...”
- Jun27Samson Q1U USB Mic“I just picked up a Samson Q1U for a student as a going away present. ...”22Great Idea....Bad Timing??“Finally, a professional mobile solution for recording on an iPod. The Alesis Protrack sounds good... ProTrack ...”The Lamest Product Ever“I was watching Versus Network (cycling sundays....yeah), and I saw an ad for this thing ...”19Al Gallodoro Turns 95“Canadian saxophonist, Al Gallodoro turns 95 on Friday. Check out his site at www.algallodoro.com. ”Digidesign Releases ProTools 7.4.2 for OS X 10.5.3“Almost 9 months after Apple released OS X 10.5, Digidesign got around to releasing an ...”10Reed Prices.......WTF?!?“So, I finally depleted my supply of reeds. I generally buy a couple of boxes. ...”01Bb Fingerings“I was just wondering which B flat was better in general im an amature sax ...”
- May26AKG C214“AKG has a new mic out, the AKG C214. From the press release: Based on one ...”24Bob Florence Memorial Tribute Concert - 6/15/2008“This was send from Kim Richmond to the Finale list: "This is to let you know ...”15Bob Florence Dies“Legendary Big Band arranger, composer, pianist, and Finale user Bob Florence died today. "From: ALEX ILES ...”13New Yorker's 100 Essential Jazz Albums“There seems to be a lot of these "lists" that magazines/newspapers/your mom are doing right ...”
- Apr29Registration Problems“Seems that the registration emails were not getting sent. Thanks AT&T. They changed their server ...”28Spare Room to Studio in 10 Minutes“The SOS Forums had this interesting thread about a bloke who can turn his guest ...”25Best Muppet Video Ever!“The Muppets have performed with many, many people over the years. People such as Buddy ...”SmartMusic Price Increase“Yup, like gas and everything else, SmartMusic's price is going up. Starting July 24, 2008, ...”20Saxophone Too Intense for Your Grandma“World Saxophone Quartet playing Money At a school on the East Side, near Brooklyn, Illinois there ...”Altiverb“I have had the pleasure the last few week to work on mixing a big ...”Two Interesting Things“The first interesting thing is a tutorial by Emusician magazine about Resonance and Radiation. Interesting ...”07Microsoft Enters The....Music Accompaniment Making Department“I'm not quite sure what to think of this. Though it does/can use Band in ...”06No ProTools for another 1-2 Months......maybe?“I read this disappointing bit of news in the duc.digidesign.com forums. We hope to have the ...”
- Mar24Best Recorded Big Band Albums“As frequent readers of Jazz-Sax.Com will know, I won a pretty awesome M-Audio package. I ...”14Kore Player“Native Instruments has released a FREE sound player. The Kore Player looks really cool. And ...”11Gearjunkies User Studios“Gearjunkies.com has opened a neat new little site called Gearjunkies UserStudios. Here, people can flaunt ...”09Brain Scans and Music“Unlike the other scientific article about music, this article is rather interesting.... In new findings, researchers ...”02Jazz Piano Site“One of the best tutorial sites I've seen. Doug McKenize's Jazz Piano Site. If you ...”
- Feb20The Finale School“I use Finale for notation. True, I did buy Sibelius when they were offering that ...”18SmartMusic 10.2“MakeMusic finally released SmartMusic 10.2 today. Highlights of the new features: Support of Mac ...”Nintendo DS + 2 iPhones = Band“The potential of a touch interface is amazing, as exhibited by this video I found ...”15Steinberg - Classroom Resource Pack“Not sure what happened to the Music Education Alliance, but Steinberg announced their Classroom Resource ...”CMEA and Technology“I just was given, to look at, some technology thing from some guy named Wilson, ...”13Orchestra In A Box“Why do you need "real people" when you can get this? Vision DAW and East West ...”12Scientists With Too Much Free Time“I wonder why things like this get funded. John Coltrane and other famed jazz saxophonists hit ...”10Hancock/Brecker Win At Grammy Awards“I'm a little confused as to what the difference is between Album of the Year ...”07Auto-Tune Abuse“I came across this article from Hometracked.com. Pitch correction software has applications from restoration and mix-rescue ...”04Michael Brecker On Practicing“This is an older video, from 1996, and is still worth looking at. ”
- Jan28Talking Jazz“I came across this website: New from musician, author, journalist Ben Sidran, Talking Jazz includes an ...”Grafton Alto Sax“After the previous article on a new line of Plastic Saxophones, lets examine a previous, ...”All Plastic Saxophone“There seems to be a resurgence in this idea. Enter the Vibrotosax. To create more saxophonist ...”27John Coltrane Reference Book“Here is a review of the forementioned John Coltrane Reference Book. Porter combines meticulous scholarship with ...”25M-Audio Fast Track Ultra“I got into recording a while ago, my first interface being an original MOTU 828. ...”19Upgraded Site“I upgraded the site to Apache 2.2.8 and Php 5.2.5 (From Apache 1.3). Everything seems ...”Music Education Alliance“This was announced today: Leaders in their respective fields, Garritan, MakeMusic, Steinberg and Yamaha have formed ...”18Strathon Mouthpiece/Ligature“Hello, I recently purchased a strathon mouthpiece on ebay and unfortunately for me it did ...”NAMM Show 2008“The NAMM show kicked off the other day. So far, I haven't seen anything that ...”13Portable Recording Studio with your iPod?“Belkin has a product coming out that looks rather good. Belkin Podcast Studio. Belkin Podcast Studio ...”09Selmer - What Are They Thinking?!?!“I'm not sure what to think about this. Selmer, I gotta ask, why? Conn-Selmer, Inc. announces ...”eMedia Music Releases New “Plug and Play” Learn to Play Keyboard Pack“E: Shameless promotion of a product, but it does sound interesting. Seattle, WA – December 20, ...”Frank Morgan Dies“I'm a little late on this, probably due to not having internet during this time, ...”07Wii Nodame Cantabile Game“Nodame Cantabile is a Japanese Manga, a TV show, and Anime about a pianist and ...”Guitar Wizard“I'm sure all of you have seen or played Guitar Hero. Or perhaps the bigger, ...”06Recorder Jazz!“I've been doing some research for an upcoming article on the Akai EWI, and I've ...”05Michael Brecker EWI Video“Ah youtube. Great to find these little gems. ”04Gear Shows Coming Up....“There are a lot of music related shows coming up. CES (next week), NAMM (towards ...”02We're Back.....Part 2“Ok, after some tinkering, I think everything is working ok. The biggest problem was getting ...”01The John Coltrane Reference“There is a new Coltrane book out by Lewis Porter, Chris DeVito, David Wild, Yasuhiro ...”
- 2007
- Dec31And We're Back....“No no, it was not some sort of FBI raid, or something that took us ...”27Oscar Peterson Dies At 82“One of the greatest pianists, Oscar Peterson, died today. I was lucky to see him ...”20SSL Pro Convert“Announced at AES, SSL Pro Convert sounds like a very cool piece of software. Say ...”09Boots Randolph's Rock And Roll Saxophone“Boots Randolph's Rock and Roll Saxophone - Techniques and Fundamentals for Today's Players by Boots ...”Xmas Guide 2007“Last year, I didn't do a Christmas guide. This year, I am going to. What ...”04Band In A Box 2008 Released“It is out, the latest version of Band in a Box. I took some guesses ...”03Hardcopy Of The II-V Patterns“The II-V patterns are one of the most downloaded things here. I'm currently working on ...”Fourth Obession - Wil Greenstreet“Sometimes, people send me stuff to look at. Wil Greenstreet sent me his book, Fourth ...”01M-Audio BX8a Studio Reference Monitors“Part of the stuff I won in the SOS Competition were a pair of M-Audio ...”
- Nov28First Wave Of New Audio Interfaces“Gotta love technology. M-Audio has introduced a new USB2 audio/midi interface. 4 really excellent microphone ...”20New Version of Band In A Box Starts Beta Testing“This was posted yesterday on PGMusic.com. We're looking for current users of Band-in-a-Box 2007 to help ...”Interesting iTunes Alternative“I came across Create Digital Music's discussion of Native Instruments BeatPort SYNC. It has a ...”Jazz Saxophone Etudes By Greg Fishman Vol. 2“Greg Fishman has been at it again. This time, he has come out with yet ...”17Louis Armstrong's Trumpet Used As A Fruitbowl?“I don't know about you, but this is disturbing: Matt Mullenweg, lead developer of the open-source ...”14Teaching "Alternate" Fingerings“So, there is this guy who goes into local schools. He's a "sax expert" or ...”06M-Audio Project Mix I/O First Impressions“I have been setting up all this new gear, and I finally got a chance ...”03Find Out What People Are Listening To“This site, powered by Gracenotes (the company that provides lookups for CDs via computers), shows ...”
- Oct25Won Stuff From SOS and M-Audio“You know, you think you never will win these contests that you enter online. Well....NA ...”PDF Files“I have a simple question: How do you make this great pdf files? I would like ...”Favorite Brecker EWI Video“Pretty much anything Michael Brecker did was awe inspiring. I remember back in the day ...”19Oboe Mouthpiece?!?!?“I almost won this item on ebay. A Chedeville Oboe Mouthpiece. Wow. It got to pricey ...”18Tuning Nightmare“This is from Create Digital Music. A tuning nightmare for Van Halen. Seems that they ...”12Shurenotes“I mentioned before that I get this email letter thing from Shure every now and ...”Rowan Atkinson - Invisible Drum Kit“Pure genius! ”10Finale Users Defecting To Sibelius“There has been a LOT of discussion on the Finale List (which is NOT managed ...”07Managing The Paper Clutter“I don't know about most people, but I have stacks of paper all over the ...”New Metronome/Tuner From Seventh String“Seventh String software, which makes the excellent Transcribe software, has released two free programs (java ...”05Moving From Slash To Wordpress (DONE)“Ok, after a LOT of work on my end, 98% of the stories and files ...”Record Companies Finally Win One“After all the lawsuits they have started, they finally won one. In a major win for ...”04MP3 Compression Explained“Found a very interesting article about how MP3 compression came about. It is, at times, ...”03Nintendo + Logic =........?“Create Digital Music has an interesting article about using your old Nintendo NES with Apple's ...”Herbie Hancock Talks Math, Music and Mastering the Tech Toolbox“Wired magazine has a very interesting interview with Herbie Hancock out. Way too short of ...”Gibson Launches Self Tuning Guitars“Engadget is reporting that Gibson has launched a line of self tuning guitars. Gibson's Powertune system ...”
- Sep30Sightreading Jazz by Bob Taylor“First off, I need to apologize to Bob Taylor. He sent me this book a ...”27Tags and Categories“Upgrading to Wordpress 2.3 was painless. However, they did change a number of things. Categories ...”23Changed Themes“Yeah, things look different. Wordpress allows you to really mess with the look of a ...”16Keyless Saxophones“When I was in college, I heard the story of Siguard Rascher having a keyless ...”Korg Sells Its 20 Millionth Tuner“From Korg: We recently achieved a milestone — over 20 million tuners sold worldwide. To mark ...”13Joe Zawinul Dies at 75“&uotFew of the major US networks picked up on this, Zawinul died early Tuesday, a spokeswoman ...”12PG Music JazzU“PG Music has a new product out, JazzU JazzU offers all students of Jazz -- players, ...”Apple Logic Studio“Today, Apple announced it's Logic Studio. Not only did they pack a ton of features ...”10Interactive Video Tutorials“Sometimes, you need to get help with stuff. Mostly, it seems nowadays people need help ...”09The Dust Has Settled.....Sorta“Looks like things have settled down after the transition from Slash to Wordpress. First, on ...”Yamaha's Tenori“Yamaha has a new thing out, called the Tenori Media artist Toshio Iwai and Yamaha have ...”07The Sordid Tale Of Guardala“It is sad that one of the great makers of mouthpieces and horns has messed ...”06Pavarotti Loses Battle With Cancer“71 year old Tenor Luciano Pavarotti lost his battle with cancer today. Of all the ...”04SmartMusic 10.1“One of my favorite whipping boys is SmartMusic. This program could be so great, and ...”02Vade-Mecum of The Oboist“There are a number of books out there that are for Oboe that have been ...”Roland KC 550“I recently bought a Roland KC 550. It is a keyboard amp, but you can ...”Making Reeds“Ok, are you sitting. Yes? Ok. I play oboe. Take a deep breath It's not as bad ...”Articles From The Past“In moving this site to Wordpress, and transferring all the old articles, I get to ...”
