Ronnie Niles

Wow….those 2 guys together we’re killing it on the Saxophone! Talking about Red Prysock, I really love his song ‘Charleston Twist’, put it below. Red Prysock had so many great hits! I think right away about Purple Wail and Hand Clappin’….had no idea him and Sil Austin did some Tenor Sax battles; great stuff–thanks for the heads…[Read more]

@Saxmonica Ha, Ha; That’s a funny joke 🙂
That model of Yamaha you’re looking at is a good Saxophone. We can, usually, never go wrong with reputable manufacturers like Yamaha, Selmer, and so on. I’ve heard stories (I don’t know how true this is-maybe someone can verify if this is true/not true) of Pro Sax Players who played Yamahas and when the…[Read more]

@Johnny We’ll do=I’ll get on that ASAP=2.0 and 2.5 Coppers and Onyx. If the 2.5 are too thick for me, I have a friend who plays Jody Jazz Hard Rubber MP on Alto and Tenor and I can send the 2.5 to him=he’ll gladly take it from me–he has a really good sound. He uses a Yamaha YAS-23 Alto and a Vito Tenor from Japan–the Vito Tenor it’s pretty much…[Read more]

@Johnny I saw on the ‘Reeds’ page a notice about shipping/delay with shipping-has that been worked out or should I wait? The Rico Cane Reed I play on is 2.5, so I’m thinking a size 2/Medium Soft will be the way to go–I read your post there under the reed strength about the chart was a little off for you=you played a size 3 Cane reed and went with…[Read more]

@Bob Premecz Thanks for the feedback, nice to hear it’s working for you! What you’re saying about the Dukoff is the exact impression I got of it when I looked at it=I would probably have a hard time controlling it over the entire range of the Saxophone. Yes, I’m really curious about these line of reeds. In the past, I’ve stayed away from synthetic…[Read more]

@John Yes, I’ve been looking at other MP options and came across the Dukeoff, but I was concerned it was ‘too much’ for me. I was on your Mouthpiece/Reed section of your website and looking at the Guardalas-thinking about upgrading to the FiberCarbon MP, I should be okay with that one. I don’t think I’m ready for Metal at this time=another reason…[Read more]

@Saxmonica Very nice, thanks you for sharing.

@Saxmonica I can’t tell what key a song is by ear and I have a hard time with that. All the references I found said the song is in the key of Bb flat. The chorify link you shared shows Bb also.

Very cool-Idig the shades your wearing too.

Thanks for sharing Johnny. I was tempted to buy the Dukeoff, but didn’t it looked like I would have a hard time controlling it. Right now, I’m on an Otto Link Tone Edge Hard Rubber, little bit bigger and more round/easier for me to control throughout the range of the Saxophone. I’ve been using Rico Cane Reeds, but I’m curious about the synthetic…[Read more]

Very nice Leo, that use of older vibrato sounds great. I’m working on keeping my fingers closer to the keys right now–you do a great job with that too; you’re fingers aren’t too far away from the keys. Johnny gave me a good tip that can help me out to learn to keep my fingers close to the keys. What Mouthpiece/reed do you like to use?

That tip sounds like a good one Johnny, I’m going to have my son help with out with that/keeping his hands 1 inch away from my fingers. Thanks for the heads up!

Johnny is correct! Oh wow–good catch. We’ll I gues that’s what years of playing the Saxophone gets you–experience to be able to spot stuff like that.