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Score: 8

"awesome.."

by: AloysiusRexford

date: April 24, 2008

Have to give it up to you for playing some Horace Silver.
I just did a remix of his song 'que pasa' - should check it out? Not that im fishing for listens, : D

just thought it was cool to see someone else doing something by him, he's great.
should play some more songs by 'em.. : D

Take care!

Score: 5

"At least it was in tune, for the most part..."

by: Super20SS

date: March 19, 2008

...I'm not really sure what else to say, or not say.

I take it you're young, or just starting out, which would explain why you didn't follow the changes during your solo. But you stayed pretty safe in the realm of the pentatonic, so I guess I should hand it to you for not trying to reach too far past your limits. I realize that this was a practice session, but theres almost no reason to practice your "foot in the bell" low A, because you'll never use it in practical situations--I've only seen it written in a couple of Rob McConnell charts purposely, and only then for effect, and I can't think of any alto players who seriously try to go that far down on the horn.

Bravo to you, though, for putting this out there for the world to hear and criticize. Takes guts

Keep practicing, and it will come together. Good luck.

Score: 9

"I don't see..."

by: ChaosDragonUnl

date: March 10, 2008

...why you'd beat yourself up for being random. Being random is something jazz prides itself on. Of course a 20 minute odyssey is a bit much but being random shows the true style of the performer. A couple suggestions.

Same song.
Up the volume on the accompanying instruments just a touch, don't overpower them.
Keep practicing and try and do a mistake free run (still friggen impressive at how few there were in this one)
Keep the rehearsal feel while cleaning it up a bit.

Just keep playing man. That's good enough for me.

Score: 10

"Shame about the accompaniment being so low"

by: WritersBlock

date: March 6, 2008

Because you've got a great jam here. I had it playing in the background while I was doing other stuff, and it's great music to chill to.
Diggin' the tunes, man! =P
This is how you play a sax! Great job, love jazz, there aren't enough people on newgrounds that record their own instruments (myself included), it's a refreshing break from all the techno =D

Score: 9

"Well, I have to hand it to ya'"

by: Bosa

date: March 4, 2008

It's a good track overall. It sounds like a rehearsal session rather than an actual performance.. no offense intended. You're making a good start by submitting a live performance and I'm sure you'll get far here on the audio portal if you keep on practicing!

It's better than what I can do jazz-wise,
Bosa

Score: 8

"Very nice."

by: GronmonSE

date: March 4, 2008

I always screw up when I know it counts too, heh. I'm not exactly fond of the overall tone of the Sax and I would have loved the background to stick out more, but considering it's sort of a "jamming" session, I can't actually complain about how professional/neat it sounds. The playing's fine IMO, very little mistakes. Nice work anyway. 5'D because I'm feeling nice today :D

Score: 10

"Bad-ass"

by: m0dul4r

date: March 4, 2008

Awesome, man. Nothing I can think of that can be improved on, it's flawless.

In my opinion, a musician's best work is recorded when he doesn't know he's recording. :)