A few weeks ago I saw a brief instructional video by monster sax player and educator, George Garzone. In the video, he takes on a plethora of topics, but one thing he said really stood out to me. George says that the first thing he does when a new student comes to him is have [read more…]
Now repeat the title of this article 27 times in a row at 300 bpm. But seriously ladies and gents, with this article I’d like to stress the importance of practicing your instruments at all different levels of volume, from pianissimo all the way up to fortissimo. From the Back to the Middle and Around Again [read more…]
The new JodyJazz DV HR Tenor uses the patented DV secondary window to add mid and low harmonics, resulting in a more authoritative tone than normal tenor sax mouthpieces provide. And the long straight somewhat high baffle gives the mouthpiece it’s fantastic projection and cutting power along with excellent altissimo.
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Dexter Gordon, Marcel Mule, David Sanborn – what do these legendary musicians all have in common? The answer, of course, is a big, beautiful, and distinctive tone. If you’re like me, for years and years, the only thing I ever heard about improving my sound was to practice long tones and support the air from [read more…]
Yes, yes, I know, I’ve been droning on and on about overtones lately. But I’ve really been having a good time practicing the exercises from part 3 of the Intro to Overtones series and isolating some of the muscles that haven’t really developed to the extent I’d like to develop them. One thing I discovered [read more…]
I recently did an interview with the NYC sax master who’s worked with Steely Dan, Buddy Rich, and 14 albums-worth of his own groups, Walt Weiskopf. One interesting story Walt told me was how he attained his dream of getting into the Buddy Rich band. Apparently, Walt would go to the band’s gigs and meet [read more…]
We spend hours practicing our instrument (well, at least some of us). We bust our chops trying to sound better all the time. Playing long tones, scales, etudes, harmonics, learning tunes, soloing over changes, taking lessons – you know what I’m talking about. Hard work works every time, but sometimes it’s worth asking – “am [read more…]
This article was inspired by a great question from reader in the UK, Peter (“reader”, “Peter” – that sounds kind of funny, doesn’t it?). Peter writes: Hi Doron, First of all let me say what a great site you have, a fantastic resource. Thank you. I have just bought my first sax (alto) and I [read more…]
This article is the third in a three-part series. If you haven’t done so already, I suggest you check out part one and part two. So now that we know what overtones are and why we should practice them, it’s time to put some of this knowledge to practice. While there are a good number of online [read more…]
So here I am with the second installment of Back on the Sax where I detail my adventures as I go from tech and blogging geek back into my former status of professional giggin’ sax player. To read more about the thinking behind this series you can check out my first Back on the Sax [read more…]
Intro Sure, I’ve played professionally quite a bit in the past. But these days, I’m more of a technology and blogging guy. I don’t pretend to be a full-time professional sax player touring the world and sharing stages with the greats. So then why would I run a website packed with info that’s supposed to [read more…]
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