Xvive Review- Make Any Microphone Wireless
For the last several months I have been playing all my gigs using this new Xvive Wireless microphone system. My best clip on saxophone mic is this new Neumann MCM …
For the last several months I have been playing all my gigs using this new Xvive Wireless microphone system. My best clip on saxophone mic is this new Neumann MCM …
Daily practice is absolutely essential if you want to get better on the saxophone or just keep your chops up. Problem is, sometimes the noise of the thing presents a …
My guest today is one of the most exciting saxophonists right now in the music world, Braxton Cook. Not only is he an outstanding sax player in the jazz idiom, …
We do a lot of lesson videos on this channel to help saxophone players get better, but one of the most valuable things in anybody’s musical journey is access to …
I Asked Top Saxophone Players How They Got So Good Read More »
New Tenor Sax Mouthpieces We’ve had some fantastic new tenor sax mouthpieces come out in the last year, so today we are going to look at 4 of my favorites. …
Top 4 NEW Tenor Sax Mouthpieces for a Beautiful and Powerful Sound Read More »
This is the EMEO, and it is Freaking Cool I have been dabbling with wind synths for over 15 years, I’ve owned and tested most of what’s been around in …
Some players have vintage saxophones and love them, some have more modern horns and love them. Doesn’t matter what you have or play on as long as you are playing …
Why You Don’t Need Vintage Saxophones – Interview with Jason Marshall Read More »
First, let’s define what we mean by “improvising a jazz solo.” In jazz music, improvising a solo means creating a unique and spontaneous musical performance on the spot, often in …
Saxophone Tips Everyone’s always looking for saxophone tips, especially because there are plenty of really hard things to do on the saxophone. So here’s a list of hard, yet very …
Classic Saxophone Solos – Christmas and Bari Sax Why are there so many Bari Sax Solos in Christmas Songs? The other night I was putting up the Christmas tree with …
Everyone knows that Selmer produced what were widely considered the best saxophones in the world during the 1950s and 60s. The Mark VI and Super Balanced Action or SBA horns …
15 Key Differences: The SELMER Mark VI and SBA Saxophones Read More »
Learning from Jazz Legends Recently I got to hear an amazing group of musicians live at the Side Door jazz club in Old Lyme Connecticut. While I was there, I …
Bob Mover on the BetterSax Podcast My guest today is the great Bob Mover. A virtuosic saxophonist who performed with Chet Baker, Charles Mingus, Lee Konitz and countless others. …
House of Harmony – Lesson from Saxophonist Bob Mover Read More »
Bob Reynolds – A Saxophone Hero My guest today is someone I would call a “saxophone hero.” Bob Reynolds always manages to do more than should be humanly possible, and …
When you first learned about minor chords in jazz you were told to play the dorian mode over them right? Everyone is told that, and it’s true, the …
You’re Playing Minor Chords Wrong (22 Minor Key Explorations Course) Read More »
“3 Songs Perfect for Beginner Saxophone Players If you are a beginner saxophone player you might think it will take you a while before you’re able to play any songs. …
Yamaha YDS-150 Review – UNPLAYABLE When I first saw the Yamaha YDS-150, I said to myself that’s got to be good. I mean Yamaha makes good stuff right? OK, …
A big part of the musical vocabulary you hear in great saxophone solos comes from scale patterns. Today I’m going to teach you an easy and fun to play pentatonic …
Why Avery Dixon’s Sax Playing Won America’s Got Talent I’ve never watched the show America’s got talent, but it has come to my attention recently because of a young man …
10 Tricks for Sax Solos that Win from Avery Dixon on America’s Got Talent Read More »
Performing for a large audience? Check out these wireless mic options to help amp up your playing! Plus, hear from the great Michael Ghegan as he play-tests each one.
I sit down with the great Joey DeFrancesco who is not only one of the top jazz organists of all time but also a saxophonist!