RockinRobin

Ya Sxpoet
The best metronome for me is tapping my foot. When I play Johnny’s Rudolph I add other notes and side riffs. I start with Dexter Gordon’s “Daddy Plays The Horn” dadada dat da dah. I add other frases that might come up as I play along. So my best metronome is stomping my right leg to the beat in my mind. Sometimes I write the count…[Read more]

Regarding sax supports: I once bought a sax seat that has a shelf that the sax rests on. The seat was always uncomfortable so I removed the back of the seat, turned it around so the shelf and seat was facing me. Now I sit in my usual chair, rest the sax on the sax seat shelf and play away with no pressure on my neck. I still keep the neck strap…[Read more]

I’ll use my Motown music book. Not as good as Johnny’s sheet music and background music but it’s a start.
William

I meant FULL MIX
WILLIAM

G-day
sx poet. I haven’t heard from Michael Bishop for some time
William

Hi John
Talking with Michael Bishop some time in the past I bought an Enlightened Ligature from Theo Wanne for the guardala mpcs.
William

Ya John
The lig is attached to the mouthpiece but The Rovner or Winslow holds the reed better in place, The stock ligature on the Durga seemed to always turn a bit. I did move the stock lig up to the front. Seemed to work better up front but the Rovner or Winslow worked best for me. So I removed the stock lig and replaced it with the winslow
William

When Johnny plays “Brown Eyed Girl” the lyrics just pop out with the notes

Johnny,
I found it. One of the early down loads
William

I’m also practicing with Tony Orlando’s backing track My backing track MUSIC is in A major. The last verse of “He don’t love you like I love you” goes up half step. So I lowered the backing track to G and G#. So my tenor sax plays A and Bb and the backing track plays G and G#. I’m tone deaf so mathematically I think I have it correct. The backing…[Read more]

Johnny named that tune: “He don’t Love You, Like I Love You” according to Tony Orlando and Dawn.Bill Medley named the tune “He Will Break Your Heart”; same tune, same notes, same melody. I’ll record it on GarageBand and If I do it justice I’ll post it.
William

great performance; the best; Shot Gun shot gun.
William