Archive for category Career
Behind the “Hittin’ Hard” CD Project
For this first entry of the “Hittin’ Hard” CD Project blog I want to tell you what is planned. For years I’ve been an advocate for musicians taking control over their music careers. Since the dawn of the internet, musicians and other creatives have been given the tools to further promote themselves and their music [...]
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 [...]
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.
SaxTips Podcast #17 – A Career in Music, The Music of Saxaes
1. “Carioca” – Saxaes, Topic: Music as a Career. Call in your questions: +1-302-476-2517 SaxTips Podcast #17
So you wanna play saxophone, huh?
No other instrument enjoys so much popularity as the saxophone. People love it’s sound. How many times have you heard people say; “You play saxophone? That’s my favorite instrument!” Whether it’s jazz (where the sax is the number 1 symbol of the music), pop music (next to a screaming guitar solo, fans love a hot [...]


