Hello everyone, my names Dave and I'm from Dronfield near Sheffield. Been lurking on this site for a while and finally bought an alto sax two weeks ago - I wish I'd done it years ago (I'm the wrong side of fifty).Couldn't play anything for the first week as I managed to split a reed when fitting it but thought hey I'll only be playing for five minutes or so - big mistake, could hardly talk or eat for a week, please feel free to call me a thicko. Anyway I've learned a valuable lesson and won't be doing that again. I only had enough money for the sax and haven't bought a tutor book or had a lesson yet, just been playing scales and long tones with varying degrees of success.I think I'm going to get a book by John O'Neill which seems to get good reviews and also Pete's DVD. I can see already that playing sax is going to be a mixture of exhilaration and frustration in equal (or not so equal measure)
I've also found a jazz club in Sheffield with live bands for three quid a session - how good is that? If they throw in a free pie and pea supper I'm definitely going! No seriously I think live music in little venues like this, whatever the cost should be supported as much as possible and I'll be making every effort to attend, just wish I'd heard about it earlier- who knows perhaps one day they will even let me play. II like most types of music, listening to a lot of jazz at the moment - Miles Davis, Roland Kirk, Count Basie, Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, etc
Well I think I've waffled on long enough for now, and hope to make regular use of these forums especially the beginners forum, although I've found the answer to one question already - should I use a split reed? Er,no
Dave
I've also found a jazz club in Sheffield with live bands for three quid a session - how good is that? If they throw in a free pie and pea supper I'm definitely going! No seriously I think live music in little venues like this, whatever the cost should be supported as much as possible and I'll be making every effort to attend, just wish I'd heard about it earlier- who knows perhaps one day they will even let me play. II like most types of music, listening to a lot of jazz at the moment - Miles Davis, Roland Kirk, Count Basie, Coltrane, Eric Dolphy, etc
Well I think I've waffled on long enough for now, and hope to make regular use of these forums especially the beginners forum, although I've found the answer to one question already - should I use a split reed? Er,no
Dave