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<blockquote data-quote="thomsax" data-source="post: 273925" data-attributes="member: 17">We are all different! I was often told that I growled all time. It was in the early 80&#039;s and I was triying to play in a big band!! I didn&#039;t growl constantly, my tone was/is just different compared to the other guys. We were 4 players that did a recording playing the same scales and licks at the same tempo and without any effects. We were all at the same level. Just playing for fun and we were not well educated in music. The scales and licks were played legato and with tongue on every tone. We agreed that we played/shared the same sax (a Yamaha 62) and mouthpiece (a metal Berg Larsen 100/2 SMS). Something that we all could play. We didn&#039;t share reed but we were all using a LaVoz medium reed. No effects, just play as clean and pure as we could. The difference was big. My tone was more &quot;growler, raspy or gritty&quot; compared to the other guys. One guy had a very pure/clean tone that would be nice in classical saxophone (he later started to play classic clarinette). Two of the guys continued with jazz/big band. I took my raspy tone and accepted the fact that I would do better as a 100% Rocksax hobby player. The journey began: New and bigger mouthpieces! Harder reeds. Started to play King and Martin saxes (today I&#039;m back on an allround sax, YTS 25!) Practised long tones à la Clarence Clemons (&quot;unleash the animal inside you&quot;) ... .&nbsp; But sometimes I miss to be a part of saxsection!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="thomsax, post: 273925, member: 17"] We are all different! I was often told that I growled all time. It was in the early 80's and I was triying to play in a big band!! I didn't growl constantly, my tone was/is just different compared to the other guys. We were 4 players that did a recording playing the same scales and licks at the same tempo and without any effects. We were all at the same level. Just playing for fun and we were not well educated in music. The scales and licks were played legato and with tongue on every tone. We agreed that we played/shared the same sax (a Yamaha 62) and mouthpiece (a metal Berg Larsen 100/2 SMS). Something that we all could play. We didn't share reed but we were all using a LaVoz medium reed. No effects, just play as clean and pure as we could. The difference was big. My tone was more "growler, raspy or gritty" compared to the other guys. One guy had a very pure/clean tone that would be nice in classical saxophone (he later started to play classic clarinette). Two of the guys continued with jazz/big band. I took my raspy tone and accepted the fact that I would do better as a 100% Rocksax hobby player. The journey began: New and bigger mouthpieces! Harder reeds. Started to play King and Martin saxes (today I'm back on an allround sax, YTS 25!) Practised long tones à la Clarence Clemons ([I]"unleash the animal inside you"[/I]) ... . But sometimes I miss to be a part of saxsection! [/QUOTE]

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