How To Play Saxophone | Bill Anderson | Mentions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/members/brother/activity/mentions/ Activity feed mentioning Bill Anderson. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 17:59:09 -0700 https://buddypress.org/?v=11.2.0 en-US 30 hourly 2 39a6c4a151c3e0f3eea85b58e093ebf2 Michael replied to the topic Fibracell reeds came in and I'm one happy man :) in the forum Reeds https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/fibracell-reeds-came-in-and-im-one-happy-man/#post-84671 Tue, 09 Apr 2019 01:37:54 -0700 @Johnny I’m definitely going to look into those reeds as soon as I can, probably in the month of May. Got some family stuff we’re doing first over the next few weeks. I’ve been hearing great things about them from lots of players. I tried Legere reeds from a music store locally, didn’t like them at all. I’m going to look over your blog post about…[Read more]

]]> 6a5a97d130ad0e104096f3d85cc2571f Michael replied to the topic Finding the right reed. in the forum Reeds https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/finding-the-right-reed/#post-84538 Mon, 08 Apr 2019 03:27:31 -0700 @Johnny Java Greens size 3. My Sax teacher told me this past Wednesday to start making a weekly video diary–plus using a mirror. The difference with working with a real teacher vs. someone in a music store who professes to be a teacher is like night and day! He taught me some other cool tricks about tuning–super helpful!

I have some Fibracell…[Read more]

]]> d52d91fc45b725311573fa369cf86cfe saxomonica replied to the topic To Bite or Not To Bite? in the forum Saxophone Lessons https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/to-bite-or-not-to-bite/page/2/#post-82946 Tue, 05 Mar 2019 06:07:17 -0800 4 sure @Brother Cavefish ‘n @sxpoet

and @RRBirdman
@Peter and @Michael Bishop

to each to their own – “there is no disputing about tastes”.

So. For beginners and not so intermediate players, in the final analysis –

“if you are playing with your top teeth off the mp then it’s totally wrong. I’ve talked to several people who do that. they nev…[Read more]

]]> 72f06bee9080cdf5c269320444cc3d1e saxomonica replied to the topic Harlem nocturne in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/harlem-nocturne-5/#post-81930 Tue, 12 Feb 2019 16:05:44 -0800 Hey @brother
hi, howz thangs?
Peace and love. Rainbows and mungbeans. Seaweed and lobsters.
Trust you are mellowing down easy. IN the fish cave like.
Nice!

So.
Hi @Johnny
whatz happening? thanx

]]> 3ff5db4aa14ef66b8079f54d6084f11d saxomonica replied to the topic Aurus 7 - diaphragm in the forum Saxophone Tips https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/aurus-7-diaphragm/#post-81610 Wed, 06 Feb 2019 18:11:58 -0800 hi @sxpoet i can see you are getting a cane-ing by @brother cavefish lol
so Guys
anyways i do like my sax lab silencer and neck strap which have turned out handy gimmicks
Apps too #handygimmicks

Friendly sound advice exhibited to blow hard which is good for the Forum, blow hard or go home

Loosen up now
honestly changing to a synethetic…[Read more]

]]> 49d480b5538340b0afe362774a513101 john replied to the topic Johny-Be-Goode in the forum General Questions https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/johny-be-goode/#post-76526 Wed, 17 Oct 2018 14:55:31 -0700 @brother no, saying the sax is competing is like saying the vocals are competing. we’re not playing the guitar part, we’re playing the melody (vocalist) part. the guitar supports the melody, it does not compete.

@Robert great choice. it’s hard to give advice to somebody I never heard play before. my suggestion is to work on it for a while till…[Read more]

]]> 2804c6922dd9addc22c41d33246590a3 saxomonica replied to the topic Embedding Your Own Video in the forum Your Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/video-test/#post-72755 Tue, 19 Jun 2018 10:21:41 -0700 Hi @Jose ! Xcellent !! My ears are awaiting.
@Brother is experiencing similar dilemma with posting his tunes
@sxpoet has some advice in the archives
Ya gotta make an url link same as posting an image, or use soundcloud

@Johnny – Hi John, maybe we need an easy way to load up songs on site in future, that is easily accessible ..
Your suggestions? Cheers

]]> 90cfafb9bd126a03fe46ab788191d29f saxomonica replied to the topic Fattening Frogs for Snakes in the forum Share a Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/fattening-frogs-for-snakes/#post-72730 Mon, 18 Jun 2018 14:28:47 -0700 Aha Get Up @ get down again ya ol’ wailing hound dog you @brother !! Still rockin’ eh??

