Blaze Fingers Episode 2: The Poetry Man
Blaze Fingers: You are a poet. Listen to the story being told by the band. Add your part to that story. Nothing more,…
Blaze Fingers Episode 1: Mysterious Beginnings
Saturday September 17, 2022. Millennium Artistic Center: Huntsville, Alabama: 7 PM. Oren Sager (band bassist): Congratulations kid on getting hired. You beat out…
Mr. Charlie Grano: Master Instrument Repairman in Chicago's Loop
The unfortunate thing about the Internet is that it largely acts as a record of history starting in the mid-1990s. Many magazines and…
GNU Solfege Ear Training Computer Program on Linux/Windows/OSX is a Free Option for Music Students
The depth and breadth of Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) never ceases to amaze me. In this article, I will provide a…
Becoming a Healthy Saxophonist: The Benefits of a Vegan Diet (with Wisdom from Dr. Ellsworth Wareham)
In the 1940s and 1950s, bebop jazz musicians like Charlie Parker, Bud Powell, and Dizzy Gillespie ushered in a new musical revolution. Their…
How I Practice Using the Saxtalk Colored Scales
A few weeks ago, I introduced a new concept on Saxtalk.com: colored scales. While the concept of associating sounds with colors is not…