Any good?

altosax4ever · Any good?

Here is a clip of me playing an audition etude. Any thoughts on how I can improve? Is it any good?

Thanks!

http://www.streamload.com/Deliver...D%3D25080845%26nodeID%3D683012719

Mr. Green

Bariman

I'm getting an 'access denied' screen...

Bariman

altosax4ever

Sry, I'll update the link.

http://savefile.com/files/8584675

Thanks

JPSaxMan

Your technique seems good; articulation, tounging, etc are pretty good.

Your intonation seems like it could use work. At times it sounded like a goose was honking rather than a saxophone (no offense, just personal inference).

Are there any dynamic markings in that section of music? If so, they were not expressed and need to be worked on.

Otherwise, pretty good...give it a 7 out of 10 Mr. Green

altosax4ever

Thanks, no dynamic marks at all, actually. You're absolutely right about the tone, it was NOT one of my better recordings. Thank you VERY much for your feedback. I wanted an opinion before I turned it in. I'll try to post some better stuff later.

JPSaxMan

And sometimes it will take several recording sessions before your piece turns out right.

I was trying to figure out Kenny G and David Sanborn's Pick Up the Pieces. I took me many hours of listening and playing, and the first couple of times I dubbed myself over it, I had so many mistakes my ears were bleeding. Even nowadays I still have rough spots in the song, but more or less have it figured out. This of course was playing by ear, but the same concept still remains. When recording, you can be under just as much pressure as you would be in front of judges; except you can more or less go back in time and fix the mistakes.

I can't wait till I can hear you at your best! Mr. Green