john

I have a link tone edge, they are easy to play but you’ll be limited a bit on your sound so eventually you’ll want to move to another mp if you’re going for an edgier blues/rock sound.
I switched to Fiberreed several years ago and only use them now, mostly the Onyx and the Copper. Nothing like a perfect cane reed but their short life, drying out,…[Read more]

Jan, they match. you don’t need to transpose.

oh ya….I played one during my first few early years way before I discovered Guardala. I believe mine was an 8 or 9*
That along with a Berg were my entry to the metal mp’s.
It’s been too many years since I played it so I couldn’t really tell you how it felt except that Dave Guardala made better ones since I still use his and dropped those other…[Read more]

right on Tom…glad to hear it worked well for you

well done JC!

my teacher used to hold his hand about an inch away from my fingers and the exercise was that I would play but try not to let my fingers touch his hand. maybe you have a family member around that could do that?

Lee Allen did do this solo….the band is just lip-syncing to the actual track so those sax players (and rest of band) are only pretending to play….look and listen again and you’ll notice there aren’t any sax parts in this entire tune, only the solo but the sax section is pretending to play throughout the entire song!

not familiar with that one

yes any song from the complete list here:

Saxophone Music

it’s set up for one at a time but each member can do it 4 times at anytime during the month.

right on Leo, you’re getting spot on with the backing track…obvious improvement
amazing what persistent practising can do! you’re one with the band.

wow july 1st already!
thanks s

love Foot Pattin’ used it as a set opener with my live band for a few years.

ha ya good one….we love rock and roll!

Thx JC…I kinda copied the hammond solo cause I’ve loved it since I was a kid but you obviously can play anything over that section…pentatonic scale!

I did a live gig last week and took a cane reed just to have in case my fiberreeds chipped. I ended up using the Vandoren cane and it worked great. so I left it on my sax all this week and it started to remind me of all the hassles it gave me; drying out, squeaking etc. today I finally put an Onyx back on and it feels great. all-round just a…[Read more]

Yes Jan, sorry for the late reply…you are all set up now so try it now.

he also wrote a book recently all about blues and rock saxophonists:

that’s echo. very typical and common effect which is set with the song tempo in this case.
you can hear it repeat the lick and is perfectly timed with the beat. This is a wide, meaning it has a lot of space between the originally played lick and the actual echo repeat of it. As compared with a more “slap’ echo which repeats instantly with no space…[Read more]