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    Soprano Saxophone

    in Other Instruments

    Posted · Edited by Earbrass

    Soprano is definitely my favourite of the sax family. I really like some of Lol Coxhill's playing - eg the [i]Fleas in Custard[/i] album (though some of it too "squeaky bonk" out* for me).

    *[i]squeaky bonk out[/i]: [i]I picked up this phrase from [url="http://www.janettemason.com/"]Janette Mason[/url], with whom I once studied jazz piano. In the spectrum of "out-ness" that jazz encompasses, "squeaky bonk" out is at the extreme end. [/i] :)

    Finding *THE* bass - following from the 'end of GAS' topic...

    in General Discussion

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    "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world....”
    ― [url="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1020792.Antoine_de_Saint_Exup_ry"]Antoine de Saint-Exupéry[/url]

    Perhaps it's not about waiting for "the one" to appear, but about making the one you have "the one" by getting to know it inside out.

    Show us your playing videos!

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    [quote name='Jam' timestamp='1329495570' post='1543412']
    Just recorded this for a friend. The new floor in the conservatory has given the room some great acoustics. Just a little bit of a longer piece but you get the idea!

    [/quote]

    What a fabulous sound.

    [quote name='silddx' timestamp='1329953080' post='1550495']
    This isn't a video either. I recorded it on a 4 track Fostex X-26 about 20 years ago. Drums were programmed on an Alesis HR16, bass was a Bass Collection SGC Nanyo DIed through a Marshall JCM900 twin combo, guitar was the same amp and an Aria Pro II super Strat with a Kahler.

    [url="http://soundcloud.com/silddx/no-feet-allowed-1992"]http://soundcloud.co...et-allowed-1992[/url]
    [/quote]

    I rather like that - especially the second half. You're really quite good at this guitar lark, aren't you?

    Doubling on Double Bass?

    in General Discussion

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    I think it depends why you are playing. If you are trying to earn your living from music, then it might be worth sticking at the db because it's a rarer skill and may get you more paid gigs. If you are primarily playing for the love of it, then I'd say play the instrument(s) that you feel enthusiastic about.

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