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In a recent conversation, someone expressed to me the idea that so few people actually post their work here.
Café Saxophone has one of the highest benefit to burden ratios of all user-driven content, aside from paid subscription lessons. Here you can post recordings at any level of playing and get encouragement and inspiration. Other than having a good teacher, constructive feedback is high on my list of ways to improve. Yes, you can continue to lurk, observe, take in all the (mostly) great advice and (mostly) good humor, but you shouldn't hesitate to post your progress and see what comments it may solicit.
For a start, I'd suggest playing one of the organized Song or Ballad of the Month. Feel free to go through the old ones, there must be hundreds of songs by now. Some are not hard and can be played in your first year.
It's worth thinking about recording, at least, because it alone will be a tremendous help. I listen to some of my older recordings and hopefully my intonation and articulation have both improved. These things take time, so I keep working, and part of that work is recording and listening back, making mental notes. Recording also gets you used to playing all the way through a song. I usually cheat by making sure the songs are short 😉
I mention this because I see a lot of new "faces" coming in, and that's excellent. The newer people aren't afraid to ask for help, and this is a good place for that. There are a few posts dedicated to how to record yourself. These days, most people have a phone that will make a recording good enough to use for your own private study. The high end phones can make very good videos, too.
We see you, now, let's hear you.
In a recent conversation, someone expressed to me the idea that so few people actually post their work here.
Café Saxophone has one of the highest benefit to burden ratios of all user-driven content, aside from paid subscription lessons. Here you can post recordings at any level of playing and get encouragement and inspiration. Other than having a good teacher, constructive feedback is high on my list of ways to improve. Yes, you can continue to lurk, observe, take in all the (mostly) great advice and (mostly) good humor, but you shouldn't hesitate to post your progress and see what comments it may solicit.
For a start, I'd suggest playing one of the organized Song or Ballad of the Month. Feel free to go through the old ones, there must be hundreds of songs by now. Some are not hard and can be played in your first year.
It's worth thinking about recording, at least, because it alone will be a tremendous help. I listen to some of my older recordings and hopefully my intonation and articulation have both improved. These things take time, so I keep working, and part of that work is recording and listening back, making mental notes. Recording also gets you used to playing all the way through a song. I usually cheat by making sure the songs are short 😉
I mention this because I see a lot of new "faces" coming in, and that's excellent. The newer people aren't afraid to ask for help, and this is a good place for that. There are a few posts dedicated to how to record yourself. These days, most people have a phone that will make a recording good enough to use for your own private study. The high end phones can make very good videos, too.
We see you, now, let's hear you.
