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glad you like it William. I bought an original one many years ago cause I feared losing my MBI and so wanted a back-up that was reasonably close. At the time, I actually thought the King would be the brighter one but no, it’s not as bright as the Michael Brecker model.

Since the Copper reeds came out I have really been using my MBII Fatboy a lot…[Read more]

yes it’s included and there is a link to it in the “Tone Development” section.
It’s set up as “drip content” meaning it becomes available after a certain amount of time. This was done for a couple reasons.
If you’re at a place that you rally want to jump into it immediatley I can possible get you access tho so let me know.

you’re close William but the dotted half rest is equal to 6 beats not 5. if you divide the dotted half rest in half, you get 2 dotted quarter beats (each is worth 3 beats)
make sense?

thanks Don, yes that was cool and a lot of fun….I’m on the lookout!

hey Bill welcome. I’m g;ad ypou found us, let me know how you make out with the lessons or need any questions answered…I’m here!

I guess you mean the Leanard Cohen song…yes I thought about it, but not on my current list.

sounds good….also try doing what I do, just put the mic up and about3-4 ft away from the bell and adjust the gain/and your distance.
personally I never got into micing real close on tone holes etc.

hard blower!!

william, let me know what you have set up etc and upload an mp3 of it so I can give a listen…maybe help sort it out.

nice Bruce…I would like to hear you play much louder…not the in the mix, I mean blow much louder. doing that everyday will improve your sound. right now it’s a ,little on the soft side so blow man blow!

1. go to the video page of the song you’re working on (the page that has the video of me playing the song (or if you downloaded the full mix mp3 of my version)
2. then get your sheet music and follow along.
3. make sure you understand the intro count-in, number of intro bars etc. and also the “road map” which means any repeats, 1st ending, 2nd…[Read more]

Hi Randall, can you be more specific? do you mean you get lost throughout or what exactly is happening?

Rich, the coupon code is refreshed at beginning of each month.
email me and I’ll sort it out for you.

well that sucks Mike!
hopefully you can use the 2 weeks for other productive things.
I read in a John Coltrane bioraphy he used to practice in hotel rooms really early in the morning without putting his mouth on the sax….just did finger exercises!

never did like BG’s on backing tracks, but that’s besides the point…
your mix was very good, and wow, what a solo…right on Mike!

Sheila, is that your new mp?
you have a very good sense of rythme and your reading also sounds very good.
these are two great things for a beginner to have!
At this point you would benefit greatly from one of the best tone improving exercises: long tones
Check out the Daily Practice Routine you’ll find in the Premium Membership section.

the groove is definately a fun one to jam to and we can practise all sorts of stuff over it, which you did!… sounded good mike.

Hey Dennis, the song download files which include the sheet music plus mp3 audio backing tracks are a digital download so there is no need to supply a mailing address, only when ordering a reed or mouthpiece of course.

really good Mike, I like how you got a lot of your own phrasing on it….and agreed, a very fun one to play!