- Aug28Ralph Morgan Dies“I saw this on the Klarinet list "I just received a note from a repairman friend ...”27New Site“Welcome to the new Site. Most all of the stories and comments transfered over. The ...”18Beechler vs Larsen“Saxcessful writes "I have been playing a Berg 100/0 on my tenor with various reeds, ...”05Michael Brecker Article in Mix Magazine“In the July 2007 issue of Mix Magazine, there was a little article about ...”Finale Productivity“When the author of the Finale Productivity package ”
- Jul31Saxophone Necks?“hammertime829 writes "I was wondering if anybody could tell me if getting a new neck ...”30Band-in-a-Box 2007.5“The elves at PGMusic have been working away at yet another version of Band-in-a-Box, 2007.5. ...”29Passing on Finale 2008“MakeMusic came out with a new version of Finale. 2008. Looking at the lackluster feature ...”SmartMusic 10 Updated.......sorta“Since it was released in April, SmartMusic 10 has not been updated. That changed last ...”Tabuteau Lessons/Note Grouping“Two related items I finished recently. The first is a very interesting CD, Marcel Tabuteau's ...”05Boots Randolph Dies“From the AP Obit: " Boots Randolph, whose spirited saxophone playing on "Yakety Sax" endeared ...”
- Jun15Pimped Out Studio“The idea, which I have had for years, was to have a digital studio where ...”07Three Michael Brecker Things“In a ”04SmartMusic 10“MakeMusic, after much hype, delay, and then more hype, has finally released SmartMusic 10 in ...”
- Apr21Michael Brecker's Logic Environment“iBrecker has a new article up about Michael Brecker's last EWI/Computer setup. Basically, the advance ...”09New Michael Brecker Album“iBrecker.com has a link to a video teaser of an upcoming new album from Michael ...”
- Mar25SmartMusic 10 M.I.A.“For months, MakeMusic has been saying SmartMusic 10 is coming. The amount of hype they ...”14BMG "Jazz" Music Club“I am part of the BMG "Jazz" Music club. I very rarely buy things from ...”
- Feb23Neff Music Approach Note Velocity Studies“Every month, I make it a point to buy new music. New music including books ...”Michael Brecker Memorial“From a NYTimes article "The memorial program for the saxophonist Michael Brecker that filled ...”01Running Band in A Box Under Parallels“Ok, so we all know that the latest Macs all run Intel processors. You might ...”
- Jan13Michael Brecker dies at age 57“Sadly, this time around it is true. I had seen a couple of emails in ...”
- 2006
- Dec15A Great Loss“Bill Duncan, who put together the great Finale Productivity package, has passed away. He was ...”07Brother HL-5250DN & HL5240 Printers“Way back in the day, like 1996, I bought a kick ass laser printer. A ...”Band In A Box 2007“There are a couple of programs I always update when a new version comes out. ...”
- Nov30The 50 Worst Artists In Music History“Blender.com, a great music music site, published a great list in 2003 of "The 50 ...”Finale 2007“MakeMusic released Finale 2007 a while ago. August I believe. I've been using it since ...”08Jazz Saxophone Duets by Greg Fishman“I had rave reviews of Greg Fishman's "Jazz Saxophone Etudes" book. I really like the ...”
- Oct07Ray Sings, Basie Swings“If you haven't heard this album, Ray Sings, Basie Swings, you need to. A live ...”
- Sep16Rolling Stone Greatest Albums List“Rolling Stone has a new list of the 500 Greatest Albums out. Of note are: ...”Tweaking Smart Music On The Mac“I have a love/hate relationship with MakeMusic's Smartmusic. First, the love part. I love that ...”
- Aug27YouTube Jazz Videos“You've probably heard of YouTube. I'd say, it's kind of like Napster of almost 10 ...”
- Jul29Infrant ReadyNAS NV“About 3 or so years ago, I totally got into the iPod. At first, I ...”
- Jun25Surprise Brecker Appearance!“Michael Brecker made a surprise appearance at Carnegie Hall Friday. "In a surprise, they ...”
- May25PG Music and Apple OS X“An interesting "News and Notes" thing was posted on PG Music's site. They "tested" their ...”24Real Book Listening Project“I came across an interesting site. Real Book Listen. The goal is to provide links ...”
- Apr3017Beyond The Horn - Backgrounds“Yes, you knew it was coming. Backgrounds to practice Walt Weiskopf's great new book, Beyond ...”Windcontroller Group (Group Think)“Over this weekend, I got into this heated argument on a Yahoo group about Wind ...”10Beyond The Horn“Walt Weiskopf and Ed Rosenberg, have released a great new book, Beyond The Horn. It ...”02DEVONThink“I tend to gather stuff while online. Pictures, articles, PDFs, this, that, the other thing. ...”01II-V-I Patterns“I have updated the II-V-I patterns yet again. I consolidated some of the other patterns ...”
- Mar24Michael Brecker's Birthday“Today, March 24th, is Michael Brecker's birthday. Make sure you wish him well as he ...”
- Feb21Intermediate Jazz Conception“Jim Snidero has added another volume to his Jazz Conception series. Intermediate Jazz Conception features ...”Future Of MP3 and Surround Sound“Wired magazine is running a story pondering the MP3 format, how long it will last, ...”20iPod "Video"“After nearly 3 years of faithful service, my 3rd generation iPod died. It wasn't the ...”16Gordon Goodwin Big Phat Band Play-Along Series“This is pure gold. 10 songs, playing with the Gordon Goodwin band. The solos are ...”092006 Grammy Winners“Congrats to Gordon Goodwin for winning "Instrumental Arrangement" for his "Incredits". Sonny Rollins won the ...”08Silent Saxophone Practice“Ok. Brass instruments have had that Silent Brass system for a while. Most sax players ...”
- Jan262006 NAMM Instruments“The NAMM show was last weekend. I found this page listing all the odd offerings ...”18The Lighthouse Omnibook - David Liebman & Steve Grossman“There are a couple of books every saxophonist should have in their library. The Charlie ...”0850 Things To Do With Your iPod“Kottke.org has posted 50 Things to do with your iPod. A great list of, almost ...”07Michael Brecker's Health 2006“From David Liebman's newsletter: "MIKE BRECKER'S CONDITION I am thrilled to report the absolute latest ...”
- 2005
- Dec29Best/Worst Of 2005“I just picked up a copy of Tim Ries "The Rolling Stones Project". I have ...”16Zinn Practice Regimen For Saxophone III“NOTE - An updated version of this Regimen is available here One of the most downloaded ...”15RIP Jazz Font“Since it first came out, I was an advocate for the Jazz Font. I still ...”14Around The Horn Backgrounds Part III“Final batch of backgrounds for Walt Weiskopf's book Around the Horn. They were encoded using ...”Band In A Box Mac“PG Music's Band-in-a-Box is a great program. Sadly, it is languishing on the Mac side. ...”07Band in A Box 2006“PG Music has released the latest, greatest update to it's awesome Band in A Box ...”02Around The Horn Backgrounds Part II“More backgrounds for Walt Weiskopf's book Around the Horn. They were encoded using AAC compression ...”
- Nov28Around The Horn Backgrounds Part I“Four years ago, I did some backgrounds for the Etudes found in Walt Weiskopf's book ...”Alternate Fonts For Finale“I've seen Bill Duncan's Finale Fonts, and I must say, they look great. His package ...”James Newton Howard On Scoring For King Kong“KongisKing.net has a couple of interesting videos about the post production of the new King ...”18Smartmusic 9.0“SmartMusic has been updated to version 9. MakeMusic is hyping it with Wynton Marsalis who ...”16Sax Amplifiers??“Pimsoul writes "I play in a band, on alto sax. The think is, because the ...”10Boycott Sony Music“If you haven't heard, Sony is installing DRM on its CDs. This DRM has also ...”04Xmas Guide 2005“Yes, it is only November. But there is no time like the present to start ...”Jazz Saxophone Etudes By Greg Fishman“Greg Fishman has released a great new book titled Jazz Saxophone Etudes. What sets this ...”
- Oct17Metal Mouthpieces and Spoilers“pika writes "What do people think about the metal mouthpieces with spoilers? How much louder ...”03EM Reviews Field Recorders“Electronic Musician reviewed a bunch of field recorders, including the the Marantz 671, Marantz 660 ...”In The Xmas Mood“I did this last year. Resurrected it, and cleaned it up a little. It's a ...”02RIAA Being Counter-sued Under The RICO Act“An Oregon mom is fighting back. She is suing the RIAA for being in violation ...”
- Sep25Palm Keys on Tenor Sax“ladyzutano writes "Okay. I use a Selmer Tenor series III, and every time I ...”22Oodles Of Saxophones“I just received the latest Woodwind/Brasswind catalog. Have you seen the number of companies that ...”10WolframTones“Wolfram Research, makers of Mathematica have created WolframTones, which takes "simple programs from Wolfram's computational ...”New Akai EWI“Akai has announced a new EWI4000. No word on the price or USA availability. The ...”04Creative Jazz Sight Reading - Brian Kane“I first have to apologize to Brian J. Kane. He sent me two books to ...”Nicolas Slonimsky - Perfect Pitch“Nicolas Slonimsky is known in Jazz for his book Thesaurus of Scales and Melodic Patterns ...”Politically Correct Musicals“With all the bad stuff going on in the world, here is a little humor. ...”
- Aug23Oleg Strap“About two months ago, I purchased a Oleg Strap to replace my Ray Hyman strap. The ...”Another Brecker Article“The A.P. has another article about Michael Brecker up. "Brecker, who gave his last ...”115000 Cylinder Recordings Placed Online“The Department of Special Collections at the University of California Santa Barbara (UCSB) Davidson Library ...”10RIP Jey Clark“From Steve Goodson: "Jey Clark, owner of Saxology in Berkeley, Ca, passed away last ...”Articulation At Fast Tempos“harry63 writes "In slow and medium swing tempos I understand that "off-beat" articulation is used ...”02EWI Buying Advice“Professor writes "Advice needed: I am an alto player who would like to buy ...”
- Jul28Michael Brecker Needs Your Help“I received this from Mel Martin. FROM: Susan Brecker SUBJECT: Michael Brecker needs your help. ...”15Valgon Rings“The latest issue of Flute Talk had an Ad on page 37 for Valgon Rings. ...”
- Jun30Michael Brecker's Health“I heard on the Wind Controller Group that Michael Brecker is suffering from myelodysplastic syndrome, ...”22Garritan Personal Orchestra“I recently bought the Garritan Personal Orchestra as part of a group buy. If you ...”21Ultra Sonic Reed Cleaner“&While wondering Ebay.com (one of my favorite sites), I found this, "Ultrasonic Reed Cleaner - ...”15Steve Jobs' Commencement Speach“This is perhaps the best thing I have read in a while. It is the ...”04Resurrecting Performers Via Computer Performance“The NYT has an article entitled 'Play It Again, Vladimir (via Computer)' that discusses efforts ...”The Best Neck Strap“I don't think this has been brought up here. What exactly is the best neck ...”
