Jazz-Sax, all things Jazz and Sax
So, the Woodwind and the Brasswind had this insane thing on their website. $4.99 for a double stand (Alto/tenor). So, I bought one. And it came today. And it is GREAT! The Ultimate Support double stand was a freaking steal. It is basically a knockoff of the Hamilton Double Saxophone stand. They look identical. Anyhow,…
Since leaving ProTools, I had to redo my default recording presets in Logic. Here is how I currently have it set up. First, I record everything at 96Khz. Why? Because I can. I think it sounds better too. More open maybe? I dunno. Here is a picture of my channel setups. The first track is the…
You have to watch this, it’s pretty awesome. Guy has amazing stuff!
Master saxophonist Harvey Pittel has an excellent series of videos about the teachings of legendary teacher Joe Allard. Enjoy!
Here we get to see Attilio Berni playing a J’Elle Stainer sub-contrabass sax and then an Eppelsheim soprillo. Too bad the camera didn’t pan to the right to see all the tubing on the Sub-Contrabass sax. Here is another link describing the sub-contra in more detail.
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 Rico Strap, various Neotech Straps, and even the Oleg Ergonomic strap. They all have their good…
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.
From the Local: A Swedish musician fell 20 metres to his death during a performance at a Leipzig street festival over the weekend. The man, Finn Martin, was supposed to use a rope to help him vertically slide down the façade of a building while playing a saxophone before dozens of cheering fans late Friday…
Csaxophone.com has a great article up about C Melody Saxophones. Actually, it was taken without citation from wikipedia. Shamelessly copied. Shame on you sirs! The article on Wikipedia isn’t the authoritative narrative of the rise and fall of the C-Melody. In fact, the author(s) of the Wikipedia article say “However, it is important to note…
One of my students showed me this.
Three years ago, I mentioned that a company was making an all plastic saxophone. Seems like they are actually getting them out now. And flooding YouTube with clips. Their website has 3 models of Altos listed, and a tenor. Only two of the alto links on the site work. And there are no prices or…
I got this in my email today. Funny stuff. HOW TO PLAY THE SAXOPHONE First things first: If you’re a white guy, you’ll need a stupid hat, the more stupid the better and preferably a beret. Sunglasses are optional, but all the really, really good players wear them, especially indoors. You’ll also need some “gig…
So, we have wooden clarinets, oboes, flutes, piccolos…..but a whole saxophone? Besides these guys NOT knowing how to play saxophone…….I just have to file this under the WTF category….
Interesting project from the UK. Here, I think you’d need to go visit TAP Plastics and get a 8 1/2″ by 12″ sheet, and maybe a Pop Screen to modify.
Ever wanted to see ALL the saxophones in action. Here you go.