Merryfisher
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Sounds highly processed to me. Hard to hear what the basic sax sound is like underneath that.
Rhys
PS And his fingers are flying about just like mine !
Check out Little sunflower track i done today.I found the best natural sweet spot to my new sax,mic combo.Found the real natural sound of me and my set up here.No EQ ,just a tiny bit of reverb plus better mic distance.I love the sound i got here Rhys.The Raw shows its great woody core i think here.
www.soundcloud.com/daveysax1
Sounding great Davey and it's easier to hear what the sax sounds like on your recording. But Andy Brush sounds great too.
I had to play Little Sunflower on an improvisation workshop a couple of months ago - wish that I had heard your recording first.
Rhys
Reverb √ Compression √ Dorian noodling √ = meh / whatever .....
Reverb √ Compression √ Dorian noodling √ = meh / whatever .....
whats wrong with a good noodle? some might even call it improv!
ok guys I see from your sigs that this is the Emperor's new TJ-Raw appreciation society,
but I'm not hearing anything that makes me dump my tenors in the Clyde.
As politicians know- "never ask a question you don't know the answer to",
so if you ask "how good does this sound!", don't get annoyed if someone replies "not very"
Maybe we can find some more better recorded and "interesting" examples of how to solo
over long static sections of minor key-centres:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZomqLM7BQ
p.s. Davey- you're a country mile out on your version of Stardust, that's the wrong section of the tune!
you need to play the VERSE at the start : "And now the purple dusk of twilight time / Steals across the meadows of my heart"
here's how it goes, from someone who knows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR-pb09z6p8
hope that helps.
-A-
ok guys I see from your sigs that this is the Emperor's new TJ-Raw appreciation society,
but I'm not hearing anything that makes me dump my tenors in the Clyde.
As politicians know- "never ask a question you don't know the answer to",
so if you ask "how good does this sound!", don't get annoyed if someone replies "not very"
Maybe we can find some more better recorded and "interesting" examples of how to solo
over long static sections of minor key-centres:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeZomqLM7BQ
p.s. Davey- you're a country mile out on your version of Stardust, that's the wrong section of the tune!
you need to play the VERSE at the start : "And now the purple dusk of twilight time / Steals across the meadows of my heart"
here's how it goes, from someone who knows:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VR-pb09z6p8
hope that helps.
-A-
thanks for the links, Merryfisher I'll take a listen, & next time I'm at a big dealers in Edinburgh i'll see what they have in stock [imho the only way to judge a horn is to play it]. Just back from a gig on one of my old Conn's though , it's working well for me with an old berg i came across.
Maybe one of you guys can let Davey know about the stardust thing, I tend to tell adults the "straight no chaser"way.
Stitt nails it, but Davey is playing the wrong section, i suggest he listens & learns the verse & tune from Sonny and doesn't worry too much about "woody cores". as for Mr Brush... well in my book, B is for Byas, Butman, Bechet, Berg, Bergonzi & Brecker. But not Brush, at least not yet. We can all talk about scalar noodling over static harmony some other time
Isn't Cafe Society fun??
I personally enjoyed Daveys interpretation. It may not be to other peoples taste but that is surely the point. We all have different tastes. OK so maybe the piece was played in a way which may upset 'purists' although I have always held the view that critics are an unneccessary evil.
I am really looking forward to hearing Andy's performance which I am sure will be posted very soon.... Let me say that however bad it might be it will probably be better than anything I can do. But who cares. Lets all just enjoy doing what we do and play nicely together...