Category Archives: Music

These guys gave me a chuckle; very nice.

Amber is three and a half and sometimes she deigns to play her red recorder or the piano. So yesterday I took pictures. We were watching Amber because our daughter Josie had back surgery which we hope will both fix … Continue reading →

This video excerpts some of the music the band played at the Kirkland Performance Center. Suzy’s in the front row. I’m absent as it was the opening night of the Second Story Rep’s production of ‘A Chorus Line’.http://images.video.msn.com/flash/soapbox1_1.swfVideo: Woodinville Community … Continue reading →

There is a discussion going on the Sax on the Web forum about unique and rare instruments and the Ophicleide came up again. I have not checked this instrument out in the past but the Ophicleide.com does a very nice job … Continue reading →

A friend forwarded this that I’ll have to take a look at this weekend. It looks promising. :o) Think the music industry is dying, and that it’s time to go independent? Or have you always favored smaller, independent record companies … Continue reading →

There are at least two of my favorite stories to tell about growing up in the mid-west and being a sax player. One is when the Urbandale, IA middle school teacher picked a jazzy song for the eighth graders. The song was … Continue reading →

Fingering-Charts.com is the place to go to get fingering charts for all band instruments. The sight advertises ultra-extreme ranges, but I’ve found that some altissimo notes can require different fingerings based on the make of the instrument you play. Very … Continue reading →

This is mostly for my brother Pete who has unsuccessful tried to help me become a decent guitar player. 90 percent of the songs I bang away on, he taught me when we were in Junior and High School. Amazing … Continue reading →

I took Friday off so in my mind that’s when the weekend started. The Dissonance Big Band soon to be renamed Inspektor Gadget performed twice as a part of the King County Day of Caring. The nicest comment we got … Continue reading →

I am so enjoying this new find of mine, the Unusual Instruments Music Video blog. Today’s post is about the Sea Organ located in Zadar, Croatia. Alexander Zakharow seems to be a true connoisseur of unique and interesting, okay let’s … Continue reading →