- May25Podcasting“Two days ago Apple CEO Steve Jobs has announced that iTunes 4.9 will include integrated ...”Keeping Track Of Your Stuff“Being a musician, one tends to gather a lot of "things". CDs, books, magazine articles, ...”17Pro Tools M-Powered“I came across this yesterday. You can now get Protools if you have M-Audio's line ...”
- Apr30OS X 10.4 - Tiger“Yes, it is out. Mac OS X Tiger. Yes, it is as cool as they ...”27M.I.P.A. Winners“mipa Musikmesse International Press Award 2005 posted its winners. Some of the highlights: Best Innovative Product ...”20Jazz Oboe - Yusef Lateef“yampol writes "As long as we're talking about doubling on oboe, let's talk about jazz ...”Auto-Discover Free Music With Indy“Found this via Slashdot: Indy is a free p2p music download system, which is a new ...”19Professional/Semi-Professional“I had someone really piss me off the other day. They referred to me as ...”Oboe Etudes For Saxophone Technique“As a follow-up to my previous article about taking up Oboe as a double, Yampol ...”18State Of Digital Education“I've been using Smart Music for a while. It's good for hearing and practicing books ...”16Oboe As A Double“I dabbled with Oboe playing in college. I suppose one goes to the dark side ...”04Software Synths“I've recently become fascinated with Software Synths. These use gigabytes of libraries to deliver incredible ...”
- Mar26What Type Of Reeds Do You Like?“We've covered a number of Reed topics before. The Perfect Reed, What Reeds Are The ...”22A Great Use For Giant Steps“This has been floating around on a couple of email lists I am on. Giant ...”Apple MiniMac“I am the proud owner of a new Mac Mini. I must say, it is ...”16Yoshis And Posts“When I started the recordings, the idea was to improve the band. To listen to ...”
- Feb28Portable Recording Studio/Who Needs a Studio Anymore?“One of the many bands that I am in was considering spending a lot of ...”27Don Menza "Duel Chamber"?“huskyman writes "I heard a rumor about some crazy Duel Chamber mouthpiece that Don Menza ...”Mark VI Alto "Varitone"“gmichael writes "I recently purchased a Mark VI with the Varitone setup. I was ...”21Education and Money“Is it me, or does Downbeat see to have a TON of ads for music ...”The "Brown" Note“I first saw this on an episode of Southpark where, if I remember correctly, Kenny ...”Backup That Drive!“I've used computers since the early 80s when I was a little kid. I remember ...”20Jazz Auction“From an AP Article: John Coltrane's saxophone. Dizzy Gillespie's bent trumpet. Lionel Hampton's vibraphone. These ...”15Ingredients of the Earl Bostic sound“Anonymous Coward writes "I want to cultivate an Earl Bostic sound on the Alto--big and ...”Headphones/Earphones“When doing a lot of listening and stuff, one needs a good set of headphones. ...”08Transcribe!“I've recently been very busy transcribing/arranging songs. Mainly for this R&B group that I am ...”
- Jan27Tee Bag/Sentimental Mood Solos“Paul Croteau was kind enough to share these two excellent transcriptions of his. Tee Bag ...”26Crystal Mouthpieces“mattgros writes "Any one have insight on a crystal mouthpiece? It is a clear alto ...”16Saxquest.com“johnnyq writes "I was searching the web a while ago trying to find places to ...”14Developing Sightreading“One of the things I try to do with my students is make them excellent ...”12MacWorld Round Up“In case you haven't heard, MacWorld is going on. It's where trendy and innovative products ...”08Selmer Or Yamaha?“jazzboy writes "So which one is the best Selmer or Yamaha? I have played sax ...”
- 2004
- Dec26Xmas 2004“I know this is kind of late, but what did Saxophonist wish for and receive ...”24Beginning Improv“spf40 writes "Ive been playing alto sax for about 5 years (I'm 16) and have ...”06Modern Substitute For A Vintage Meyer“Ok, so, there was this guy on Ebay that was hinting at giving you information ...”
- Nov14Oleg Palm Key Risers“Following my success in using the forementioned Olegatures, I decided to try Oleg's Palm Key ...”08Sax Repair Book(s)?“Saxy Beast writes "I'm 15 years old and tired of waiting for 3 weeks to ...”02Liebman - Developing a Personal sax Sound“Andy Davey writes "I've been reading through your site for a number of years now ...”
- Oct31Olegatures“I have to admit, I have never been one to try out "gear" on sax ...”Marantz PMD670“When I recently bought one of Sony "new generation" Minidisc recorder/players, I was sadly disappointed. ...”02Bud Shank Fired“I heard about this the other night, and I found this email/post supposedly from Phil ...”
- Sep14Jamey Aebersold Volume - 109 Fusion“Jamey Aebersold released a new play-along, filling a void in the play-along field. Volume 109, ...”What To Use On An Old Buescher“"I'm an old guy getting back to playing after 45 years of "silence". I've found ...”Sony MZ-NH900 Part 2“I've had my Sony MZ-NH900 for about a month now. Basically, I am not happy ...”06Random II-V Patterns“I had, a while ago, posted some Patterns that fit Aebersold Volume 3, Track 3 ...”Brecker Sportin' a New EWI“Seems virtuoso Michael Brecker has taken up the EWI again. It is not the EWI ...”
- Aug27Sony MZ-NH900 USB Transfers“Some field tests of my new Minidisc recorder have been pretty positive. I tested the ...”26H. Ferris Mouthpiece“About 7 or 8 years ago I bought a H. Ferris Alto Mouthpiece. It was ...”Finale 2005“MakeMusic released a new version of Finale last week. 2005. I have to say, this ...”23Sony MZ-NH900“Sony introduced a new, "better" version of it's venerable Minidisc technology. The new version sports ...”15iPod vs. Cassette Tape“I stumbled across this tonight. Very funny. As an iPod owner, I found this enlightening.I ...”14Essential Jazz Etudes - The Blues“One of my students picked up a copy of Essential Jazz Etudes - The Blues ...”Conn Chu-Berry Alto Questions/Concerns“Saxy Beast writes "My friend's dad bought an old silver Conn Chu-Berry alto about 30 ...”13Jazzers Get Political“The latest issue of Downbeat featured a little vignette about Jazz musicians raising money for ...”Avid Buys M-Audio/Midiman“Press release: "Tewksbury, MA – August 13, 2004 – Avid Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVID) today ...”
- Jul10New Studio“One of my projects this summer (2004) was to redo my music studio. I was ...”05Super Quartet and Band in a Box 2004“I recently tried out HQ Super Quartet software synth for the PC. Wow. Incredible sounds. ...”
- Jun27E. Rousseau Jazz or Studio Jazz Mouthpieces?“Master Asia writes "My teacher lended me a E.Rousseau Jazz mouthpiece to test whether I ...”Any more Cowboy Bebop sheet music?“Master Asia writes "I've been a fan of Cowboy Bebop for a good couple years ...”25Circular Breathing“An anonymous coward writes "My teacher just told me the circular breathing theory. I find ...”Band in a Box 12 for OS X“Yes, finally. It has arrived for OS X. Band in a Box 12 for Mac ...”20Where Do I Start?“olsonco writes "I learned to play saxophone in high school and have decided to take ...”
- May22Vintage Saxes/Setups“Vintage Sax? Jazz Future Prospect writes "I was wondering what's the hipe about vintage. Doe sit ...”09Meyer "G" Series“Anyone tried those Meyer "G" Series mouthpieces? Opinions? Raves? Rants? What about those RG Links? Or ...”Band in a Box 2004 for OS X?“PG Music's Band in a Box is one of my favorite programs. The ability to ...”Vintage Ligatures“I was dabbling on the internet today, checking Ebay for vintage Meyer mouthpieces and Selmer ...”02Trane's Electronic Saxophone...“Saxy Beast writes "I recently read somewhere that later on in his life, John Coltrane ...”Do you know any FREE music writing program??“An anonymous coward writes "Hey, I wanted to ask you all if you know any ...”
- Apr13The Amazing Slow Downer“Blackstonian21 writes "Found a great program for those of us who transcribe. Its called ...”03Pads/Book/Gordon Brisker“Jim Schmidt, probably best known for his Contra Alto has developed yet another amazing item, ...”
- Mar30Happy B-Day Michael!“Happy Birthday Michael Brecker. My favorite tenor player of all time. Born March 29th, 1949. ...”11Practice Routine“bluesupanddown writes "Between learning tunes, working on scales, patterns, transcription books, transcribing, tone, articulation, etc... ...”04Roland Caravan mouthpiece“jazzeux writes "Hi, I recently read in your post that you are using a "Roland ...”02How Do You Get That Scraping Sound?“An anonymous coward writes "the other day i was listening to some jazz music, and ...”Practicing of the "Soul"“harry63 writes "I know that we can never practice scales, arpeggios, theory, etc. enough. ...”Cowboy Bebop - Rush“I did an arrangement of the opening Theme to the cartoon "Cowboy Bebop" way back ...”
- Feb26Achieve Rapid Progress“doc-stl writes "Here is my method. It has reaped tremendous rewards. 1 Get ...”25Cowboy Bebop - Tank!“I did an arrangement of the opening Theme to the cartoon "Cowboy Bebop" way back ...”22Do Different Ligatures Matter?“SirSaxAlot writes "Do different ligatures make different sounds/tones? Do they really make a difference? I'm ...”Practicing“John writes "Can anyone give me some types on what to practice, how to practice ...”Don Menza Retires“From this article in the Las Vegas Sun. Don has a number of very valid ...”Help with Harmonics“An anonymous coward writes "Hey, My teacher wants me to practice with harmonics. But I just ...”19Hamster Powered MIDI“This is from a Slashdot article: "I found this wonderful page on the net. The ...”Automatic Guitar Tuning“With the TransPerformance Performer you push a button to activate a mechanical re-tensioning of the ...”07Shure E3c Earphones“When I bought my 15 Gig iPod this last summer, it included a pair of ...”
- Jan31Are Scales That Important??“jazz-addicted writes "Hey, I'm 13 years old and I've been playing the alto for two ...”25Jazz Greats Collages“I've been making some collages to decorate the hallway in the store that I teach ...”19Geoff Lawton Dies“One of the many lists that I follow recently had a post that Geoff Lawton, ...”16Things You Have Hear Of, Hardly Seen, But Can Buy“I found a couple of things that, well, are strange. And you can buy them. Saxophone ...”15Yanagisawa A-901?“Saxy Beast writes " What, if anything, does anyone know about ...”09Don Byas - I Got Rhythm“Andrew Hickman sent me this transcription. I cleaned it up and put it into Finale. ...”08New Sony Minidisc Players/Recorders“Sony has announced it's new new range of Hi-MD players. The range of players (which ...”01Man Sells Kidney To Get Saxophone“This is a true story. "A musician in Moldova has gone to an extraordinary length to ...”
- 2003
- Dec25EM 2004 Awards and More“Electronic Musician has their 2004 Editors Choice list out. Among the winners are MOTU for ...”19If You Want Good Reeds, You Must Work With Them“saxophobe60 writes "I have always struggled with reeds and how difficult they can be. ...”12Best Headphones For An iPod“I have an iPod. 15 Gigs. Absolutely great. Has changed the way I listen to ...”11Sound Improvement By Reed Size“saxingonaskateboard writes "I was playing my tenor and alto today, and I decided to try ...”Best Tenor Sax Case?“Long John writes "I have a Selmer VI tenor in the 67*** range. It ...”062003 Christmas Buying Guide“Seems every website out there has some sorta list of things to get. I felt ...”
