Adam Savage, of MythBusters, gave an excellent speech to the Maker Faire in May (I think?). Though it applies more to his path, it also applies to us musicians as well. It’s very interesting. [Continue]

Rico Reeds has some really great videos of Walt Weiskopf up explaining one exercise from his book “Around The Horn” (which I highly recommend!). They also have some great videos from other artists like Chris Potter, Mel Martin, Ronnie Laws, etc. But then, they have videos from this Shannon Kennedy chick which were……..what? [Continue]

“Developed by composer and researcher Tomás Henriques, the instrument mixes computer music software, sensor technologies and flexible hand/arm gestures to generate rich, complex sounds.” My question is why? So we can do more Zen type music? Why do all these “demos” of new controllers and stuff always have like an [Continue]

From Engadget: “If you carry your sheet music in a laptop, AirTurn’s got a USB dongle for that, but if you’ve migrated your musical cues to an certain slate, never fear, Bluetooth is on the way. The AirTurn BT-105 will bring the company’s page turning technology to iPad, using a transmitter that attaches to standard [Continue]

If you don’t know who Dan Higgins is, you have heard him…..in movies, on TV soundtracks, albums, etc. He’s everywhere. Check him out. [Continue]

Ok, kind of old, but it seems it just made it up on YouTube. Great playing. [Continue]

More To Live For is a promo (I think) site for a film that will, it seems, feature some documentary footage of Michael Brecker’s struggles with Cancer. Check it out. [Continue]

I agree with this. I’ve never heard of Jazz Nerds International (JNI)….. [Continue]

Oh come on, a stand created by K&M? It’s a Bass Clarinet/Bassoon Stand guy. Been around forever. And they include a BACKPACK!?!? Wow, I’m sold. Seriously though, why? You need to take the “backpack”, the stand, a real laptop, and then the actual Eigenharp to a gig. Oh, plus an amp. So……why didn’t they [Continue]

Ok, I’m still waiting for the Coltrane or Brecker App…..but this is kind of cool. [Continue]

Dunno what is up with the dark glasses. Nor the using of the Metal Link (is that a metal link?). Last time I saw Menza he was totally into getting vintage rubber mouthpieces and modding them to his liking…. [Continue]

Yes, the iPad is out. Yes, it is amazing. No, it is not simply a bigger iTouch or an iPhone without the phone part. If you haven’t been able to try one, then go to a store and try it. You will be hooked. There are a few music apps out, like Magic Piano which [Continue]

Ok, not sax related, but I thought this was really really well done. [Continue]

Ok, now this guy is rocking technology. He’s using a Yamaha WX 5, TouchOSC and an open source program called PureData. Just watching this opens up a LOT of interesting ideas. Like using the TouchOSC to control loops, or change patches, or apply filters, or…….the things are endlessly possible. [Continue]

Ok, this is a total ad for ProTools, but it is highly interesting. Such gems as that when they did music for Titanic, they had 2 tons of outboard gear. On Avatar? Just one Mac Pro. Amazing. Avatar — Avid Audio is the Avatar for Groundbreaking New Soundtrack from Avid on Vimeo. [Continue]