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May 5, 2016 at 6:39 pm #36843
That was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!
MarkMay 5, 2016 at 7:22 pm #36848very nice kevin…way to swing!
May 6, 2016 at 12:38 am #36854Anonymous
Well played Kevin – thanks for taking time out to upload and share a piece you are working on! I really enjoyed it!
Thats put me in the holiday mood, reminds me of the background music they play in hotels in the west indies – puts you in a chilled out mood while you drink cocktails in the pool by the bar.
Its great to hear what people are working! The I IV V blues i’m learning, the person teaching me says welcome to the blues – you’ll spend the rest of your life learning the blues – lol
May 6, 2016 at 1:11 pm #36866Pretty cool stuff Kevin 🙂 For my $, there’s nothing quite like the Blues. Just about everywhere you go, people love everything about it….especially on the Saxophone 🙂 I wish I knew how to play the guitar like you can, an added plus for sure. Are you using that Jody Jazz MP here in your playing? I’m hearing a very different sound in your Sax v.s. the Meyer–which is also a great MP for the Alto. That was a lot of work on your part to put that upload together, not just putting it together but learning/playing the parts for it; it’s much appreciated Kevin. Speaking of much appreciated, thanks so much for the MP re-facing work you did for me; that was super-generous of you. The one thing I noticed before the re-facing v.s. afterwards is that the Altissimo notes popped out effortlessly, especially Altissimo G and G#. The projection was also much louder too, but it was also great in the lower registers in the Sax. You found a great balance of refacing the MP so that it was loud and gritty without being too difficult to control. The danger with a lot of MPs designed for Blues/Rock is that they shine in one area like Altissimo but can be difficult to control in other areas like Ballads, subtones, etc.. That wasn’t the case with your finished work. Have you had the chance to mess with the other MPs I sent you? Keep up the great work Kevin, nice to see your upload 🙂
May 6, 2016 at 1:38 pm #36867@Michael – so nearly 3 months have passed? when’s your next upload? judging by your expert knowledge, working with a pro teacher, new recording gear, refaced mouthpieces etc.. You’re keeping us in suspense?
May 6, 2016 at 5:18 pm #36868Nice one Kevin. Fantastic
May 6, 2016 at 6:05 pm #36869Great job Kevin, I always look forward to hearing your videos. I have thought about doing some songs like this using all of my saxes but it def takes time and work to work out the different parts. Just don’t have that time at this current point. Again, very nice!!
May 6, 2016 at 8:53 pm #36872Thanks all for the encouraging comments, they are appreciated!
@Michael- Glad to hear your satisfaction with the re-faced Jumbo Java MP. Since I did my first cuts to my own MP’s it has been my opinion that an accurately CNC machined facing to a true theoretical geometric profile would have a higher likelihood of playing well than one refaced by hand (we are in the 21st century with some pretty impressive technology!). Also I did do this upload trying out the Claude Lakey MP. There is something about the facing that I’m not liking, but the roll over baffle that this MP has gives that little extra buzz, and good lower notes. I also liked the higher notes and altissimo, but I cringed at some of the mid range notes when re-listening(the one’s I struggled the most with in this upload).May 6, 2016 at 11:58 pm #36874@Kevin – for someone whose been playing over 2 yrs, i figured you’d notice your own glitches.
Never the less it’s still great to hear people uploading to hear how their playing is progressing, what setup they used, and any other recording tips.I’ve yet to do an error free recording, probably never will.
May 7, 2016 at 5:48 am #36879james, I used to put in 6+ hrs/wk during my first 2-1/2 years of learning. This last April is my 4th year milestone, and with the busy-ness of life/career I now only manage to put in 3-4 45min practices/wk. I used to put much more effort into learning a song and making a recording as error free as I could (or as my skill level could muster), but for now I’m not able to put forth that effort.
This exercise sort of unfolded to be a “timed event” challenge for me as well as being a “play it by ear” exercise(no score to follow or memorize from). The song was simple in how it was structured chord-wise and verse-wise, and it was familiar to me from hearing it when I was young. It took me 3 of my practice sessions to put it together-
Session-1
Get the instruments, recording gear setup and ready to go. (5min)
Determine the key for the song and for the Bass guitar. (3min)
Select drum track and record to Track-1 (12min)
Record Bass part to Track-2 (15min, deemed 3rd take usable)
Played melody line along to the recording to get the notes “under my fingers” (10min)Session-2
Attempted Alto melody recording to Track-3 (15-20min)
Session was a bust- Cold/Rainy day, no inspiration, tone sucked…
Switched MP’s/Reeds with no satisfaction (10min)
Practiced Overtones, called it a day… (10min)Session-3
Recorded Alto melody Track-3 after an inspiring warm-up (20min, deemed 3rd take usable)
Noodled around with a Track-4 Alto harmony (15min, deemed 3rd take usable)
Listened to the result and adjusted volume levels to liking. (10min)
Mixed down final take to Laptop and uploaded to SoundCload. (30min) -
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