john springer

Thanks guys for the great response. I will keep working at it. Very cool suggestion on how to tune the sax to itself. Thanks for the tip

Well, my Selmer La-Voix arrived. I believe it came directly from the factory. It was professionally wrapped in plastic and tissue and had all of the pad-locks in place. It also came with original brochure. The case smells new and every thing is pristine. It even came with a 2.5 reed, MP, cork grease, soft cloth, and a hard case with software outer…[Read more]

Thanks for all the responses.
Wow, Johnny, I was not expecting this to be called a pro sax, I was hoping for intermediate, but really? I got a pro?
I cant wait for it to get delivered. I have a couple of songs that I have been working on and I will make those videos with it.

Thanks for your input guys!

saxomonica I made them the offer of $1850 as you suggested and they accepted. SWEET!

Seems to me like you already know how to play sax.
Yes, I think that is Johnny Fever on the drums!

Great sound! What MP and reed do you use?

WRT those notes, that come immediately after the “slide”, I think there are five of them within what seems to be a mordant. I can’t seem to get the sound just right. Can you tell me what notes you are playing and the technique involved. Once I can get that I think I have most of the song down. Also, what is the highest Altisimo you are playing.

I think I did it. I played the D, then slowly lifted my fingers to E and the slowly the F#, but did it like reverse drumming or even rolling of my fingers (so as to get s smooth even transition and that produced a slide effect. Is that how you do it?

So D to F# then down to the E. The slide from D to F# is what I am talking about.

OK, so after practicing some more I have noticed some improvements – some hints of what is possible had accidentally revealed themselves during practice today and then I managed to recreate them and now the next level in my playing is being realized.

I was practicing the so disappointing sounding A, C and B of the middle range when I tried to…[Read more]

OK. I will confess, I was playing electric guitar at a coffee shop during mike night (the gig), my band and I (me and my backing track) were cruising along pretty well during my solo part when some girl screemed “whoo whoo” like she was digging me! I got so excited that a girl was screaming for me I total messed up the solo and so I just started…[Read more]

I have heard Beat Box yes. I have not decides if I like that style or not. I am really focused on trying to sound something like Cannon, Randolph and of course Johnny. Beat Box might be easier though LOL

I actually just play in the hall of the storage place – just 2 feet outside of my 5 X 5 unit. The halls of the building act as a resonance chamber. Sounds like I am playing in a theater.

The pattern for flat major scales (and F Maj) are based on BEAD-GC so starting with Fmaj we get:
F maj = Bb <== also notice that Bb will be the next scale
Bb maj = Bb, Eb
Eb maj = Bb, Eb, Ab
Ab maj = Bb, Eb, Ab, Db
Db maj = Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb
Cb maj = Bb, Eb, Ab, Db, Gb, Fb <== OK This one ends with Fb