- Nov23Finale 2004 PC“While I still am pissed about Coda Music blowing it on shipping out a OS ...”21MP3.COM Content to be Erased“From this article: "Vivendi Universal recently sold the MP3.com domain to c|net, and instead of ...”20Accent Brand Saxophones“harry63 writes "Has anyone had the chance to play on the the Accent Brand of ...”19Michael Kamen Dies at 55“Composer and conductor Michael Kamen died today of a heart attack at age 55. I ...”18Rod Stewart - It Had to Be You.“You've probably seen this album advertised on TV. I did. Rod Stewart - It Had ...”09Sax Shopping“JazzRYNO writes "I am 17 years old and have been playing for almost 7 years. ...”07Yanagisawa Soprano“orvillethegreat writes "i was recently surfing on some websites looking at sopranos and i see ...”
- Oct17Herbie Hancock - Applemaster“I knew Herbie was into Apple computers, but not at this level. This article details ...”12Cult Of Guido“The Cult Of Guido is taking off!!! Two cars have been spotted and photographed with ...”Louis Armstrong's House“Someone sent me a cool link saying that a 1.6 million renovation of Louis Armstrong's ...”05Two Interesting Products“While going through and scanning my back issues of Flute Talk Magazine, I came across ...”04Inside The Opera House“Inside The Sydney Opera House. A Awesome flash site that lets you tour around this ...”02The Incredible Shrinking Studio“Wired magazine has an interesting article about how a number of artists and schools are ...”01Guardala Mouthpieces“orvillethegreat writes "I've been playing sax for about 5 years now, and for the past ...”
- Sep28Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - XXL“Gordon Goodwin's last album, Swingin' For The Fences was really good. No, not good, excellent. ...”Seeing the Light“Jazz-F-Horn writes "Hey, I'm 16 years old and I've been involved in music since I ...”Mouthpiece Prices“doc jaxx writes "What is the story with the prices on vintage mouthpieces? I am ...”26Shure Q&A“I get this Shure email newsletter. Usually it doesn't contain anything useful. This time, there ...”16Series 3 Opinion“jason writes "I recently was interested in a pro sax that I would stick with ...”Overtone Exercises“harry63 writes "I have been struggling with overtones for the last 6 years of my ...”Orson Scott Card on Copyrights“Author Orson Scott Card has a great article/column on his take of copyrights. Excellent views! Some ...”14The Art Of Improvisation“The Art Of Improvisation by Bob Taylor is $23 well spent. It contains over 400 ...”11Michael Brecker Quindectet - Wide Angles“I received Michael Brecker's latest release, The Michael Brecker Quindectet - Wide Angles, last night ...”07Hal Leonard Play-Along Vol. 8 - Jobim“ Hal Leonard has entered the jazz play-along business. It has a number of volumes out. ...”04CD Prices/Exec Take/Selling an iTunes Store Song?“SFGate reports that although the recent crackdown and lawsuits have caused a 22% drop in ...”03Charlie Parker's Mouthpiece - as described by Mingus“Bopfanatic writes "Can anyone help me decipher this? In his autobiography, 'Beneath the Underdog', Mingus ...”
- Aug25Buying a FIRST Saxophone“sallan writes "Hi Everyone, I finally have about $600-650 to put towards a new Tenor Sax ...”15Patrick Williams - Threshold CD“After posting this story about how I had it on LP but have never seen ...”13Storing/Backing Up Your MP3 Music Collection“When MP3s (and related technologies such as Ogg and MP4/ACC) came out, I must admit ...”"Wha Wha" Sax Sound“zappa_zeppelin writes "I would like to know how can I get a good wha wha ...”06Finale 2004“Finally, Codamusic is coming out with an update to Finale. The most notable feature to ...”01Apple iPod 15 Gig“After waiting, and drooling over other people's iPods, I finally took the plunge and bought ...”
- Jul24Emusic.Com“Last year, we had an article up on Emusic.com. I looked at it at the ...”14Benny Carter Dies at 95“Benny Carter August 8, 1907 - July 12, 2003 Benny Carter died peacefully July 12 in ...”
- Jun29More Transcriptions“jazguy64 writes "This is my first post, but I've been checking out this site for ...”Exposing the Happy Birthday story“J. Byron writes " Exposing the Happy Birthday story: An editorial by J. Byron, ...”13Alternate Tunings“Most people don't know about alternate tunings. Hell, most people don't even know why they ...”
- May19Coleman Hawkins - how did he get that tone?“Bopfanatic writes "Hello! I'm a huge fan of vintage sax styles, and I love the ...”18Will The Real James Bond Please Stand Up“For a long time, it was thought that John Berry wrote the famous "James Bond ...”10AKG C414B-ULS“&Since I started recording my students, I have become fascinated with microphones. I never paid ...”02Pro Tools Nation“Rolling Stone has an interesting article about how a lot of guys are using Pro ...”01Patrick Williams - Threshold“I can't tell you how long I spent searching for this album. It's vintage 70s ...”
- Apr28Apple's New iTunes/Store“In case you've been off the planet or something, Apple Computer announced a couple of ...”22Recording a Big Band in 5.1 Surround Sound“I came across this article which describes how the University of Michigan went about recording ...”20Jazz & Blues Playalong Solos For Alto Sax“An adult student of mine showed up to a lesson with this book, Jazz & ...”MMO - Jobim's Bossa Nova's“I just picked up a copy of Jobim's Bossa Nova's that Music Minus One publishes. ...”15Downbeat Masterclass - Doubling“The latest issue of Downbeat has an interesting article by Frank Catalano about saxophone doubling. ...”11Plugin For Finale“Finale I still think is the best notation program out there. You Sibelius geeks can ...”08Jim Snidero - Strings“Jim Snidero latest album, "Strings" is a must have. All I have to say is ...”07Taxes and the Musician“I posted a story a while ago about David Liebman' thoughts about taxes. Electronic Musician ...”04Leaking Lip“kia writes "I've recently changed over to a Royal Rico Jazz select reeds, same metal ...”Santy Runyon Dies at 95“ Santy Runyon passed away today, just shy of 96 years of age (He would ...”03Year Of The Blues“Did you know that this year is The Year Of The Blues? Congress declared 2003 ...”What Will They Think Of Next?“Ok, the saxophone has been around for a while now. There are all kinds of ...”01Jon Van Wie Dies“Update: 04/03 21:15 GMT by E :The aggressive bone cancer has taken Jon Van ...”
- Mar31Happy Birthday Michael Brecker“Michael Brecker's birthday was this past Saturday (March 29th). He turned 54. He's also supposedly ...”28Sax Shopping (again)“SaxMan0216 writes "My friend is looking at buying a new sax and I'm helpin him ...”19Octave Key Problems“SaxMan0216 writes "I got a Selmer Series III alto sax 13 months ago (coincidentally, exactly ...”Saxophone Acoustics“I came across the University Of New South Wales, Australia Music acoustic site. They ...”14Warped Reeds“lukedude writes "I play bari and alto. My teacher has always told me that bari ...”Jumbo Java Sound Required“I found this in alt.music.saxophone. It's funny! It is in reference to this guy ordering ...”13Jon Van Wie Has Terminal Cancer“Jon Van Wie, the mouthpiece wizard and guru of note announced he has bone cancer ...”12Sanborn's Characteristic Distortions“sanbornfan writes "Does anybody know how David Sanborn adds his characteristic distortions to the altissimo ...”07Apple Music Service“There have been a number of rumors that Apple is preparing a online music service. ...”Help with Transcriptions“SaxMan0216 writes "I'm a big fan of big bands and instrumental blues sorts of things. ...”
- Feb28Ligatures - Time To Go Shopping?“adrian writes "What ligatures do you people use? I've been using old Rovner ligatures on ...”New Musical Toys“This was from a Slashdot article today The Christian Science Monitor has this article ...”27Microphones Reviewed (With Sax Sounds)“In my never ending quest for information on microphones, and recording, I came across this ...”25The Producers - The Recording Of“Last weekend, one of my local channels aired The Recording of the Producers. It is ...”19Dexter Gordon Tapes from a Club Date in Toronto“grainman writes " I am not a sax player. I play some jazz guitar . ...”18Alto or Soprano Practicing?“supersax writes "I've been playin alto for 6 years but seriously playing for about 2. ...”13Phil Woods/Freehand“I somehow get a Yamaha Magazine called "Backstage Pass". It's usually not a good read, ...”
- Jan30Sticky Pads On A Keilwerth“per-misaer writes "I bought this Keilwerth sx90r tenor a year and a half ago. It ...”24Removing an Lead Instrument From a Song“Justin Weaver writes "I have been using recording software at home for about a year ...”23RIAA - Rosen Out/Death Soon?“Charles Mann or Wired is predicting the imminent death of the recording industry as we ...”22Tenor Sound Problems“saxtyrant writes "I'm starting to have a problem...I just got this new meyer mouthpeice...i switched ...”20Steely Dan Transcriptions“Gizmokw writes "I have been looking all over the net for a lot of the ...”12Preamps, Capsules and Range“Digital Prosound is an interesting website that sometimes has articles worth reading. The first is a ...”Free Course on Jazz Improvisation“elopi writes "Hi. I've found a course on Jazz Improvvisation ("The Art of Improvvisation") written ...”
- 2002
- Dec30Useful Things Out Of Other Things“I recently have been using Altoid boxes for storing clarinet, soprano, and alto saxophone reeds. ...”24Charlie Parker Omnibook“The Charlie Parker Omnibook is considered by almost everyone as the Bible for Bebop. However, ...”18Tom Harrell - Night and Day“This article about Tom Harrell has been showing up in my email. I have received ...”15Save Our Sounds/Tattletale CD Players“The History Channel has a program on December 26th about Saving Our Recorded History. The ...”05Bob Berg Dies“I found this in one of the saxophone news groups, posted by Tim Price "Bob ...”0403BIGBANDJAZZ.NET - Mike Vax Jazz Orchestra“Rory Synder gave me a copy of Mike Vax's latest CD, entitled BIGBANDJAZZ.NET. Yes, that ...”01Christmas Wish List 2002“What do saxophonist want for Xmas? The latest Phil Woods album? The latest Michael Brecker ...”
- Nov19Peterson TP-1 Clip-On Pick-Up“I bought a Peterson VS1 a while ago. Love it. It is probably the geekiest ...”18Microphone Demo CD/Free Guide“I am always interested in different microphone and technologies for capturing sound. That could be ...”12Growling on the Sax“computerguy867 writes "How do you growl on the sax. I have heard other players ...”07The Cowbell Project“The Cowbell Project: Inspired by the SNL/Christopher Walken sketch, is a database of recordings that ...”
- Oct27Math Objects + Algorithms = Music“John Greschak composes music based upon the mathematical properties of various mathematical objects (Hexahedrons, Tower ...”25Happy Birthday CD“When the CD was launched twenty years ago many people believed the format wouldn't last. ...”16MOTU 828“After dreaming about it for a long time, I finally got it. The MOTU 828 is ...”14Satin Doll Copyright Suit“Did Ellington and Strayhorn get along? Well, the heirs of their estates are certainly are ...”13What Causes Reed Squeals?“Adrian writes "I've been teaching sax for a number of years and a problem I've ...”08Sight Reading“johnnyq writes "Hey everybody whats goin on I need to learn to sight read I've ...”07Overtones on a Otto Link vintage Super Tone Master (tenor)“I was wondering if there's any good way to play overtones on a vintage Otto ...”06The Perfect Reed“JaZzInABaCh writes ""Vandoren Select Reeds". What do you look for in a reed? As they ...”
