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A saxophonist can never have too many reeds, nor have too many neck straps. Over the years, I have had a plethora of neck straps, ranging from the Ray Hyman strap, to various no-name padded ones, to that newish […]

I have had an Akai EWI4000S for a while now (5 years? More?) I should probably at some point do a review of it and why you should get the 4000S instead of the crippled USB only version (or maybe that is the […]

If you haven’t heard of them, you should. Quite a versatile band.

It’s obviously a slow weekend when this story about what makes a prodigy is on the front of CNN. Not that CNN is really a relevant news source nowadays with their Twitter usage and general lack of a cohesive […]

File this under news no one really cares about….

One of the biggest bone head decisions was MakeMusic charging for NotePad, which had been free up until version 2009 (I think). Well, duh…..no one bought it. […]

We sorta had some forums here, but they were lame. Wordpress+Buddypress’s built in forum software sucked hard. Really hard. So, this weekend I was going to install BBPress but then discovered SimplePress. And that […]

So, I guess there was some sort of Saxophone Smackdown this weekend. Anyone, someone attended it and came away with some interesting information from Jerome Selmer.

Check it out. Interesting stuff.

There are a TON of Apps available for iOS. One app, Circular Breathing by Walter Beasley caught my eye after I read about it on a website I subscribe to in my RSS feeds.
Ok, lets get the good stuff out of the way […]

The Grammy awards are tonight, but some of them have already happened. And Steve Jobs received an award.
 
Eddy Cue Accepts Special Grammy Award Honoring Steve Jobs:

The Grammy ceremony for the Special Merit […]

The AFM applauds passage of FAA Bill :: Official Website of the American Federation of Musicians:

After five years and 23 short-term extensions, Congress has passed legislation reauthorizing the Federal […]

One of the best, if not THE BEST, movie composers, John Williams, turns 80 today. Though the article suggests 5 scores of his to listen to, there are TONS more. Like Indiana Jones music, ET, Superman (original), […]

Breaking into some other groups…..like The Black Keys……

So it seems Donny McCaslin had a broadcasted Masterclass yesterday. But the geniuses at the Manhattan School of music didn’t archive it. Yes, read that again. But the geniuses at the Manhattan School of music […]

Brilliant….as always

Honestly, I could care less who won the super bowl, but I would be more upset if the Patriots won. Hate that team. They are real *@*X*@&$&!*@$*XA@*#&@! and @*!&#@*$!*X*!&#$!* and @*!*!$&#*!#*(!($*!#&. Oh, and […]

I dunno……after the second time this song is annoying as hell.