Ah... Interesting, this has prompted me to realise it's coming up on a year I've been playing now. I remember the day, 4th January, a 45 min journey to Chiltern Street taking three because of the weather wrecking London's transport network...
In my 11 months far I've rented an alto, spent many a weekend making saxophone pilgrimages to various places picking out saxophones and mouthpieces in blind testing and if general Internet opinion is anything to go by, seem to have gotten myself in a rather special position of having both a saxophone and mouthpiece that I'm entirely in love with and have no desire to explore other avenues!
Just as well, I'm now back at university and the on the wrong side of a student overdraft...
Things are going well. I've kind of dropped off the radar here a little, though that's primarily because I'm spending my free time playing!
I'm in a concert band at Uni, am helping put together some organisation to get a big band or general jazz ensemble going. Like minded saxophonists have joined me in a trip to a sax workshop day in Kent recently, and we're lining ourselves up to play as a sax quartet at various opportunities coming up.
Thing is, I don't really -practise- properly. I've no teacher, and just kind of mush through playing things I like playing and letting my general musicality get me through in the ensembles. I'm a good enough musician to get along just fine, but I'm not necessarily getting anywhere as a saxophonist. I suppose therefore I ought to make my resolution to properly study my time playing it and actually try to master the instrument, rather than just playing and enjoying myself in my comfort zone.
I should like to have a lesson a month perhaps, just to keep me focussed in the longer term. Anyone know any good teachers in the Bath/Bristol area?