- Sep28Band-in-a-Box 11 for Macintosh“For all you guys out there who have Band in a Box for Macintosh you'll ...”23Majority of artists mentally ill?“tenorsaxpanini writes "I recently read in a magazine that between 1/4 and 1/2 of all ...”21CNN and the Monterey Jazz Festival“If you watch CNN you'll see that every now and then they break in to ...”19Art of The Fugue“From a Metafilter article. "An unfinished work representing a centuries-old mystery and containing an encrypted ...”11Footsteps of our Fathers“bluesupanddown writes "I just bought Branford Marsalis' newest release, "Footsteps of our Fathers," and I ...”Is Melody Dead??“Andy Davey writes "I'm relatively new to improvisation as have only been playing for 6/7 ...”09Ogg is on Top“This is from a Slashdot.org article: "The Ogg Vorbis format came out far ahead of ...”September 11 Tributes“Perhaps the best tribute I have seen has been done by the Blue Man Group. ...”07Happy Birthday Sonny Rollins“Sonny Rollins turned 72 today. One of the "great" tenor saxophonists ever. I highly recommend ...”06Style“bluesupanddown writes "I am trying to pick-up on the styles of certain players, (Lester Young, ...”Mouthpieces“saxophan writes "I thinking about buying a new mouthpiece. I tried and liked the yanagisawa ...”03Vintage Sopranos“jazzeux writes "Many of us are interested in vintage saxophone. For myself, I play a ...”
- Aug31Lionel Hamption Dies at 94“From this article: "NEW YORK (AP) - Lionel Hampton, the vibraphone virtuoso and standout showman ...”29Sax Playing Bad for Posture?“rosstones writes "I go to the chiropractor for periodic adjustments mostly because my posture leans ...”27What Is Your Practice Schedule?“zibalatz writes "How often do you practice (if at all) and what do you work ...”Stan Getz's Tenor Sax“BIABfsg writes "Someone was asking about Trane's horn awhile back. Though I do not have ...”24Cannonball Bari vs. Other Brands“siigna writes "After a half a year of playing a school provided, awfully beat up, ...”20What Should I Do About the Scratches on my Horn?“johnnyq writes "I have a few scratches on my horn and i was wondering if ...”Pop Goes The Musician“Colin D'Cruz writes "Todays popular sound of music has dealt a knockout punch to a ...”19Importance of Instruments/Setup?“zibalatz writes "I was looking at the Player Setups page and noticed that Greg Osby's ...”18Bari Ritchie Cole (RC) Mouthpiece“saxophan writes "At my sax lesson today, my teacher told me that my current mpc ...”17BBFinder 4.1.0“For those of you who use Band-in-a-Box (BinaB), you probably have problems finding songs. Fear ...”16Peterson VS1“Today I got my Peterson VS1 tuner. I gotta say, it rocks! I gave some ...”Wayne Shorter Bio & Solo Transcriptions“zibalatz writes "This page has a very detailed Wayne Shorter biography and annoted transcriptions of ...”15Mark VI Alto Intonation Problems“Anonymous Coward writes "I presently play a mint condition Mark VI alto 147xxx, and everything ...”04Real Book and PDFs“Once upon a time, someone decided to compile the "definitive" real book. This idea has ...”01How do you Clean a Horn?“Buckers writes "Hello one and all. I have just bought myself an ...”Ghost Rhythm Section?“sticky writes "I recently heard a guy playing by himself with a section behind him ...”How to Market Jazz?“zibalatz writes "I recently saw this ad on some trashy "world's best commercials"-style tv show ...”
- Jul30Listening Test Study Results“ff123.net conducted a study of low bit compression using Ogg Vorbis, Quicktime 6, ...”28Zinn Practice Regimen for Saxophone II“One of the most downloaded things on Jazz-Sax.com is the Zinn Practice Regimen. It was ...”My Sax Stinks...“JaZzInABaCh writes "I just resently purchased a Mark VI Tenor. It looks like new and ...”Hypersonic Speakers“I listen to Newsweek's morning radio show on Sundays. They had a great little story ...”24Peterson VS1“Peterson Tuners has been in the business a long time and is known for it's ...”21A question about Patterns“bluesupanddown writes "Has anyone found an efficient way to practice/ingrain/incorporate patterns?" Indeed. A lot of the ...”Rant and a question about Bebop“bluesupanddown writes "The whole approach to learning jazz in America seems to be under a ...”20Midnight Voyage - Michael Brecker“Adam Roberts sent us another Michael Brecker transcription he did. Midnight Voyage Solo off the Michael ...”18Schoenbergize That Webpage“The WebPlayer is a Shockwave app that turns a web page into music by converting ...”17"New York State Of Mind" Alto Sax Solo“piazza4mvp writes "Does anybody know where I can find the Alto Sax Arr. For the ...”16Giant Steps - Brecker/Mintzer Style“Adam Roberts was nice enough to share his excellent transcription of Giant Steps as played ...”05Electronic Musician's Studio Article“Electronic Musician Magazine has a great article, or articles, on building a studio on any ...”House Of Blues Top 50 Live Albums“The House of Blues has picked the top 50 Live Albums.Some note worthy ablums are ...”03Ray Brown Dies at 75“Yahoo News is reporting that legendary jazz bassist Ray Brown died last night in his ...”01Apple Buys EMagic“There are very few things that take me by surprise on the net. This was ...”
- Jun29Cage Tries to Copyright Silence“Sometimes, reality is too funny. Here is an article saying that John Cage's representatives are ...”26Musicians Are Smarter/Sonic Gun?“There are a couple of new report about musicians having "larger and more sensitive ...”23VHS on its last Legs? Long live tape?“VHS on its last legs? According to source, Circuit City is already phasing out sales ...”20Scale & Arpeggios Practice Files for BinaB“BIABfsg writes "Ian R. Drummond has shared some well-done band-in-a-box files to practice scales/arppgios. ...”19DIY Repadding?“Long John writes "I just acquired a 1914 Holton C Melody Sax for about $150. ...”18Jerry Bergonzi Solos - Setting Standards“BIABfsg writes Jerry Bergonzi Solos Setting Standards by Miles Osland, Publisher: Dorn ...”Essential Jazz Lines in the style of John Coltrane“BIABfsg writes "Essential Jazz Lines in the style of John Coltrane by Corey Christiansen & ...”16Mark Turner“The NY Times has an article about Mark Turner and the state of the Jazz ...”12Gary Giddins Guide To Post WWII Jazz“Gary Giddins, arguably our greatest contemporary jazz critic just spent five months going through his ...”08What reeds are the best?“johnnyq writes "I've been looking for a new type of reed im using vandoren javas ...”06Tutorial on Pads?“elwombato writes "Could someone please give a brief tutorial on pads? I need new ...”02Saxophone Support“I came across this site. Interesting idea. No neck strap, but the saxophone rests on/under ...”01Finale 2003“Coda Music has released Finale 2003. There are a host of new features, including more ...”
- May29Clip on Mics“saxtyrant writes "i was wondering about the sax clip on mics, does anyone know what ...”26Saxophone Mouthpieces Rated“I came across this website of a Japanese fellow who has an interesting idea. A ...”19Happy B-Day Tom Scott“One of the first tenor saxophonist that I ever listened to was Tom Scott. It ...”18Pharoah Sanders“adrian writes "I recently saw Pharoah Sanders play and was completely blown away by the ...”17MIDI + Stringless Violin = Emotion?“The New Scientist has an article about a new Stringless Violin. Charles Nichols of Stanford ...”07Overtone Exercises“mike writes "I'm a tenor player, who is fairly skilled in the areas of the ...”Jerry Coker - The Jazz Ballad“BIABfsg writes: Jerry Coker has been an influential Jazz Music educator. He has published an interesting ...”01Lacquer & Other Finishes“david writes "Most manufacturers makes saxophones in several finishes (lacquer, black, silver, etc.) The price ...”Jazz Educator Actually Plays Jazz!“rosstones writes "In the TDWR category: Don Aliquo teaches jazz and saxophone at Middle Tennessee ...”
- Apr27Music Theory Site“While cruising the internet, I came across Musictheory.net. Very Nice site! Covers a lot of ...”18Music/Law/Copyright....The whole Shebang“This website comprises hundreds of documents (texts, scores, audio and video files) associated with music ...”15Collecting Brecker Albums“seer writes "We all know Brecker has recorded on thousands of albums. I'm slowly starting ...”11"The Music of Bob Mintzer"“BIABfsg writes: "I think everybody here has studied Bob Mintzer's 14 Jazz & Funk Etudes ...”09www.alibris.com“BIABfsg writes "I would like to share some information regarding this website. Alibris.com. You can find ...”08Real World Studios“Peter Gabriel has a great studio called Real World. Pretty neat looking place. An old ...”Interview With Andrew White“NPR Jazz Website has an interview with Andrew White. Don't know who he is? A ...”All Star from Shrek“While working on a new Pop play-along for my students, I thought that All Star ...”The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD (5th Edition)“BIABfsg writes "I think everybody has The Penguin Guide to Jazz on CD 5th Edition. ...”06Triad Pairs For Jazz - By Gary Campell“I have had Triad Pairs For Jazz - Practice and Application for the Jazz Improvisor ...”The Best Case For Saxes“I currently carry around my Alto and Tenor in Reunion Blues leather gig bags. I ...”04Tuning Karaoke“Ever want to get a singer to sing in tune? There are many devices that ...”
- Mar31The Best Jazz Albums on CD“The Best Jazz Albums on CD is based on the 1980 book by Len Lyons ...”29Two Websites“The latest issues of Downbeat had a little paragraph on page 14 about Musicloversauction.com. So, ...”28Jazz Music Industry“Tenor Madness writes "Hey, just thought I'd say how great this site is!! I love ...”27Dudley Moore Dies At 66“Actor and musician Dudley Moore died today of pneumonia as a complication of progressive supranuclear ...”26Alto Sax Overhaul“I just got my Selmer Mark VI Alto Saxophone back from the shop. It went ...”25Mark Douthit“Being an insomanic, I listen to a lot of radio or watch a lot of ...”23Most Portable Keyboard“Ok, this isn't really music related, but still neat none the less. At this year's ...”22Dan Higgins Jazz Etude Book Backgrounds Part 2“Here are some more background to Dan Higgins "Jazz Etude Book". I used Band-in-a-Box 11 ...”19Michael Brecker's Tenor Sax Set up“BIABfsg writes "I was listening to Michael's "Nearness Of You" this morning. I have no ...”17Flexible CDs“Slashdot.org has an interesting story about a company called Flexstorm. Flexstorm has developed a new ...”Internet Radio and Retroactive Royalties“Will this be the death blow to internet radio? The American Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel ...”16Where Music Will Be Coming From“The New York Times has an excellent article about entitled Where Music Will Be Coming ...”15San Francisco Symphony For Kids“KCBS had a little story on a San Francisco Symphony Website for Kids. It is ...”14Flat Surface Speaker Maker“Olympia has a new product called Soundbug - a gadget that can turn almost ...”13Guardala Alto“I recently got to play on a Guardala Black laquered alto. Actually, it is my ...”Series III“Skyline writes "I recently bought a Selmer Series III and have currently been breaking it ...”12Jamey Aebersold Vol. 97 - Standards With Strings“Jamey Aebersold has yet another play-along available. Vol. 97 - Standards With Strings. It's nice. ...”09Zen in the Art of Archery“A while ago, someone recommended reading Zen in the Art of Archery by Eugen Herrigel. ...”Tone Generator for Yamaha's WX5“BIABfsg writes "What's the good tone generator for Yamaha's WX5, WX7? Thank you! Any tip ...”08JazzFM and Internet Radio Stations“The Most Listened To Internet Radio Station In The World is London-based Jazz FM. It's ...”05Tri-Phonic Turntable“The Tri-Phonic Turntable has been dubbed by the Guinness Book of Records as 'The Worlds ...”Harry Connick Jr. and His New Patent“According to this New York Times article(registration required), Harry Connick Jr. is a proud owner ...”
