On Stage Reno Jazz Festival 2008 El Dorado High School

[ukedildo]

Great job soprano sax on your solo. Nice chops and sound. I can't believe you are in high school!

[mikaylasax]

NIcely done!

[OjAiSaXpLaYeR]

God Ethan is such a damn good melodicist, through his solo here he rarely leaves the Minor Pentatonic Scale ((a.k.a. Blues Scale)) and yet still builts such a melody that it seems like he could play on it for hours.........jeez...this is a perfect example of how to build a solo in .49 seconds!

[islandwarrior14]

hey, was the second solo a saprano sax, cuz that guy was badd

i mean his solo was off the chain, good job

[Mikelikes2rock]

I was there, you guy's did good.

[Mikelikes2rock]

guys*

[guitarherowahine]

OH and nice sound BARI SAX!

[guitarherowahine]

Like this song...greetings and salutations by Thad Jones...it's one of his best...good, funk piece and good piece for trombones. :)

Good job guys! Amazing BAND!

[edwardrulzmuch]

nice! i was there! haha im from gladstone in so-cal and we sat in the front row on the right side. but yeah nice sound, no wonder you guys beat us. but dont worry, we'll come back next year =]

anyways good job el dorado! nice sax sound!

[sukkyatlife]

omg the bass really annoys me not a jazz sound at all its to much of a slap tone

[ApatheticVegnagun]

it's supposed to. it's a funk chart not swing

[josephrr92]

Hoping that this does not offend Ethan in any way:

Does anyone know what equipment Ethan Helm uses?

-sax

-mouthpiece/ ligature

-reed

[ApatheticVegnagun]

-he has a yamaha custom alto, the old ones from the 90s when they were better. soprano i don't know

-mouthpiece is a meyer of some size, and hes had some work done on it i think. soprano moutpiece is a selmer E i think

-reed for alto Rico jazz selects 3m. dunno for soprano

[markVItenorstud10]

duh! we played mario kart and super smash. it was pretty badass!

[markVItenorstud10]

hey deth for jazz auditions tommorow are u audtioning on alto and bari or just alto?

[dethrising]

i auditioned on alto, but he said if he likes my alto audition better than seans(idk if thats possible) then ill be playing bari, if he likes my alto audition better than the others, ill probably be playing 2nd alto next to you. idk yet. did have have fun in 2nd period with eric's N64?

[angelhalsey]

mark6tenor, haha youre funny. deth is getting angry that we tell him he's not gonna make it. he might you know. but we dont know. i better go practice.

[FUBAR329]

Lols flaming is fun huh guys. Ohh, I didn't realize this video was about ethan's solo... not about saying whose gonna make it or not. Just throwing it out there. So stick to the video. GO BAND

[markVItenorstud10]

hey deth obviously practicing whatever the hell you say ur practicing will make u better but they are better players you. Theres nothing you can do about that. Just keep practicing what ur doing. if what ur practicing is actually making u a better player.

[dethrising]

thanks, srry about the other day, i was kinda in a bad mood afterschool that day.

[sleepyhead7391]

dont woory deth i feeel ur pain

ive been the second alto since freshman year cause there was all sophmore saxes in jazz band

[dethrising]

well, no freshman are allowed in our jazz one band. too much pressure says most people. butm i dont know results yet, i am hoping that ill make 2nd, but ya never know. thx anyway

[markVItenorstud10]

hey deth ur probly not gonna be in Jazz I just throwing it out there

[dethrising]

OMG, why does eveyone say that, you know, if you practice enough, which i've been playing for about 3 hours a day, for the past 2 months, if you practice enough, you can make it. asses!

[angelhalsey]

you're not going to be in their next year deth. ask anyone. unless you practice ethan status.

[dethrising]

well, for the past couple of weeks i've been practice 3 hours a day. is that enough angel. ethan status is like 5 hours weekdays, and like 7 weekends. a couple times, hes practiced nonstop for 12 hours, he doesnt do it alot, just sometimes.

[dethrising]

and dodson thinks ill make 2nd alto, though i think he'll make it.

[0xtwisterx0]

Omg, still commenting, nice guys :)

[dethrising]

I LOVE THIS SONG! WAY TO GO ETHAN! AND BOB! AND THE REST OF JAZZ ONE! i hope im in that band next year.

[BigSmall344]

yeah I got the half stack =]

[angelhalsey]

cool

[dhernandez88]

classic Nick Giaimo Head Bob at the end. I like it.