Introduction Hello from Mike

[mikeduvar]

Hello everybody,
I'm Mike, I'm English but have been living and working in the Var (South of France) for almost 40 years. Started to play alto sax and then tenor about 25 years ago - then abandoned saxophone for clarinet. Very recently - perhaps a 'late life crisis' or the fact that with age my fingers are less able to accurately cover tone holes, I decided to go back to my first love the alto. Slowly adapting to a change of embouchure, but pleased to find that my fingers seemed to have a memory of which key plays what. I find café saxophone to be an incredible source of information - incredible in terms both of quantity and quality.

 

[Jeanette]

Welcome to the Cafe Mike, take a look at our recording threads you might feel inspired by them 🙂

Jx

 

[Pete Thomas]

Hi Mike and welcome!

NB : I’ve moved your post to its own intro thread.

 

[mikeduvar]

Welcome to the Cafe Mike, take a look at our recording threads you might feel inspired by them 🙂

Jx

Thank you, yes, I have taken a look and have been inspired - spending time recently with 'Born to be blue' which I find to be rather less easy than it looks at first glance, Mike

 

[Pete Thomas]

Thank you, yes, I have taken a look and have been inspired - spending time recently with 'Born to be blue' which I find to be rather less easy than it looks at first glance, Mike

Go on you can do it.

 

[GCinCT]

Hi Mike. Welcome to the Cafe. The Var region is a great place for a saxophone player to live!

 

[Ghr9204]

Welcome to the Café, @mikeduvar . When you have a chance, there is a section with song of the month and ballad of the month. There are free downloads to the PDF sheet music and MP3 backing tracks, if you want to practise, even post a link to your performance. These never expire, so if you find one you like, you can post a follow-up.

I started on clarinet, and although I love the clarinet (now have 4 Bb sopranos and an Eb sopranino), still love the sax in all its sizes. I consider it fun to play one.

Looking forward to your participation and posts.

 

[mikeduvar]

Hi Mike. Welcome to the Cafe. The Var region is a great place for a saxophone player to live!

It is as you say a good place to live one bonus is I have Arunda donax growing wild in my garden.

 

[mikeduvar]

Welcome to the Café, @mikeduvar . When you have a chance, there is a section with song of the month and ballad of the month. There are free downloads to the PDF sheet music and MP3 backing tracks, if you want to practise, even post a link to your performance. These never expire, so if you find one you like, you can post a follow-up.

I started on clarinet, and although I love the clarinet (now have 4 Bb sopranos and an Eb sopranino), still love the sax in all its sizes. I consider it fun to play one.

Looking forward to your participation and posts.

Thank you Ghostier I found the section song of the month and have been spending time on 'Born to be Blue', Posting a link to my performance is for sometime in the future but I have to say that 'Song of the month' and Café saxophone in general are wonderful resources.