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urbandruid
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Hi all,
I'm Steve from Manchester, a 37-year old programmer who's just picked up a new YAS-275 after learning for about 4 months last year before having to stop for various reasons.
I s'pose mine's a common enough story about always wanting to learn sax, but being put off by cost up until recently. At secondary school I was lumped with a tuba in the band, but also played trumpet. Girls and computers (yeah, I know but it's possible) dragged me away from playing for ages, but I took up rock guitar when I got to college and fell in love with rock, soul and blues.
I muddled through by learning tunes by ear but never made the whizzo lead guitarist I wanted to be. Around this time, the sax really started to appeal but I never got any further than staring at them in Dawson's window. My heart's still blues and soul based, but I'm trying to learn to appreciate some of the jazz giants like Bird, Rollins et al.
I got stopped dead in my tracks the first time I heard Wesley Goggins playing his alto solo on Hazel O'Connor's 'Will You' on the Breaking Glass album, and I still get goosebumps now when I hear it.
I'm practicing long tones on a few scales, and learning to play Besame Mucho, Harlem Nocturne and I Wish I Knew... I'm going back to my teacher, Ron Henshall tomorrow and I'd really like to be in a Blues Brothers/Committments type band as well as being a competent improviser in time.
Well, really nice to meet you all, and I look forward to chatting more in the future!
8) Steve
I'm Steve from Manchester, a 37-year old programmer who's just picked up a new YAS-275 after learning for about 4 months last year before having to stop for various reasons.
I s'pose mine's a common enough story about always wanting to learn sax, but being put off by cost up until recently. At secondary school I was lumped with a tuba in the band, but also played trumpet. Girls and computers (yeah, I know but it's possible) dragged me away from playing for ages, but I took up rock guitar when I got to college and fell in love with rock, soul and blues.
I muddled through by learning tunes by ear but never made the whizzo lead guitarist I wanted to be. Around this time, the sax really started to appeal but I never got any further than staring at them in Dawson's window. My heart's still blues and soul based, but I'm trying to learn to appreciate some of the jazz giants like Bird, Rollins et al.
I got stopped dead in my tracks the first time I heard Wesley Goggins playing his alto solo on Hazel O'Connor's 'Will You' on the Breaking Glass album, and I still get goosebumps now when I hear it.
I'm practicing long tones on a few scales, and learning to play Besame Mucho, Harlem Nocturne and I Wish I Knew... I'm going back to my teacher, Ron Henshall tomorrow and I'd really like to be in a Blues Brothers/Committments type band as well as being a competent improviser in time.
Well, really nice to meet you all, and I look forward to chatting more in the future!
8) Steve
