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Well Richard has kept the Conn for a few days. He seems sure the leak on the bis is causing the octave jumps. I’d prefer my tech Al look at this but he seems to be on holiday.
Its so frustrating, I can’t move on until this is rectified. Back to the clunky horn….
If I can play that full octave ( altissimo ) on this horn, which is quite resistant,…[Read more]

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OK….reeds soaked; jak soaked also…..a nice bath to start a busy day.
My Brother in Laws Birthday; should be a houseful later☺☺
My tech seems to be on holiday. There is a brass store opposite my old music school. I’m going to get a lift over in a couple of hours. Just let Richard ( store owner ) take a look at this.
There is a leak at the bis…[Read more]

Just having a coffee and back to the 10M and the upper registers.
Sxpoet…. Thanks man !!
That’s given me the best idea. I leave a mpc on the bedside table. Usually a wide tip , just to keep my chops in as I’m listening to tunes…
I’m going to load up both the Lawton and the link with softer cane reeds, and concentrate on that exercise.
The…[Read more]

Did you enjoy it Mel ?? Can’t say too much until the other guys have checked it out ….
I found it very moving….

Keep at it William, it will all come good !!☺☺

Morning Sxpoet. Man that’s some excellent study. To be able to play an octave alone on a mpc is very challenging. I can’t do it on a tenorsax mpc…( well not near pitch perfect ).
I heard once , Morgan Fry ( the mpc guy !!☺ )… Sorry to good a rhyme to resist…
Yeah , he reckoned an interval of a 10th was as far as you can go ??
So that’s t…[Read more]

I am quietly confident a couple of weeks more , I’ll have this altissimo down on the Conn.
It is frustrating Sxpoet… Very !!
I can get alt Ab up to G….just the E F F# progression is not happening ( today !! )
Pretty much the same as a while back. Either, dropping or jumping an octave….on those three notes !!
Tomorrow back to vowel shapes (…[Read more]

Wow…dig the new update. Is anybody else getting these ?
Usually comes in as a standard G mail ( if you have ticked the box )….
Now it all, ” you have been mentioned in a status update “… Blah …blah…
Don’t think it was a private conversation , its up here !! The mysterious http://www…lol !!
Sxpoet; I said in a post a while back…you sound…[Read more]

The software sounds amazing…..
And a ” house producer “….. Miss Sxpoet…☺☺

Always OUR most honest critics….
Bad grammar…..tut tut…😉
Teatime folks, look forward to catching up on Mel’s tunes later….
Hope everybody has had a good start to the week.
The weather here in Liverpool is atrocious… Summer has been and gone…😕😕
Anyhow…Lasagne !! Mmmmmm !!!!
See y,all later….

LOL Sxpoet, our families are always are most honest critics…☺☺…..
Feeling a little frustrated myself today….
The fork fingerings on my 10M are still playing up..😕….
On my second tenor , a clunky old thing, a full chromatic octave in altissimo works fine…
I’m going to get it checked out tomorrow.
As much as I love that horn, I’ve a fee…[Read more]

Larry STABBINS…..darn spellcheck….😕😕

Thanks Mel , I’ll check these later….
Another working week begins….
Has anybody heard the name Larry Stabbinis…??
” Working Week ” were a bunch of session musicians.
Sometime back in the eighties they released a twelve inch single….
” I thought I’d never see you again “….
Fabulous tune, fabulous player…
Speaking off ” session bands…[Read more]

Regardless at 89 pounds…..BARGAIN !!☺☺

Sounds good Sxpoet. Good luck to your daughter with her A level….a tech course sounds great…
I’m useless with computers, just working off this small pad….it does for now.
That name ” Sibelius ” rang a bell.
If I need sheets dots…I get them from a Liverpool store…” Music in print “…..only yesterday, I noticed the ” Sib “…..
Just…[Read more]

That’s a great way to end the week on that thought…” Play for the music ; not the amount of notes you can fit in “… Be part of a ” recipie”.
Choose those notes, make them matter…make them REALLY matter…
The Andy Snitzers…
Tony Dagradi…
The guys we’ve covered in my opinion sum up my attitude to playing. The clue is is the sentence..”…[Read more]

I lost my ” Voodoo Lounge ” T a few years back…grrr😡😡

Johnny, thats so right…..
I can imagine Sonny’s deadpan delivery…
Just watched the Chet Baker bio pic…
” Moving “…. I’ll leave it right there until maybe some of you guys get to see it …
Been a long week….
Seriously Johnny …
Thanks man…..
Let’s keep this site the best show in town….☺☺

The ” Cannonball ” band ??
Are they endorsed by the company….
Or is it just a name ?
Ho hum….
Not important….☺