Improving your sound in the upper register
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Improving your sound
More than having great technique and proficient improvising skills, a great sound is the first connection to your audience and your fellow musicians.
Music, Art and Perception
I have often had this experience with some of my students; they practice patterns, a study, an exercise or tune, and they get stuck at some point and can’t seem to understand why they can’t get further. They tell me, “I’ve practiced it 100 times, but I can’t seem to get it into my head”. [...]
Music, MIDI and Sax
Posted by Evan Tate in Career, Miscellaneous on February 11, 2010
This article is a little dated, but I think it’s still good reading. 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 [...]
My Meeting with The Master
Just before I ever heard of Joe Allard, I spent my freshman year in college as a Composition/Jazz Studies major at a University in Connecticut. After deciding that I wasn’t learning my instrument the way I wanted to, I decided to audition for admission to the Manhattan School of Music back in my hometown of New York City.
