You have to watch this, it’s pretty awesome. Guy has amazing stuff!
New Wall Decoration
I found this flattened saxophone on Ebay, and bought it and mounted it in the hall outside of my studio. It is pretty cool. Best $36 I’ve spent in a while!
Here is how it was most likely made.
Sheet Of The Week – Through With You (Maroon 5)
What can I say, another Maroon 5……great group.
Through with you by Maroon 5 for Eb Instruments (88.0 KiB, 90 hits)
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Harvey Pittel Presents The Saxophone Teachings Of Joe Allard
Master saxophonist Harvey Pittel has an excellent series of videos about the teachings of legendary teacher Joe Allard. Enjoy!
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Bassists Look Too Bored
This is so true.
Sheet Of The Week – Gonna Get Over You (Sara Bareilles)
Sara, seriously, you and I….it’s like Peanut Butter and Jelly…..
Gonna Get Over You by Sara Bareilles for Eb Instruments (112.0 KiB, 61 hits)
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Kenny G and Michael Bolton
Awesome
Sheet Of The Week – A Little Piece Of Heaven (Avenged Sevenfold)
Here is another great song by Avenged Sevenfold.
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Sheet Of The Week – Jesus Of Suburbia (Green Day)
Sorry there hasn’t been Sheet Of The Weeks for a while. I had to move, and well….it was frantic. Anyhow, here is one for ya.
Jesus Of Suburbia by Green Day for Eb Instruments (101.6 KiB, 85 hits)
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Ditching Pro Tools For Logic
For various reasons, I decided NOT to upgrade my ProTools to the new version. I won a system in 2007 that included a copy of ProTools M-Powered version 7. I upgraded to 8 as well, and mixed a big band album with the gear. I thought about moving to 9, but the upgrade costs were huge. Plus, I had also, in 2007, bought Logic 8 when Steve Jobs issued $200 credits to the first buyers of iPhones (love you Steve!).
Anyhow, when Mac OS X 10.7 Lion came out, the fate of ProTools for me was sealed. Version 8 didn’t run on it. But Logic ran on it. And for $199 I could buy Logic 9 from the App Store. And I did. And I haven’t looked back.
Is there something I miss about ProTools? I think the flow of working with audio is a little better, and the tools are incredibly cool. That is not to say that Logic doesn’t have these tools, but like to put in a Fade in ProTools vs Logic, it seems to be more precise in ProTools. I do miss my McDSP plugins though. I had bought them when they were RTAS, and I do miss them. Especially some of the compressors. Oh well. Oh, and Altiverb 6 sorta works in Logic in 64bit mode but shows up as unsupported. Strange.
I DO however, love the Exporting out of Logic. You don’t have to play the whole thing back. You bounce it, and boom. It is done in mere seconds. Logic also has a wealth of built in plugins.
If you use a Mac, and are sick of ProTools reaming you for upgrades, get Logic.
Finale Songbook
Though this author likes the program, I think MakeMusic has missed the mark again. No transposition, no DropBox or any cloud integration. No annotations. No sale (even though it’s free). Maybe version 2 will correct this, but given how fast (or rather, slow) MakeMusic does updates to Finale and its other programs, I think the competition is going to continue to be way ahead of Finale.
If you want a good music reader for iPad, get ForScore
I am happy to announce that Finale has finally released its first mainstream iPad app, Finale Songbook. Finale Songbook is a free app that allows you to read Finale files on your iPad. I love the name of the app, as it hearkens back to the song books of the jazz standards. The app opens to the main library, in which you can view your selections by playlists, title, composer, or file name. The library also includes a search bar, as well as a number of sample files and instructions on how to use the app.
(Via Technology in Music Education)
‘It Can’t Be Done’: The Difficulty Of Growing A Jazz Audience : A Blog Supreme : NPR
‘It Can’t Be Done’: The Difficulty Of Growing A Jazz Audience : A Blog Supreme : NPR:
“Well, if education isn’t the answer, what’s the solution? How do we develop and maintain a strong jazz audience?”
Audience development is a complicated issue, and it’s not limited to jazz. Every artist and arts organization is trying to answer the same question. We’ve identified a problem and we’re going to “build” something to solve it. Sounds so simple, doesn’t it?”
(Via www.npr.org)
Excellent article. I wonder though if it is really a problem Jazz faces in the United States more. In Japan and I believe in Europe, Jazz music gets as much attention as Pop music. Heck, they even have huge public performances of the music of Final Fantasy! Yoko Kanno and T-Square concerts sell out.
If Danny Elfman did a concert tour in the USA……..would anyone attend? Probably very very few. A Katy Perry or Justin Bieber concert though……sells out in hours. It’s a sad state of affairs here…..
History of UA’s 1176 Compressor
One of my fav compressors for saxophone.
History of UA’s 1176 Compressor:
That same year, Bill Putnam is making the transition from the old standard vacuum tubes to new solid-state technology with his Universal Audio-brand preamps and compressors. The legendary engineer and equipment manufacturer had previously redesigned his original 108 tube microphone preamp (taken from his UA/United Recording consoles in Chicago and Hollywood), into the new 1108 — utilizing the recently invented Field Effect Transistor (FET). Subsequently, he redesigned his successful 175/176 tube compressor (based on the popular variable-Mu design) using FETs, and thus was born the 1176.
(Via The Loop)
Game Of Thrones Theme Performed by Floppy Drives
I like this..
Sheet Of The Week – Payphone (Maroon 5)
The new hit by Maroon 5. Kinda cool video as well. I can’t remember the last time I have seen a pay phone though…..:-/
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