- Feb27RIAA Almost Down To Pre-Napster Revenues“This is from a Slashdot.org story. I thought it was worth posting here as it ...”23Chuck Jones Dies“Animation genius Chuck Jones has died of conjestive heart failure. The cartoon characters he has ...”192Khz Standard“With Digidesign's release of a 192Khz Audio Interface, we have reached a new level in ...”22Death Of Streaming Music?“This article tells of a settlement in royalty rates. "The Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel said ...”15Bossa Novas“Found some great Bossa Nova/Brazilian Music links. The Boss of the Bossa Nova. A ...”13Major Blues?!?!“One of my students today somehow got a copy of "Straight No Chaser" that some ...”Olympic Mics“I came across this article describing what NBC is using to cover the olympics. It's ...”11Nick Brignola Dies“Troy-born jazzman Nick Brignola dies Master of the baritone saxophone was sideman, bandleader for 40 ...”01How Not To Treat Your Band Members“One of my friends sent this clip of a "professional" band leader chewing out his ...”CD Copy Protection and Stuff“I came across this article from the SF Cronicle. I can't agree more with the ...”
- Jan31Required Reading?“Domjazz writes "There is a book out there that every serious player should read. It's called ...”27Mini-PC and GigaStudio“Adding to the list of things I want (new car, Selmer Mark VI Bari Sax, ...”22David Liebman Newsletter And Taxes“If you don't get David Liebman's newsletter, go and subscribe to it. David Liebman is ...”21Rush Limbaugh Gets Hearing Back“Love him or hate him, it is great to know that technology has enabled someone ...”19Tripod“I have never really been asked to review a band's CD,but TriPod insisted on sending ...”Tone Deaf Study“NPR has a report on "musical disabilities". The official term for people who have difficulty ...”17CD Copy Protection and Support“Copy protected CDs. Yes, they are coming thanks to the Universal Music Group. To prepare ...”15The John Coltrane Quartet“saxtyrant writes "Alot of people talk about John Coltrane and Giant Steps and how that ...”13John Coltrane's Soprano Setup“Saxtyrant writes "I was wondering if anybody knew what John Coltrane's soprano setup was?" Good question. ...”11Rhythm Changes Patterns - Part 1“I dug this up from my Finale archives, and tweaked it, and ended up with ...”09Juan Garcia Esquivel Dies“Juan Garcia Esquivel died Thursday, due to complications from a stroke, at his home in ...”08New Compression Format?“I came across this article about a new compression technique that is shaking the tech ...”02Napter's New Business Model“In case you don't know, the new Napster has arrived. Many sites like Slashdot.org and ...”
- 2001
- Dec30Digital Music Winners/Losers For 2001“MP3 Newswire is running two articles that contain their top 8 MP3 winners and ...”29Best Portable Recording Device?“I'm suffering from a little tech envy. My friend and fellow teacher Rich Fongheiser recently ...”28Meyer Tenor Mouthpiece Problems“saxxxxxxxxx maaaan writes "Well! I bought a jazz Meyer mouthpiece with a tip opening of ...”27Marcel Mule/Siguard Rascher Dead?“Anonymous Coward writes "I heard a rumor on alt.music.saxophone that both Marcel Mule and Siguard ...”I'm a High School Student Who Needs Advice“NewGuy writes "I'm in High School in a small town in the middle of nowhere. ...”18Rock Style“Stephen Driscoll writes "As a sax player for years now, I have been playing many ...”New MOTU Interface“I thought Mark Of The Unicorn was cool for releasing the 828 firewire interface. And ...”12Yoko Kanno“Ok, I'll admit it. I'm a Japanese Anime freak. I love Ninja Scroll, Record Of ...”11John Coltrane's Life - Part 2“This is part two to a great Coltrane dissertation that was submitted by The-End. The ...”05Gordon Goodwin's Big Phat Band - Swingin' For The Fences“One of my students turned me on to this CD. Probably because we started playing ...”04John Coltrane's Life“There has been a lot of interest in John Coltrane recently. Some guys at Guitar.com ...”03WX or EWI or ???“There was an interesting discussion on the Wind Synth list (sorry, I don't know where ...”02Jerry Bergonzi Pentatonic Patterns - Part 3“Here are some more pentatonic patterns for use with Jerry Bergonzi's Inside Improvisation Vol. 2 ...”
- Nov30Band-in-a-Box Version 11“PGMusic has been at it again. The have bumped Band-in-a-Box to version 11. It is ...”29Judge Approves Rates For Streaming Music Service“Newsbytes has this Story. 'A federal judge has approved an interim agreement over royalties to ...”25Jerry Bergonzi Pentatonic Patterns - Part 2“Here are some more pentatonic patterns for use with Jerry Bergonzi's Inside Improvisation Vol. 2 ...”23Sony MDS-JE470 MiniDisc Deck“Christmas has come early for me. I splurged and bought a Sony MDS-JE470 MiniDisc Deck ...”I can't figure out what wrong with my Alto“saxdude writes "I switch back and fourth between my tenor(spensor) and alto(yamaha) and I ...”22Build Interesting Instruments for CHEAP“Some times the internet can really yield interesting information. Dennis Havlena's website is such a ...”20Dan Higgins Jazz Etude Book Backgrounds“I've had this Dan Higgins "Jazz Etude Book" for a while, and decided it would ...”17Jerry Bergonzi Pentatonic Patterns“Here are some pentatonic patterns for use with Jerry Bergonzi's Inside Improvisation Vol. 2 - ...”15New Midi Gear“There are a bunch of new midi items out there I think are quite interesting. ...”10RIAA, Music Unions Agree On Payments For Digital Play“"BBC News is reporting that musicians and artists will now be paid directly for broadcasts ...”01Sonny Rollins Safely Evacuated“Ross Walters of Bison writes "I was watching the news Sept 12 or 13 and ...”
- Oct31What's In Your Gig Bag?“When I go to a gig, rehearsal, whatever, I take a bag of stuff with ...”29DownSlam“Anonymous Coward writes "I read about DownSlam here some months ago. Just wanted to let ...”28Saxophone Velocity Studies Book-OLD“Griffbooks@aol.com writes "Dear ANYONE, I have been looking for a copy of the "killer" book(phamplet),about 9"x12" ...”15RIAA Wants Right To Hack“According to Wired, the recording industry wants the right to hack into your computer and ...”12Science Behind the Song Stuck in Your Head“"Warning: This article could be hazardous to your sanity. It contains discussions of songs so ...”Inflatable Loudspeakers“Imagine showing up for a gig, and having a complete PA system in your backpack. ...”08Tragic Hearing Loss“Love him or hate him, Rush Limbaugh has been on the air for over 14 ...”03RIAA to sue KaZaZ, Morpheus, and Grokster“Dotcomscoop.com has an interesting story that says the RIAA is going to try to sue ...”02MOTU's 828 FireWire Audio Interface“Mark of the Unicorn has always been making some pretty hip stuff. Digital Performer, Midi ...”
- Sep28The Never Ending Search for a Good Reed“Anonymous Coward writes "Man, it took me a long time to find a good reed. ...”2515 Easy Jazz, Blues, Funk Etudes By Bob Mintzer“I recently purchased 15 Easy Jazz, Blues, Funk Etudes by Bob Mintzer in the hopes ...”24Multiphonics - Ken Dorn & John Gross“In the world of modern saxophone playing, something to add to your arsenal of techinque ...”23Coltrane at 75“The New York Times has a great article about Coltrane and his continuing influence on ...”20Finale 2002 Review“I just received my upgrade to the latest, greatest version of Finale. Finale 2002 sports ...”17The Quality of Teaching in Schools“This really made me shake my head. Here is the story.I have a 4th student ...”13Montreux's Equipment Set-up“While surfing the other day, I came across this link. It details the Montruex Jazz ...”12Selmer Saxophones“joemaynard writes "ALright i am getting ready to purchase a (tenor saxophone) new horn, i ...”10Pat Metheny - 80/81“seer writes "I recently purchased a CD I thought the jazz-sax community might enjoy. It's ...”08EFF's Open Audio License“The EFF is staging a public concert in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park to promote ...”Bob Belden - Black Dahlia“The first time I heard Bob Belden was on something I downloaded off the now ...”Michael Brecker - Nearness Of You“I just got around to listening to Michael Brecker's new album, "Nearness of You - ...”Onstage Magazine Review“Well, maybe we're "offical" now. Maybe not. Regardless, Jazz-Sax.Com was mentioned in an article in ...”07EWI 3020 Manual“Here is the manual for the Akai EWI 3020. I got mine used, so, this ...”04Levels 101“Electronic Musician has an interesting article about Microphone levels, gain, etc etc. Pretty much a ...”
- Aug31Future of Digital Music in Doubt“NPR has an excellent article about the growing trend of 'real' radio stations abandoning streaming ...”28Sax Overhaul/Repair“I got this in an email today, and thought it was "story worthy" thaddyj writes ...”26Ken Burns Jazz Society for the Purification of Jazz“I came across this site. It's so true it's funny. A little dark, but oh ...”25Selmer Harmonic Mechanism“I was browsing Ebay as I usually do, looking at things that are cool (mainly ...”23Shure Beta 57A“I picked a Shure Beta 57A off of Ebay the other day. I've been testing ...”RIAA To Target CD-R“I lifted this from Slashdot.According to this 8/20 RIAA press release, the RIAA is concerned ...”22Finale 2002 Coming!“Coda Music the makers of Finale have announced Finale 2002. Interesting things included are a ...”20Prizm Saxophones“Joe writes "Just curious about prizm saxophones, a freshman sax player has one, has anyone heard ...”19Brecker On EWI Clips“The EWI-EVI page has some great video clips of Michael Brecker playing EWI from 1987 ...”EVI Dissertation“Patchman Music has Ron Cole's doctoral dissertation titled "The Electronic Valve Instrument: Nyle Steiner's Unique ...”17Sax Transcriptions“seer writes "Saw some nice transcriptions here. Some rare Brecker stuff, along with trane, dexter ...”16Two Articles on the state of MIDI“Digital Prosound has some reprints of two Mix Magazine articles about the state of MIDI. ...”15Modern Recording Techniques“Having become quite interested in recording, microphones, digital recording, etc, I was interested in finding ...”08Tower Record's Financial Problems“So how are the financial difficulties of Tower Records going to affect those who wish ...”07MiniDisc Long Play“For those of you who follow Minidisc technology, you will be interested in this article ...”04Berklee To Use Finale“This article was interesting. Berklee is making Finale the "standard" on Campus.I use Finale all ...”
- Jul29Saving Vinyl“Here is an interesting article about one man's quest to save recordings. Maybe there should ...”Diana Krall at Concord Pavilion“I went and saw Diana Krall at the Concord Pavilion last night. I was very ...”27Interview With Chris Potter“Yahoo has a link to an interview with Chris Potter. I also found this interview ...”25RIAA Going After ISPs“You know, news like this is beginning to tick me off. Why can't the RIAA, ...”17Carnegie Hall Setup“I found this article which details the equipment that they are using in Carnegie Hall. ...”Napster .NAP and Subscription Services“Napster is pretty much dead, but they are planning to launch a subscription based service ...”13Lossy Music Formats Compared - Kinda...“The Washington Post has an article detailing the results of having a "a diverse panel ...”Fleshing Out The Virtual Studio“I have a little virtual studio. It consists of a roland sound canvas, an Alesis ...”12Have Titanium, Will Travel“I found this article which tells of Genesis member and Mike and the Mechanics founder ...”11Real-time, Wireless Rock Tour“I found this article about a band embarking on the world's first real-time, wireless rock ...”09Protools Free For Macintosh“In case you have not heard, you can get a FREE version of Digidesign's ProTool. ...”06Search For A Song in Your Library“I found this site which has a searchable index of over 30 fake book indexes, ...”The Value of Vintage Mouthpieces“I was visiting some sites, and Ebay and I was really surprised at what prices ...”03Altissimo Fingerings“This is a compilation of altissimo fingerings I've found in various book, article, internet email, ...”02Apple OS X and Midi“I found this article about Midi support in OS X. So far, it's nonexistant. Sounds ...”
