Archive for March, 2005
How to Quit Playing Sax
Before you get the wrong idea, I’m not trying to get any of you to give up playing the sax. During the careers of nearly every musician, (and many of them quite famous) there comes a time when one has doubts whether all that they are doing, playing, etc will ever amount to a successful [...]
Jazz Improvisation
Posted by Evan Tate in Improvisation on March 8, 2005
If you’ve read the interview with Greg Osby, you’ll noticed that Greg talked about the need to optimize whatever techniques that you pick up and/or transcribe to improve your playing in general and for improvisation in specific. I’d like to introduce you to a technique that I have used over the years teaching students jazz [...]
Being and Staying Prepared
Today I’m going to tell you about an experience I had when I was in the early years my profession. I was a hard lesson to learn, but also one I never forgot. I had just graduated college and had gotten a “dream job” (which was any regular gig playing music and making good money [...]
Music, Midi and Sax
Here we are in the next Millennium! The music industry continues to evolve and musicians are being afforded more opportunities to create music. What’s definitely here to stay is the marriage of traditional acoustic music and computers. Whether you’re performing music with a combination of acoustic instruments and electronic instruments (such as samplers and sequencers), [...]
