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Hi everyone. This is Rheuben. Today I’m going to introduce you to the clarinet. The clarinet is a member of the woodwind family and is unique among the woodwinds. Most woodwinds over blow what we call an octave. When you finger a “d” and push the register key, you get a “d.” The clarinet is …
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When working as a freelance musician and recording artist, I find that I can spend a lot of time at home in between gigs and sessions. While this is a great thing – I get to work on my own projects, continue to book gigs, etc. – I still have to make sure that I’m …
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As a saxophone player I tend to write quite a few articles for sax players here on Teen Jazz. Here’s a roundup of all the saxophone advice you can find on the site so far. General Saxophone Advice College Audition Preparation for Saxophonists – guest post by sax player and Cal State Long Beach professor …
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I’d like to talk a little bit about the neck cork. Now this is a Selmer Mark VI neck and as you can see over time, the neck cork has been lengthened quite a bit. It should stop right about here (shows where) but you have another half inch that was done on this. So …
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Breton Music is a style of Celtic Music that originated in the North Western region of France. The Breton music tradition dates back several centuries, and much like Irish music, it recently saw a regrowth in popularity following the 1970s folk revival. “Traditional” Breton music (and I say this very generally) typically is defined by …
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Title: Succeeding in Music Author: John Stiernberg Genre: Music Businees Book and Workbook with CD-Rom Page Count: 198 pages About the Book: Published by Backbeat Books in 2002, John Stiernberg’s “Succeeding in Music” is a user-friendly guide to the music business, finance, and marketing. “Succeeding in Music” teaches the reader how to create and implement …
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Negative criticism is an unavoidable part of being a performer. As much as we could hope to prevent it, criticism comes with the territory and so learning how to receive it or “handle” it is an important part of being able to succeed in music. During this episode of our Teen Jazz Radio podcast, we …
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Today I’d like to spotlight Claude Lakey, one of our our wonderful Teen Jazz Sponsors! We have a number of sponsors without whom, we would be unable to do what we do here at Teen Jazz. As a big thanks to each of these fantastic companies and artists, I’d like to begin introducing a few …
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Part I My name is Leo Potts and I’d like to share with you some concepts of the Lindeman-Sobel Approach to Artistic Wind Performance. The first concept we’ll deal with is “how do you play the first note of a musical phrase?” Now prior to playing the first note of a musical phrase, most musicians …
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Kiki Ebsen’s latest release, Scarecrow Sessions, is a tribute to her late father and her first endeavor covering the classics of The Great American Songbook that her father often encouraged her to take on as a vocalist. Produced by David Mann, the project launched following a successful Kickstarter campaign and has since gone on the …
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