Tag: Reeds
Can the Marmaduke Line of Mouthpieces Replace the Classics? Plus, Lupifaro Reeds.
Tweet While at the 2013 NAMM show, I ran into a gentleman by the name of Alex Miyatake. I met Alex at the R.S. Berkley booth while trying out various Virtuoso tenor saxophones. Alex told me to try out his Marmaduke line of mouthpieces. I have heard and seen these mouthpieces on Sax.co.uk and have [...]
Category: Saxophone Product Reviews
The Path to Your Biggest Saxophone Sound Ever
Tweet If you’ve ever studied sound engineering, one of the first thing you learn is about signal flow. You see, in a recording studio you’ve got gobs of equipment that the sound passes through before making it to it’s final destination, which, in the “old days” was a tape machine, and these days, is a [...]
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Reviewed: Alexander Alto and Tenor Saxophone Reeds
Tweet One of the biggest issues that saxophonists must deal with is the challenge of finding a good reed. We all know what it’s like to buy a box of reeds and come across some reeds that are either too hard, too soft, mis-cut, warped, or chipped. Although there is not a reed manufacturer today [...]
Category: Saxophone Product Reviews
Bulletproof Saxophone Playing is Available…at a 40% Discount!
Tweet As many of you know, for the past 5 months, I’ve been busting my hump putting together the mother of all saxophone educational programs. I didn’t want it to be just average, but instead I wanted it to be bursting at the seams with game-changing information that would guarantee major improvement for all those [...]
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Audio Master Class Interview with Ricky Sweum
Tweet By now you’ve probably heard me rambling on and on about my new upcoming e-book and Audio Master Class Interviews, also known as Bulletproof Saxophone Playing. To kick off the Bulletproof Saxophone Playing festivities, I’m going to be posting three free audio master class interviews. Much to my honor and delight, the interviewees are [...]
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How to Make Your Reeds Play Better
Tweet Ever had a reed that was just a bit off? Maybe too hard, or too soft? Umm…what are you. CRAZY?! Of course we all have! In fact, most of the reeds we play fall into varying degrees of suckage. However, there are things you can do to make your reeds work better for you, thereby yielding [...]
Category: Best of the Blog, Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques
How Articulating the Wrong Way Can Screw Up Your Sound
Tweet What if I were to tell you that by using your tongue properly (and yes, I realize that sounds kind of creepy), you can boost your tone quality up a good notch? You might think, “Well that doesn’t make sense! What about the embouchure, throat, air support, tonal concept, reed, mouthpiece? Aren’t those the [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques
Last-Minute Christmas Shopping for your Fellow Sax Players
Tweet This article is a guest post from Danielle Luna of artroommelody.com. As just about all of you (in the western world at least) know, the holidays are upon us, and that means it’s time to kick off that yearly ritual of shopping for gifts. If you’re a sax player, you’re probably friends with at least a [...]
Category: Best Saxophone Tips and Techniques
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