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Ringo Starr said practicing is boring, he claims never to have practiced alone on his own, instead he always played drums in bands ie that was his way of practicing.

beatles

Well played Leo!

i went to Liverpool recently, and the wife and i, have a picture of us standing in front of the 4 Beatle statues.

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It’s a saxophone site,
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Once you start discussing politics, everyone starts arguing for and against. lol

Well played Jeff!
thanks for sharing.

have you tried e-mailing?

Johnny@HowToPlaySaxophone.org

Hi Jeff,
What tune are you uploading this Friday?

I’ve started work on ‘Summertime’, only a quarter way through, so it’l be at least a month or so before i upload.

Keep at it!

well done, great to see you are knocking out more tunes!
i never heard the tune before. there’s lots of tunes by bands that i haven’t heard before, including my favourite bands.

Welcome back Jake – definite improvement!

happy birthday! is it today?

happy bithday

Well done! looking forward to hearing your next recording!

Original recordings take a lot of beating!

i’m late sixties, i can still learn a new tune from memory, it takes me about 4 new bars a day, the hardest part to memorise is the solo sections.

The nice thing about playing from memory is the freedom from not being chained to a sheet, it gives you more room for expression and making the piece of music your own style – less robotic.

Age is a…[Read more]

you’re never too old to learn the odd song from memory.

i played the acoustic guitar for 40 years, i never learnt any tunes on the guitar, i never played any guitar music books tunes. i got a lot of pleasure of just sitting in the garden and playing various chord combinations.

Similarly with the sax, i find it more satisfying just to doodle…[Read more]

Hi Leo – is that learn a new song from memory?

I got rid of my yamaha 480 alto and replaced it with an old Selmar SA80 ii alto, the selmar offers less wind blowing resistance than the yamaha with the same setup. So i’m having to adjust my embouchure and get used to playing with a lot less lip pressure to play scales in tune with a tuner.

my new years resolutions are the same as last years – practice an hour every day on the alto and the clarinet, and make the effort to upload….

Thanks Leo!