sxpoet

He’s ALIVE!

Well if a third person does an upload, we could be the ‘three amigos’!

Looking forward to hearing it! i don’t want to be the only person doing uploads.

thanks Leo, the sax recording took 3 takes, while the clarinet took over 15 takes, in the end i got tired and just uploaded the last clarinet take. It’s time to work on something new.

What’s your latest project?

Yes – my music teacher taught me to play every music sheet exactly as written.

1st of all learn to play the sheet first with a metronome.
2nd then and only then start practicing the sheet with a backing track.
3rd (optional) if you have time, learn to play it without a sheet along side the backing track.

The next thing he taught me – Every Music…[Read more]

wow – i only got 5 questions right.

I played acoustic guitar from age 15 to age 56, from age 56 i started playing saxophone.
i never listened to sax players, i only used to listen to bands, and like ringo starr, i never listened to any musicians and tried to copy their style.
So my knowledge of guitar players and sax players unfortunately is zilch.

the forums seem very quiet?
i’m still not ready to upload yet, still practicing the same tune.

the beatles were influenced by Bach, so i found a bach piano tune, and it does show up

Well played Leo!

have you come back from a cruise?

Well done Michael, how long have you been playing the trumpet?

i spent 10 years practicing learning to play the Alto sax, even had weekly one to one sax lessons for the first 7 years with a Pro, over the years i got bogged down in working through various learner books of increasing difficulty, i bought lots of music/cd books from music shops and practiced various songs in them.

What i didn’t realise was…[Read more]

another thing that surprised me with orchestra and big bands, was the amount of people who played another instrument – ex if you were a sax player, and the band didn’t need a sax player for a specific performance, then you weren’t earning money, whereas if they required a clarinet player then you could still earn money. So to keep earning it paid…[Read more]

If you get the opportunity to play in an orchestra it’s an interesting experience.

Where i live there’s an orchestra near me, and one day a year they invite the public to bring along their own instrument and play in their orchestra. I did it twice, and they sent me a questionnaire asking what instrument i played, and what exam grade i was…[Read more]

i never realised there was so many sax related outfits for sale.