Video

period king

Second

first 😂

Elton John 👌🏾

That’s insane delay

El🐐

So true lol 😅 im near the percussion backfield for our show this year and the met is so off 😂

Hey, Ethan! Great videos! I love the way you communicate with us/your audience and the intend of helping the younger generation of saxophonists. I can tell that you have put a LOT of thought into your process for caring your horns and the production of your videos! I have a few things that I want to bring up to you to think about: In the section where you talk about sandpaper, I would note very clearly that the player needs to use an extremely fine grit (800+) and it still should still be a last resort. We do not want to encourage anything that can damage a tone hole. You wouldn't want to be indirectly responsible for an good-intentioned and eager middle school kid getting some 80-grit sandpaper our of dad's hardware drawer and absolutely ending the career of a G# tone hole. Also, I don't recommend the use of a dollar bill or any type of banknote to clean pads/prevent sticking. A banknote is one of the dirtiest things that we regularly interact with and by using that, we end up rubbing dirt and other particulates onto your pads. Instead, try using a product such as "Pad-Juice" (Check out Peak Performance Winds) and use that (or Lemon Pledge) with the same procedure that you mentioned to help remove any residue that could be causing the sticking. Also, the The Key Leaves Spit Sponge is another great way to clean pads. I suppose an argument could be made for a "fresh off the press" $100 bill that hasn't been touched, but send that over to me so I can inspect it first. ;) Finally, avoid silk swabs. Silk is not as absorbent as some of the other material options and tends to displaces the moisture inside the instrument instead of removing it. The lint-free microfiber swabs are the way to go. I would rather use a mircro-fiber cloth to clean/dry off a table than a silk cloth. Hope this helps! Alex, your friendly neighborhood player AND repair technician. :)

I love the fact you think you can put one over on Dr. Page. He knows your sound as well as the sound of everyone in his studio. Btw your production quality with these videos is excellent. Don't get discouraged by numbers.

Hey man, I'm also going back to school (on the 19th of this month actually), I hope you have a great semester 💜 how's the flute practice going btw?

Hey Ethan, greetings from The Netherlands. Your videos about the auditions and general inner workings are super interesting! Have a lot of fun at UT and I'll be cheering for you from across the world. \o/

Could you make a video about the band audition process at ut and stuff like instrumentation for each band?

Thanks for sharing, please teach us!

First

Crushing it this summer💪

Watching this thinking about all those poor people that haven't opened their cases all summer.

Sounding great!!!

I have never been impressed by solo classical tenor but I love the sound and the piece.

What highschool did you go to?

Nice soprano sound!

I notice you pick up your fingers a great distance from the keys (you don't do this always so maybe it isn't an issue), if you're able, or want to, you can practice letting the keys lift your fingers up so you're always in contact with them.

Good job dude!

I also encorporate total body workouts for breath control and forarm strengthening exercises for hand strength and speed.

Wait do you play the flute ? If u fo how is it we need a flute update

Love the quality of your content! Its nice to have more saxophone youtubers since there are so few that cover this side of the instrument. Keep it up!

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and experience. I’m taking a year out now to fully focus on studying solfège, improving my technique and musicality. Your video came perfectly on time, unbelievable.

Great explanation of the All-State audition process and advice regarding approaching the etudes - thank you for the shoutout and link to my page!

How do you divide your practice during the week between soprano sax and alto sax?

Can you do a chromatic scale video?

Where is 18, 24, 34 😢

I thought the second one sounded more rich. I'm stuck with synthetics myself because of lip sensitivity to cane. But you sounded great on both!

Thank it helps a lot.

Only watched because it featured Vijetha (kidding of course) :)

I was NOT expecting this

swear I saw you at dci denton last night

8:50 Easter egg, Muczynski?

havent taken mine to a workshop since ive had this one (like 4ish years) do you think i should

Kiddy scissors, TSA approved?

👏👏👏 those are some good sounds

The second sounds better, it's also the Cane Reed.

hello! i came across your video by chance, and it was really intruiging to see a saxist and all the techniques used (as i’m not one!) 😸 this has also inspired me to consider recording my practice sessions too! best of luck to your pieces and excerpts, they sound really good! 👏👏🎉

The fact you are being disciplined enough to record this is amazing. Do you feel like you benefit going back and reviewing it? It seems more hassle than recording just audio but I can see merit in being able to see yourself.

Remember, we grow the most when we’re uncomfortable!! Liberation sounds great, keep at it!

At the end of summer you should do a full run of gotkovsky quartet finale only using double tongue

me playing bari sax and not knowing how to swab a bari sax 😭

ima try and do both jazz and concert all-region, but i want to advance with jazz

i think this video just goes to show that synthetic vs cane isn’t the end-all be-all of one’s playing. both sounded fine, and the differences in brightness and darkness can arguably be chalked up to the style of the reed’s cut of micro variations in the hardness of the cane.

24 & 34 or riot