Introduction Bonjour

[chrisshaw]

Hi I'm Chris.
I play anywhere I can and as often as possible with lots of bands and artists, most days of the week.

My style is hard bop and rock, where people often say I play like Tubby Hayes. But as you know you gotta get a bit Getz for the mellow gigs.

I love any discussions on contempory styles and techniques, music technology, acoustics, FX and recording. I've rebuilt about 7 saxes (not brilliantly!) and enjoy thinking of ways to customise saxes, which I'm just getting into.

I once did a music tech degree (and BA) which I used to research the sax in these ways, so as well as playing, everything else sax is a love and an obsession. If I ain't playing, I'll be surfing or watching kung fu films.
Be nice to chat.

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi Chris welcome to the Breakfast Room

Kunf Fu?

I once wrote a score for a film called called American Kickboxer 2.

Not the best film in the world.

 

[Linky Lee]

obviously not the best kickboxer either 😛

Hi Chris, sounds cool I'm currently re building my first saxophone and studying music tech at A2.

I'm a fan of Tubby Hayes. Where abouts are these bands etc. based?

 

[Bobby G]

Hi Chris and welcome to the Breakfast Room. I haven't rebuilt any saxes yet but I do enjoy a good tinker 😉 Also a fan of Tubbs! Have you heard Simon Spillett play? He's another tenor man in that kind of mould.

Cheers, Bob

 

[chrisshaw]

I play for Just Floyd (tribute) and I dep for 2 others in Kent, The Spectaculars (original) in Wales, a Bruce Springsteen tribute, I session for S. African dance label, I (once in a blue moon) have a quintet, when i have weddings bookings and some blues artists. I also record for studios and quite a few unsigned acts, who want a sax on their demo and I do lots of solo gigs. Have a new band party coming up, so I'm trying to keep busy!!

For some reason , the worse the kung fu film, the better. I'm about to watch "fearless tiger", which I imagine will be dreadfull.

 

[mfox]

howdy

 

[chrisshaw]

A tinker is the best way to start "who dares wins!" We that's my motto

I had to teach A2 music tech, during my teacher training. I was really lucky to have had to shadow the teacher(who's name I forget) who was the keyboard player from the band Reef who did "Put your hands on". He knowlege of keysboards was awesome.

 

[jambo]

Welcome To The Breakfast Romm! 😛

 

[saxismyaxe]

Hey Chris, nice to see you here. Welcome to the forums!

 

[Dylan]

Hi Chris

Welcome aboard! Sounds like you've got a busy schedule with the horn.

Talking of kung fu films - do you recall one called "The Perfect Weapon" starring Jeff Speakman? Exquisite example of the art 🙂

D

 

[chrisshaw]

Yearggh! A pint ! I recently had a weekend christmas shopping in Dublin. I think I lived on the black stuff for 3 days, eating once or twice. I don't remember any shops >.<

 

[Dylan]

Henceforth know as "the Chris Shaw diet". You'll make millions.

D

 

[griff136]

hi Chriss and welcome - Tubby hayes and Stand getz an excellent pair in my opinion.

 

[simonspill]

Nice to welcome another Tubby fan aboard

 

[chrisshaw]

The Chris shaw diet, he! he!
I lost 80 pounds on the diet (or was it euros) my memory, I dropped a jean size or just the jeans and gained the company of a minger!


In truth I'm not hayes fan, I am nuts about Coltrane's music, I'm just told (all the time) I sound like tubby

 

[Bobby G]

Are you not a Hayes fan, or have you not listened to him yet? I'd imagine the latter, 'cos what's not to like about Tubbs? 😉

On his later album, Mexican Green, it's evident from his playing that he's been absorbing some Coltrane stylings on his tenor. I also love the two earlier live albums, Down in the Village and Late Spot at Scott's.

Cheers, Bob

 

[simonspill]

chrisshaw wrote:
The Chris shaw diet, he! he!
I lost 80 pounds on the diet (or was it euros) my memory, I dropped a jean size or just the jeans and gained the company of a minger!

In truth I'm not hayes fan, I am nuts about Coltrane's music, I'm just told (all the time) I sound like tubby

Hmmm.....you don't know what you're missing. And how can you sound like Tubby if you haven't really checked him out?

I knew a guy like that once......sounded just like Archie Shepp.....but he'd never heard of him.

Mind you he had only just got his tenor the day before.

 

[chrisshaw]

It's just what people tell me. Personally I don't think I sound at all like the fella.

 

[chrisshaw]

errk

 

[Saxlicker]

chrisshaw wrote:
(Sorry saxlicker, I've edited this out as it quoted from a mesage that was abusive and aggressive agianst the Breakfast Room terms - Pete)

Am I missing something?.......
Have these comments taken some kind disagreement into a personal thing?
Apologies if this is banter, otherwise take it somewhere else please.