fibracell
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I've posted a few odd things, and thought that it's about time I said hello and thanked everyone for all the help and info gained on this forum.
i played for a very short time when i was a kid, and also played a bit of flute to grade 5. I started playing the sax again a few years ago, and just did grade 7, which kinda motivates you to do more and practise more.
I started with a yamaha 25 tenor, then a purple 62. I upgraded to a selmer series 2 tenor, having tried about 5 selmers at Bradford. I upgraded a 275 alto when i saw a 62 at a great bargain price. I have a cheap sop, but can't seem to get on with it. Never tried a bari yet. So it's mainly alto and tenor.
I've had a few lessons. First one was teacher from hell - great, awesome player but not very good lessons, who kept telling me 'how long you been playing?' and 'oh, can't you play those double tempo licks?' and 'can you transcribe brecker?' - to which I'd reply 'a year' and 'no!'. I think this guy just wanted to give everyone a hard time, while telling you how great he was..
Since then, I have done lots of transcriptions = Scot Hamilton , Lou Donaldson, and yes Brecker is my favorite tenor player, but the greatest player of all time has to be - drum roll --- Mr C.Parker.
I also do some writing and composing....
cheers = Rob
i played for a very short time when i was a kid, and also played a bit of flute to grade 5. I started playing the sax again a few years ago, and just did grade 7, which kinda motivates you to do more and practise more.
I started with a yamaha 25 tenor, then a purple 62. I upgraded to a selmer series 2 tenor, having tried about 5 selmers at Bradford. I upgraded a 275 alto when i saw a 62 at a great bargain price. I have a cheap sop, but can't seem to get on with it. Never tried a bari yet. So it's mainly alto and tenor.
I've had a few lessons. First one was teacher from hell - great, awesome player but not very good lessons, who kept telling me 'how long you been playing?' and 'oh, can't you play those double tempo licks?' and 'can you transcribe brecker?' - to which I'd reply 'a year' and 'no!'. I think this guy just wanted to give everyone a hard time, while telling you how great he was..
Since then, I have done lots of transcriptions = Scot Hamilton , Lou Donaldson, and yes Brecker is my favorite tenor player, but the greatest player of all time has to be - drum roll --- Mr C.Parker.
I also do some writing and composing....
cheers = Rob