- Jun30Joe Henderson Dies at age 64“Very sad news. Joe Henderson has died. I remember playing with him many times while ...”29Saxophone Amplification“Jbone2w2 writes "I have recently been experimenting with effects and amplification of my Saxes. I ...”24Finale Plug-ins“TGTools makes some incrediable plug-ins for Coda's Finale. Some of the things I love are ...”23Saxophone Mouthpiece Information“saxtyrant writes "I was wondering, does anyone know about any websites where I can get ...”20Question about Dukoff and Meyer mouthpeices“saxtyrant writes "I play on a Meyer 5 Medium and sometimes on a Dukoff superpower ...”19Music Dictionary“Here you go. When your confronted with those strange terms you don't remember anymore from ...”Best Wishes To Mark Stanley“Fellow local guitarist and singer Mark Stanley was struck ill on May 2 with meningococcemia ...”17Drop The Needle Test“I found this link which was kind of interesting. Perhaps we should consider a "name ...”15Online Saxophone Courses“Ok, I usually get about 1 or 2 emails a month asking if I do ...”14Online Sheet Music“I found this article about the trend of distributing sheet music. I have tried a couple ...”13Two Music Industry Notes“The first one deals with ASCAP "enshrining" some jazz greats, including Johnny Hodges. The second ...”12New Brecker Album“seer writes "Don't know if everyone noticed but Michael Brecker has a new album coming ...”11What Sequencer to Get?“I'm going to upgrade my Midi studio. Currently, I have been using Cakewalk 8 on ...”04Totally Unrelated but Cool Site“Pianographique is neat. I feel like a DJ now. Watch out now. I'm hip. I'm ...”03How to Choose a Microphone“I found this article on ”
- May31Spyro Gyra Turns 25“Yahoo.com had an article about Spyro Gyra turning 25. Congrats guys! Your stuff has always ...”30CDDB and the Battle over it“CNET.Com ocassionally has a good article. Here is one such article. It details the War ...”27The Ultimate Computer For Your Studio?“I just recently bought a PowerMac Cube for my studio. I was getting frustrated with ...”25Susannah McCorkle Dies“I found this, this and this about Jazz Singer Susannah McCorkle. Its a shame that ...”20MusicNet and SDMI Failure“The Associated Press has an article about MusicNet, a new venture of Real and the ...”Vivendi to buy MP3.com“I found this article about French multimedia giant Vivendi Universal buying MP3.com. Seems funny, but ...”16Fake It On Guitar“Rootnode.org had this article about how to Fake playing blues on the guitar. It's kinda ...”15Music Released "OpenMusicRegistry"“Here is an article I found on Newsforge.com. A couple of music lovers think the ...”10Guardala Earthtone Series“After rehearsing the other night, I got into a conversation with Guido Fazio about Guardala ...”02ASCAP Going After Daycamps“I found this and frankly, I find it real disturbing. The American Society of Composers, ...”
- Apr29DVD-Audio Format Will Have To Overcome Confusion“Newscientist.com has an interesting article about trying to get people to adopt the new DVD ...”27RIAA Running Scared“There is an interesting article on Salon.Com detailing the RIAA threatening a Princeton professor. Basically, ...”26Eliminating Electrical Noise“Ok, I have a problem. In the studio where I teach there seems to be ...”25Smoking: How does it affect sax playing??“420brownhouse writes "I am a tenor player from Lansing, MI, and I was just reading ...”1001 Jazz Licks“I just picked up a copy of Jack Sneidman's 1001 Jazz Licks - A Complete ...”Strange Music“There's a new music afoot, somewhat nontraditional, and it just might set your toe tapping. ...”EFF Releases Public Music License“Slashdot.org has an article about the EFF releasing a public music license. As the press ...”24Rollable Display?!?“Ok all you inventors. Here is an article describing a new black and white display ...”Hardwired for Hearing Music?“The New Scientist website has an interesting article about a study that seems to indicate ...”22Bay Area Piano Great Smith Dobson Dies“I received an email from Mel Martin that Bay Area piano great Smith Dobson was ...”20EWI Article in May Electronic Musician“The latest issues of Electronic Musician has an article about the current state of EWIs ...”Napster Licenses "Acoustic Fingerprinting" Tech“Reuters is reporting that Napster has licensed an "acoustic fingerprinting" technology from a company called ...”19Flat, See-Through Speakers?!?“I found this very interesting article about some research being done on completely flat speakers. ...”16Clifford Brown Aebersold Play-Along“I was browsing the Jamey Aebersold website, ordering some new stuff and to contact them ...”15David Liebman - Tenor Solos“I just recently bought David Liebman - Tenor Solos which is a CD ...”12Taking Out MP3“ZDnet has an interesting article about how Real Networks and Microsoft are trying to get ...”Happy Birthday, Herbie Hancock!“Herbie Hancock celebrates his 61st birthday today. Happy B-Day to a great jazz musician! Hope ...”09Miles 75th Birthday Releases“Yahoo is reporting that Legacy Recordings is working on some CD projects in memory of ...”08How Can I Develop Vibrato for Classical and Jazz?“Anonymous Coward writes "I have been playing the Alto for 4 years, and I am ...”06Diana Krall Goes Platinum“Yahoo has an article that vocalist/pianist Diana Krall's 1999 album, When I Look In Your ...”05Wynton Marsalis Named U.N. ‘Messenger of Peace’“Yahoo has a news article that is reporting that Wynton has been designated a UN ...”04Microsoft launches streaming music service“Microsoft, which seemingly wants to enter every market now, has announced its own streaming music ...”Is Jazz Dead?“I found this rather interesting article on FeedMag.Com. Not quite sure what the author, Geoff ...”02Ultimate Jazz Play-Along Jam with Eric Marienthal“Campana Music periodically gets some new and interesting books in, and one such book that ...”Reed Cryogenics“I came across this webpage that Stephen Howard Woodwind put together. A real thorough study ...”01Improv - without Music?“Stupid kid writes "At my church we have a band, but it is all guitars ...”
- Mar30Joshua Redman Article“The Contra Costa Times has a good interview/article with Joshua Redman. Talks a little about ...”29Want to get a Mark VI.....“seer writes "I am currently a student of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and have ...”Moe Koffman Dead at 72“Moe Koffman, canadian jazz great, died Wednesday at the age of 72 after a long ...”Conn 10M Tenor and Intonation“awsax writes "I have been playing for about 4 years after a long layoff 20yrs ...”28Reed Woes“cbcjr6 writes "I finally after playing for 20 years bought myself a new Tenor. ...”27Walt Weiskopf - Around The Horn“I just recently picked up Around The Horn - 21 Modal Scales and Arpeggios Every ...”LAME Encoder Enters Beta“My favorite encoder, LAME has entered a beta release. They've been building Alpha versions for ...”23James Carter“Mono writes "Does anyone know what type of mouthpiece James Carter uses on his soprano ...”CMEA and Jazz“I was really upset the other night. I learned that potentially three of my saxophone ...”20Soprano Mouthpieces“Lei Fang writes "I started playing rock n' roll music with a soprano sax a ...”Jamey Aebersold Vol. 98 - Antonio Carlos Jobim“I just picked up one of the latest greatest Jamey Aebersold Play-a-longs. Antonio Carlos ...”18How to do a Slide on Saxophone“dewlay writes "Anyone know how to do a slide on the saxophone like Joshua Redman ...”17RIAA Screwing Copyright Holders?“Wired has an interesting article about the RIAA petitioning the copyright offices to allow them ...”16Ken Burns Jazz Boxed Set Goes Platinum“Yahoo has an article about the Ken Burns PBS Series Jazz boxed CD set going ...”15Aimster to remove Pig Latin Encoder“Yahoo had an article about Aimster removing a Pig Latin Encoder that it had on ...”14Metal Mouthpieces“the playah from WI writes "I have a question about metal mouthpieces. I have ...”12Quarter Sized Super CDs?“Slashdot.org had a discussion going about a new, quarter sized CD like media. This new ...”07New Music Distribution Model/Legal Nap-Alternative“Anonymous Coward writes "Hola! After the latest Napster-slapping in the courts last Friday I decided ...”Mouthpieces“Danny Short writes "I just got a Vandoren T95 mouthpiece today, and it is loud ...”Old Mouthpieces“Sandy Stoddard writes "Anyone know what mouthpieces were stock with King Super 20 Alto or ...”Napster, RIAA and Pig Latin?!?“You all probably have heard by now that Napster has to remove all copyrighted materials ...”05Stan Getz's Horn and Nickel Plating“gimilkhad writes "What kind of tenor did Stan Getz use? Also, does the nickel plating ...”LA Sax 814“MaxRen writes "Can anyone comment on the L. A. Sax 814 tenor? I'm looking ...”03Benny Golson Concert“Yahoo had an article about the Lincoln Center having a Benny Golson tribute concert tonight. ...”01Sanborn and Sample to be Honored“Yahoo news had an article about David Sanborn and pianist Joe Sample. They are to ...”
- Feb26Flat Middle C#“Adam writes "I play soprano, alto and tenor sax and absolutely love all three horns. ...”Gary Smulyan Setup?“Anonymous Coward writes "Anyone know of Gary Smulyans bari sax setup???" No, but should I? ...”Sigurd Rascher Dies“Dale Wolford sent this: I just received word that Sigurd Rascher passed away this morning. ...”New version of Ogg Vorbis“The Ogg Vorbis people have released a new version of their audio program. The purpose ...”25MP3 Technology Unraveled & Napster "Protection"“Ever wonder what the heck MP3 is? Is it as good as CD? I found ...”Kenny Garrett Soprano Setup“Neil writes "anyone know kenny garrett's soprano setup?" Good question. I know he plays on ...”SR Mouthpieces: Are they worth it?“David writes "I'm considering buying a "Professional" mouthpiece for my alto sax, but I'd like ...”Guardala Fatboys“Courtney M. Nero writes "I've don't have any reward money, but I'll pass along a ...”New Link for Tenor--Hot..or not?“Courtney M. Nero writes "Otto Link has released a limited edition "Millenium 2000" model mpc ...”Guardala Model Question“Courtney Nero writes "Just received a Guardala tenor piece to check out for a day. ...”Kenny Garrett & selmer soloist mouthpieces“Andrew writes "Hey, I really dig Kenny Garrett's playing and love his sound. He uses an ...”Buyer Beware--Guardala Mouthpieces“C Nero writes "I sent Woodwind and Brasswind an email last week asking when they ...”23Playboy Jazz Label“Yahoo news has an article about a forth coming Jazz label by Playboy. "The imprint ...”22Nady Systems SCM 1000 Studio Condenser Microphone“I just bought an amazing microphone. Nady Systems SCM 1000 Studio Condenser Microphone. It's a ...”43rd Grammy Awards Winners“Congrats to Branford Marsalis for winning a Grammy in the Jazz Instrumental Album, Individual or ...”21Balanced Action Selmers“gimilkhad writes "Hey, what's the general opinion on early Selmer Balanced Action horns, mainly altos? ...”How successful is perfect pitch ear training?“Anonymous Coward writes "For the first 4 months of this school year I picked up ...”20Loans for Musicians?“Anonymous Coward writes "I am an aspiring musician. I currently play Alto saxophone, but have ...”18Dave Eshelman's Jazz Garden Big Band - Milagro's Journey“After an entertaining afternoon helping Rory with his Palm Pilot problems, he loaned me the ...”15Joshua Redman“CBCJr6 writes "Is anyone else very impressed with the technical,tonal and rhythmic mastery that Mr. ...”13Michael Brecker Patterns“Michael Brecker, born on March 29, 1949 in Philadelphia. Michael started on clarinet, then alto ...”12Q&A with Maria Schneider“I found this interesting Q&A talk with Maria Schneider. I like some of her stuff, ...”Napster Still Alive“Seems that Napster is still alive and kicking. They sort of one another battle in ...”11Selmer Reference Series“Selmer has a new line of saxophones out, the Reference series. There are two models. ...”08Old Wax Cylinders made Digital“Tinfoil.com, run by Glenn Sage of Portland, Oregon, takes old wax cylinders from collectors, records ...”JJ Johnson Dead at 77“Rory sent me this sad article about Jazz Trombonist JJ Johnson. We will miss you ...”06Conn 22m / Middle D“Antony writes "I've come accross a Conn 22m (1994?) in my seconed hand music shop ...”05Instrument Insurance -- A must have?“Your instruments are valuable. Duh! Ever thought about what would happen if your precious Mark ...”04Cannonball and Dolphy“ChaimShmuel writes "I'm an alto player,and I'm fascinated by my two favourites-have been for a ...”03Bob Brookmeyer Thoughts“I got this interesting email the other day. It is supposedly by Bob Brookmeyer, the ...”Alesis Nanopiano“I just bought an Alesis Nanopiano off of ebay. Great little module for anyone's Midi ...”02Behringer Eurorack MX1604A Mixer“2 writes "Having a budding virtual studio is a pain. How does one hook up ...”
