Saxophone beginners If you had to do it all again

[Phil]

I may have taken the blue pill instead of that Damned Red one!

 

[Dr G]

I may have taken the blue pill instead of that Damned Red one!

They say it’s never too late. Be aware of potential side effects - you may start liking smooth jazz and develop a taste for riding in elevators.

 

[Digger2054]

If I had to do it all again, I would find a good teacher that specialized in saxophone.

This ^

I wish I had my current teacher when I was at school.

Rather than just being told to play up and down a scale, which was boring and seemed to serve no purpose.

My current teacher explains why, and how to learn things that gives you a lot of mileage, and can be adapted into other playing.

I was joined on Bari a couple of weeks ago by a teenager, I joked how I wished I had listened more at school as he was a brilliant player & musician.

 

[mizmar]

My current teacher explains why, and how to learn things that gives you a lot of mileage,

In my case a "better" teacher as a kid would have been as much as a waste as any I actually had (music, just clarinet for a year, or classroom or otherwise) because the pupil was no good 😊

 

[SuperAction80]

If I could do it all over again, I'd assume that I'd already be going back with the knowledge that I already picked up along the way. I would most certainly change a few of the hangs and gigs I bet on. Opting for better results with less work, which should be everyone's goal. Ultimately, we only get one shot at this life thing. The fact that you learn something later than you "should have" doesn't omit the fact that you learned it. I probably wouldn't change much outside of that juvenile competitive spirit I had as a teenager. It's useless in the long run. Only thing that a musician can do is be the best that they can be. Oh, and I would have invested in Google and Bitcoin. Yeah. Definitely should've done that. I could have bought Selmer by now.