A Saxophone Lesson with Master George Coleman
A Lesson with George Coleman I had the exceptional honor and good fortune to be able to meet with Master George Coleman at his home on the Lower East Side …
How to Find Your Own Musical Personality – with Alex Hahn
Q+A with Alex Hahn BetterSax coming back with another great guest interview – Alex Hahn. He is an award-winning, young, and emerging artist that has played with lots of legendary …
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Do You Need to Transcribe Solos? and 19 More Questions with Jaleel Shaw
In this live interview/hang, Jaleel Shaw and I go through a rapid fire list of 20 questions about all things saxophone. One of the top saxophonists active in the modern …
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The Key to Jazz Improvisation – 21 Major Key Explorations with Eric Alexander
Eric Alexander Eric Alexander, by any measure is one of the top saxophonists in the world today. In this video, we are talking about his new course 21 Major Key …
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The LAST Altissimo Lesson You’ll Ever Need with Ben Wendel
“If you work through this book and do everything in this book you’re going to become a very good altissimo player.” – Ben Wendel In this video I sit down …
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Designing the BetterSax BURNIN’ Mouthpiece with Jody Espina
Learn about the design process of the BetterSax BURNIN’ mouthpiece in this live hang and Q+A session with Jody Espina, founder of Jody Jazz mouthpieces. Want more giveaways and interviews? …
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BetterSax + Jody Jazz Live Stream | HR* Custom Dark Mouthpieces
Jody Espinosa of Jody Jazz and Jay Metcalf of BetterSax join forces to share and demonstrate the whole line of Jody Jazz HR* Custom Dark Mouthpieces. The show is hosted …
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A Saxophone Masterclass with George Garzone
He’s an absolute legend, and normally you’d have to spend $45,000/year at the Berklee College of Music to gain his wisdom, OR you can check out this masterclass with the …
The Working Artist Project Presents: Jay Metcalf
Had the pleasure of speaking with The Working Artist Project about my life, career, and BetterSax. Check out the full interview below, or check out the podcast here. The Working …
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Kenny G Gives ME a Saxophone Lesson
Kenny G gives ME a Saxophone Lesson! In this video we are going to get some advice, inspiration and a music lesson from the biggest selling instrumental recording artist of all …
Why TV Musicians Get NOTHING for Streaming Content
Today we’re talking to my friend Ian Hendrickson Smith. He’s a great saxophone player who works on the tonight show with Jimmy Fallon playing with the Roots. You can watch …
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That Time Leo P Rocked ?? the Saxophone World
That Time Leo P Went Beast Mode I think every sax player in the world has seen the video where Leo P plays the intro to “Moanin” at the BBC …
Sax Soloing in Pop Music – with Michael Ghegan
My friend Michael Ghegan came by the studio the other day. Besides being an all around incredible multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, arranger and producer… He is an authority on playing the …
The Secret Super Power of a Slow Learner – Derek Brown BeatBox Sax
Derek Brown – BeatBox Sax “My special ability is not memorizing things, it’s not that I pick up things quickly or have a good ear… If I have any special …
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Silencing Your Internal Editor – Carpooling With Bob Reynolds
Carpooling with Bob Reynolds In this interview, I talk with one of my favorite saxophone players, Bob Reynolds. We discuss what it’s like managing competing priorities as a recording artist …
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Conversations with Doctor Thunder
Doctor Thunder Had the pleasure of being interviewed by Sean Wallace AKA “Doctor Thunder.” We talked about content creation, the value of a college degree in music in the age …
How to Play More Interesting Improvised Lines – Chad LB
Chad LB Back during my trip to NY during the early months of 2020, I sat down with my great friend and amazing saxophone player Chad Lefkowitz-Brown or Chad “LB.” …
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BetterSax Interview with The Daniel Chia Show
Daniel Chia & BetterSax I had the pleasure of speaking with Daniel Chia for about 2 hours answering questions, talking about the saxophone, different kinds of gear recommendations, and everything …
The Saxophone School & BetterSax Interview
Had the pleasure of speaking with The Saxophone School on Instagram Live the other day. The Saxophone School is based out of Nigeria and is constantly doing great interviews with …
A Saxophone Lesson in Harlem – Jason Marshall on Baritone Sax
“I have been entrusted with an aptitude for music so that I can be about the work of wellness in my community and in my environment. That work includes restoring …
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Jay Metcalf and Grace Kelly talk about Sax and more
Had the pleasure of hanging out and catching up with the fabulous Grace Kelly on Instagram the other day. We talk about how we were able to make music our …
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