“Rockin’ my Boogie” in Key of Bb for us tenor fellas …… AS ATTACHED
[Pass me that “Shotgun”]

So. Down the sailing club talking to my old jazz guitarist mate:

How many songs ya knowz now he asks?

Um ah err, i’m practicing quite a few i says.

Nope
One…[Read more]

]]> 7ed10b64777a7229ac100f5762a5a67d saxomonica replied to the topic Fat sound in the forum Share a Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/fat-sound/page/2/#post-72686 Sun, 17 Jun 2018 13:57:29 -0700 hi @brother letz grease it up dripping with lard and grungy animal stuff ok?

Yea i had earlier made a soundcloud acct to listen to some of the guys here, jolly good
so,
check the link below
near my name in this instant was a icon UPLOAD being top on the right hand side
you have a name? ears? haha πŸ™‚
i clicked that and it asked me for an Email…[Read more]

]]> 9aea43a38838edcf0840d9edb0477369 saxomonica replied to the topic Fat sound in the forum Share a Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/fat-sound/page/2/#post-72660 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:57:59 -0700 Eureka!! πŸ™‚ Got it @Brother cavefish – FAT – FAT – FAT, and, FYI here ’tis the burden of proof being at about 02:39 –

]]> 3b26020a23df60e17b43df1eee6a73ce saxomonica replied to the topic Fat sound in the forum Share a Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/fat-sound/#post-72650 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 17:11:28 -0700 Thanks kindly @Brother cavefish anyways i got a coupla new ligatures offa Ebay arriving so hey i’m rollin’ soon aha aha

[Incidentally many thanx and a big thumbs up for pointing out the D’Addario Jazz Select Unfiled reeds earlier mate
Digito monstrositi or somethink = to be pointed out with the finger / to be made famous]

i got the Chinese…[Read more]

]]> 6349837dc2361f239c5b1a68e4085b18 saxomonica replied to the topic Fat sound in the forum Share a Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/fat-sound/#post-72637 Sat, 16 Jun 2018 04:32:50 -0700 a) itz ok @brother Cavefish
thanks for your reply and considerate comments and importantly your valued opinion
‘honesty is the best policy’
anyways that’s the particular sound i want, ripping cloth like
can you suggest a mp that might do it for me? ta!
embrouche adjustments maybe? oral cavity? any pointers?
fatten me up ..

b) howz about sharing…[Read more]

]]> 61368066c262e987edc05fcff661faeb saxomonica replied to the topic Old time r&r in the forum Your Video https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/old-time-rr/#post-72402 Mon, 11 Jun 2018 12:09:01 -0700 Hiya @Jake and @Jeff @Johnny
and all you other guys whom play the sax much better than me, whom i hold in awe and great respect –

@Jake you took my feedback on the chin, and, hey i really respect you for rollin’ with it mate.
So. i played blues harp for a while in different bands in my twenties and early thirties;
Used to make a lotta noise and…[Read more]

]]> ffb56734b2704b7f8e687503b36efa53 saxomonica replied to the topic richard filion ( musicman ) cornwall ontario canada in the forum Introduce Yourself https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/richard-filion-musicman-cornwall-ontario-canada/#post-72221 Tue, 05 Jun 2018 11:34:26 -0700 Ooh wow @richard if @brother hasn’t got a horn for ya yet maybe you could get the ‘ol Belair repadded?
What a blast!! πŸ™‚

]]> 58b7d59ab3798623638d49cd60404576 saxomonica replied to the topic Reeds for a high baffle mouthpiece. in the forum Reeds https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/reeds-for-a-high-baffle-mouthpiece/#post-71770 Fri, 25 May 2018 00:08:39 -0700 Hi @Louis this is all rather baffling, is it not?
Trust that things have a habit of working out.
The cows will come home to pasture?
Why do brown cows eat green grass and make white milk?

Yee ha @Brother Cavefish !!
Just blew $AUD55- on your account being on an Ebay special, spin a chicken…[Read more]

]]> 0d51a36ac57171a03e35adbe20ac3d50 saxomonica replied to the topic Mouthpiece Silencer in the forum Mouthpieces https://www.howtoplaysaxophone.org/forums/topic/mouthpiece-silencer/#post-71094 Thu, 10 May 2018 03:49:06 -0700 whhops a daisy say again please @brother cavefish, i’m all over the place here my apologies, champ

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