- Jan31Buescher“gimilkhad writes "Hey, what's the general opinion on Buescher horns from say 1914-1960?"”Real Questions“rhr4jc writes "I have just started playing Tenor Sax after a lay off of 25 ...”Korg M1“I just recently purchased a Korg M1, used of course, for $400. This venerable keyboard ...”30Quick way to play like Coltrane?“bobby washington writes "I am getting back into playing again after taking some 20 years ...”28Chris Hunter“Neil writes "Does anyone know what British, New York based, alto player, Chris Hunter is ...”26Coltrane - A Players Guide To His Harmony“I have had Coltrane - A Players Guide To His Harmony book for a while, ...”24Lookin For An Alto“gimilkhad wrote "Hey, does anybody know a good place to get ahold of a Mark ...”23Ken Burns Jazz“This is good. Fellow saxophonist and teacher Mike Zilber posted this on Birdlives.com There is ...”22New and Interesting things at NAMM 2001“MacWeek had two interesting links about some products shown at the NAMM show. The first ...”16What did John Coltrane play on?“NICK44269@AOL.COM writes "What kind of sax did Coltrane play on?" Good question. From what I ...”Unison Saxophones“Nick Banks writes "I am looking for the brand "Unison", they make a tenor that ...”12Bamboo Saxophones!“Mark Powell writes "I've just been having a browse round the 'net looking for saxophone ...”04Improv Tips - Science & Art“The Windlist has a good discussion going on about creating solos. Is it an art ...”03Selmer II or III?“Michael writes "I am planning to purchase a new saxophone, but am undecided whether I ...”Grammy Nominations“Grammy nominations have been announced. Here are some interesting nominations.Go Michael Brecker.......Go Michael Brecker! Category ...”IAJE Schedule“Seems that the IAJE conference is happening again, in New York next week. For those ...”01Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra Basle, 1969“I just was at Borders, and they had some Thad Jones/Mel Lewis Orchestra stuff. I ...”
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- Dec31Why Computer's Can't Improvise“Feedmag had an interesting article about why computers can't play jazz.They seem to have overlooked ...”28Les Paul, DigiDesign win Grammys“The Grammys website has news that Guitarist/Engineer Les Paul, and DigiDesign won Grammys. They were ...”27Jazz Can Teach Intimacy?“CNN has a quote from filmmaker Ken Burns in this article which he says that ...”Schoolhouse Rock Creater dies“CNN has news that Thomas G. Yohe died on December 22nd. For those of you ...”23Victor Borge dies at age 91“CNN has news that Victor Borge died yesterday at the age of 91. Its real ...”Streaming MP3s?“Slashdot.org had a post about this article explaining how to set up your own ...”20Jerry Dodgion's Central Park North Solo“Here is Jerry's Dodgion's Soprano Sax solo from the Thad Jones song Central Park North. ...”19Einstein Article“US News and World Report had an interesting story about Albert Einstein a few issues ...”16Big Time Drool Factor - Digi 001/Pro Tools LE“MacAddict has a real nice review of Digidesign's Digi 001 with Protools LE 5.01. For ...”11Ogg Vorbis vs. MP3 License Holder“CNET has an interesting article about Ogg Vorbis. Ogg Vorbis is a project to create ...”09Two Great Artists“Two great musicial artists died this week. Hoyt Curtin, the composer of theme music for ...”06Transcribing Tools“Having just ordered the latest Band in a Box they included a neat little piece ...”Evening with Don Menza“I got to spend some time with the great Don Menza tonight. It was very ...”01Audio Fingerprinting“ZDnet and Slashdot.org have interesting articles on music "fingerprinting". The ZNet one is about a piece ...”
- Nov17Roland Sound Canvas SC-8820“I recently sold my Sound Canvas SC88. I wanted to upgrade to the new Sound ...”15Band in a Box 9“If you haven't heard about Band in a Box from PG Music, then you've had ...”14Such Sweet Thunder“Here is an arrangement of Such Sweet Thunder by Duke Ellington. ”Four Brothers“Here is an arrangement for Big Band of Four Brothers, the classic Woody Herman song. Four ...”Self Portrait“Self Portrait, one of my favorite songs from my Steps Ahead albums. The melody sheet ...”David Liebman Patterns“David Liebman was born on September 4, 1946 in New York. In the 1960's he ...”11Paul Contos Patterns“Patterns that bay area saxophonist Paul Contos might use. Some good II/V/I patterns and some ...”Clifford Brown Patterns“Patterns that Clifford Brown might have used in his improvisations. ”Coltrane Patterns“Coltrane ii-V patterns in all keys. Over 140 pages!Also visit John Coltrane.Com for more information ...”10Chromatic Exercise“Little exercise to work on some of those awkward finger issues on saxophone. ”Zinn Practice Regimen for Saxophone“Inspired by Dann Zinn, professor at Cal State Hayward. When Dan took over saxophone at ...”Trills“Exercise to practice trilling the whole range of the saxophone. ”Minor Chord Studies“Minor chord exercise. ”Major Chord Studies“A little exercise to get used to major chords. ”Palm Key Exercises“Great bunch of exercises to get you used to those funny little keys on the ...”Pinkie Exercises“These are a bunch of exercises to strengthen your pinkie. Probably the hardest thing to ...”08Ear Training Software“Ok, computers are awesome. They can really help you do a lot of stuff. One ...”What It Takes To Webcast Music“Slashdot.org had an interesting reference to THIS article describing what it takes to broadcast music ...”07Finale 2001 and Music Scanning“Ok, I'm a advid user of Finale from Coda Software. It used to require a ...”Use the Mic Luke! The Mic!“Ok, I went and saw a student's high school jazz band play. Sounded like your ...”01Napster Sells Out“The "Free" Music trading service, Napster, seems to have struck a deal with the recording ...”Musicial Humor“If I'm like everyone else, and I'm not, then I received about 20-30 jokes a ...”
- Oct31CD Review - Walt Weiskopf - Anytown“I recently bought Walt Weiskopf's Anytown CD. Nice. I was interested to hear his playing ...”Steve Allen Dies at age 78“The first host of the Tonight Show and comedian supreme, Steve Allen died today. He ...”30How to get more bite in your sound....“So, I was using the computer today, and someone Instant Messengered me. He wanted to ...”25Palm Pilot“Ok, seems like every musician I know has a Palm Pilot. Why? Cause they work! ...”18Minidisc Recorder Review“Ok, I FINALLY got my Minidisc recorder. Its small. Real real small. Just slightly bigger ...”17Yahoo enters the Online Music Business“CNET has an article that Yahoo has just cut a deal to allow consumers to ...”15Jazz Conception by Jim Snidero“I have to rave about Jim Snidero's great series of books, Jazz Conception . ...”Super Audio CDs“ABC News has an interesting article about Sony's upcoming Super Audio Compact Disc (SACD). SACD ...”12Intervalic Improvisation - The Modern Sound“Intervalic Improvisation - The Modern Sound: A Step Beyond Linear Improvisation by Walt Weiskopf is ...”07Recording Setup - Microphones“So, lets talk microphones. What do people recommend? I'm using a unidirectional 80-12,000khz microphone hooked ...”
- Sep3027Project Madison“Slashdot.org had an interesting article about IBM's Madison Project. Seems that RIAA is still trying ...”13Stanley Turrentine Dies at age 66“ABC News has an article confirming the news that legendary saxophonist Stanley Turrentine has died ...”07Buying Stuff On Ebay“Afraid of buying instrument stuff on Ebay? I had some reservations about it, but generally ...”04Where the Dollars Go“My local paper, the San Ramon Valley Times had a good article about the break ...”03Charlie Parker“Charlie Parker Born in Kansas City on August 29 1920. Died on March 12 1955.He ...”Sonny Rollins“b. Theodore Walter Rollins, 7 September 1929, New York, USA. Although an older brother played ...”Cannonball Adderley“b. Julian Edwin Adderley, 15 September 1928, Tampa, Florida, USA, d. 8 August 1975, Gary, ...”Michael Brecker“Michael Brecker, born on March 29, 1949 in Philadelphia. Michael started on clarinet, then alto ...”Coltrane Solos“John Coltrane was perhaps the saxophone's greatest players. He was also an innovative jazz improvisor, ...”
- Aug27Focusing Audio“Slashdot.org has an interesting article up about a new technology that is used to focus ...”26Studio Setups“I'm just getting around to fixing up my music studio. Putting in new carpet and ...”The Best for the Worst?!?“There was a interesting little discussion on the Flute mailing list about how some players ...”
- Jul16Music On The Mind“Newsweek had an interesting article about Music and the brain. I especially like the part ...”
- Jun22Napster and Jazz“Ok, I have to admit, I have tried Napster. You know, that thing that groups ...”16Tone Module for the Palm Pilot“Slashdot.org has a article that a Tone Module for the Palm Pilot is about ready ...”13The Kenny G Controversy“This has been flying around the news groups and stuff. It started on the Pat ...”11Electronic Displays for Music“I came across this message in one of the Usenet news groups alt.music.saxophone: Everybody's talking about ...”10The Augmented Scale In Jazz“A month or so ago I bought The Augmented Scale In Jazz - A Player's ...”07Joshua Redman Interviews“CDNow has an interesting interview with great tenor saxophonist Joshua Redman. Part One and Part ...”
- May30The best NEW horn to get?“So you've been asked again by your students. "What is the best brand of NEW ...”How record companies have stole from you“2 writes "CNet has a article about how the CD industry has been conspiring to ...”Great Cheap Clarinet“Some one wrote in "I just had a student pick up a E11 Buffet clarinet. ...”28Vintage Mouthpieces --- IT'S TRUE“You all have heard it. Perhaps from a teacher, or a famous player, or perhaps ...”25Jean-Pierre Rampal dies at 78“World-renowned French flutist Jean-Pierre Rampal died on Saturday of heart failure. Rampal was best known ...”
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