Back in March when the COVID-19 quarantine went into effect, it took me a few weeks to gain my bearings. The shock and disbelief of watching all my upcoming tours, performances, and plans get cancelled day after day seemed too surreal to be true. I wasn’t playing my instrument much in those first few weeks. [read more…]
Having a sound you're not proud of is going to impact every aspect of your playing, from technique, to creativity, and ultimately, your ability to connect with the audience and the musicians you’re playing with.
If your sound is not where you'd want it to be, imagine how much better you’d play if you were hearing (and feeling!) a much more powerful, rich, expressive, and highly-nuanced sound coming out of your horn.
Well, as it happens, there’s a tried-and-true method for building your sound up to the point where you can feel truly unstoppable and make that huge impact on your listeners with not only your tone, but also with your ability to move around the horn gracefully and put out creative ideas that get everyone around you quickly perking up and taking notice.
This comprehensive “A-Z” method comes to us by way of sax legend David Liebman’s step-by-step process that giants such as Michael Brecker and Bob Berg took to achieve their own awe-inspiring sounds.
As one of the world’s leading authorities on saxophone sound production techniques, Dave puts his decades of experience into a course of study that cuts through all of the conflicting information on tone production, and gets you to where you need to go in the quickest way possible.
Click below to learn more, and get ready to discover just how authentic and powerful your playing can truly be.
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The Ultimate Guide to Saxophone Sound Production
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As jazz saxophonists we are always contending with the challenge of “originality.” Like most saxophone students, I started out practicing from method books and transcribed solos, but eventually realized that I was not going to stand out as a player, or feel creatively fulfilled, if I only practiced what everyone else was practicing. I had [read more…]
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