Summertime-Alto Sax

[QuackQuackBang]

Heya do you have a headsheet for this please!?

[SaxInThaCity]

@QuackQuackBang somewhere lol but its just jamey aebersold and the etude is from the maine jazz allstate audition by a guy named craig skeffington

[otheritsCJD]

You should do some new videos! :)

[lundun3000]

@SaxInThaCity love it love it love it, I myself play the sax (alto) and I was hoping you could send me a copy of the full song! Thanks!

[SDayss95]

That was beautiful !

I love the alto sax , i'm playing Summertime now but I only play the beginning , where did you get the whole song from?

[SaxInThaCity]

@SDayss95 Thanks! I had to play bits and pieces of what you heard as an audition in High School for the Jazz Allstate Band. Of course I never play anythign straight, so I was really embellishing it in parts, and then of course soloing with nothing the 3rd time through :) Again Thanks and Happy Playing :)

[SVBEEQV]

Amazing, amazing. I was a student of saxophone and I was forced to stop; it really remains in my heart and you are a really great player: your sax has an original tone which I do like a lot and I don't think it's easy at all.

Salutes.

[SaxInThaCity]

@SVBEEQV Thanks! Its been a while since I recorded this, and I have now made some improvements in my playing, so I will have to try and get another uploaded soon :)

[JazzySveiny]

Very nice

[MegaGuitarmaster101]

hey i am gonna start playing saxaphone and im gonna start renting one but in the future i am gonna buy one. any recomendations on what brand to buy? great job! sounds great.

[SaxInThaCity]

@MegaGuitarmaster101 Well, it depends on how much you really want to spend. Some rental saxophones are fairly descent for the intermediate player which. I suggest to stay on that for a while, and save up for a nice professional horn once your tone is under wraps. I play an LA Sax horn which are going for a fairly good price used right now. But if you have the money to spend, go with either Selmer (Paris), or Yanigasawa horns. Yamaha are good, too, but I wouldn't buy one over the previous two.

[SaxInThaCity]

@MegaGuitarmaster101 Also, I would DEFINITELY SUGGEST taking the mouthpiece that comes with horn, and throwing it back into the case when you get it. They are cheap mouthpieces, and it will make a huge difference in tone just by changing that out to a hard rubber, or different plastic one. Some fairly reasonable mouthpieces can be found online, and its all a matter of price and style that you want to play. I suggest starting out with a Runyon Mouthpiece as the are reasonable/offer good options

[SaxInThaCity]

@MegaGuitarmaster101 In Conclusion (LMAO), Saxophones are probably the only thing on the planet that usually the higher price does mean its a better horn. Mouthpieces are hard to get right, but once you get one you like, it will make playing alot easier. PM me if you need any more help- Good Luck and Happy Playing! :)

[jordiano69]

I am taking a class in jazz improvisation and am learning different strategies for creating a good solo! I thought your solo in this song was great and was wondering if you might share some of your strategy (like scales or permutations)! Any advice would be very helpful!!!!

[SaxInThaCity]

@jordiano69 PM me with your email, and I will scan and send you some stuff that may be helpful :)

[Asax1432]

I play a yamaha custom Z and i love it but the reason i think yamahas are more popular are because of the price differences. Yanagisawa cam out with a great hor particularly for jazz players i heard its great!

[1stealthtom]

I know what I like and damn I love your tone

[SaxInThaCity]

@1stealthtom Thanks for the comment :)

[Jguy365]

@1stealthtom ik! My band teacher would DIE if she heard tone this good!

[sooploops1]

what do u record with

[SaxInThaCity]

I use as line 6 recording interface, cakewalk music creator 4, and a set of MXL condenser mics- 1 set directly towards the horn (unidirection), and 1 set 3 feet away (vocal style)- both are preamped through an M-audio preamp.

I use the effects that came with the Line 6 recordining USB interface. Thanks for Listening!

[SaxInThaCity]

Well, instead of clickign reply, I accidently clicked Remove on someone's post, and they asked waht my setup was. In this video, I am playing a LA Sax intermediate-pro Alto. I am using the mouthpiece it came with and a 3 1/2 rico royal reed. I found this setup sounded best on this style of music. I also have a beechler metal mouthpiece #6, runyon smooth bore metal #6, and a runyon spoiler composite #7 that I play with depending on the genre of music.

[SaxInThaCity]

I also have a LA Sax Pro Soprano and runyon smooth bore with spoiler metal #6 mouthpiece along with a spoiler composite #7. I play Vandoren #3 reeds on this usually.

[SaxInThaCity]

Update to first post, I play a Rico Plasticover #3 reed on pretty much every mouthpiece now, and I have found that they are amazing to leave on the sax. You can just pick it up and play perfectly with them and not have to wet anything.

[GeefMijEenKoekje]

yamaha is way overrated on alt sax!

i have an very old trevor james horn alt sax, revolution. and that still sounds really goed compared to most yamaha's

selmer is a good brand imo

[SaxInThaCity]

I have never, and will never play a Yamaha Horn.

[ClueLou]

@SaxInThaCity why not yamahas?

[SaxInThaCity]

@ClueLou I guess I just never really got into the yamahas. If I were to pay that much money, I would probably go with something better, even though yamaha makes some really nice pro horns.

[SaxInThaCity]

Thanks!

[pahumes24]

wow i knew i forgot something

i didnt hit u up for late August but if u did remember the music i'd really appriciate if u could still send it

FORGETFULL ME

[SaxInThaCity]

Private message me with an email, and I will send you the music

[wizard966]

nice and smooth - I like it! :)

[jazziesax]

Nice man! Really nice.

Where did you get the backing track?

[SaxInThaCity]

Thanks! Its a Jamie Aebersold backing track. It can be downloaded or bought just about anywhere. I am not sure what set it is a part of, but just check out amazon or something. Thanks for listening!

[xmadnessmanx]

i'm pretty sure it's in the maiden voyage. i used to have that book cd set but I can't find my copy right now.

[SaxInThaCity]

Yeah, I think you are right there.

[pahumes24]

Really great man

i Love the improv becuz its so original and it cums fum u

AND U DIDNT MESS UP MY FAVORITE SONG

and also can u send me the sheet music because nobody has it and ill love to practise it

[SaxInThaCity]

Thank you!

[SaxInThaCity]

I am not able to send it right now because I am away from my scanner, but let me know in sept. and I will send you a copy of everything :)

[SaxInThaCity]

If you send me a message in late august, I will see about getting the music for you. It is out to my appartment at school. Thanks for listening!

[republicangurl18]

That da best I eva heard Summertime! Keep up da good work! Ur awesome! Sax is da best!

[SaxInThaCity]

Thanks!

[gemini7873]

i have a talent show coming up so can u send me tha sheet music please.

IM BEGGING U

[IMPERVERSO]

Cool man ! You're great ! I play sax myself but I've a long way to go to play this way dude! Congrats,keep that Up !

[SaxInThaCity]

Thanks!

[SolitudeBC]

That was amazing! You have an amazing talent! I'm also a sax player and hope to sound like that someday!

[SaxInThaCity]

Thanks! I am sure you will! Happy Playing! :)

[wisevector]

Outstanding!

[saddog5524]

yea fuckking pwnage! blow that bitch!