
Categories Widget (top-down)At the risk of incurring the wrath of those who don't want another materials discussion, I am offering these comparison soundfiles as one of the most meaningful yet. This is not done with a view to proving anything to anyone, it is for my own interest, and I think some people here will also be...
Last Post By: andrewbowie Today, 12:20 PM
Listening to your recordings makes me pretty hesitant to post anything. The level is very high here! Great job everyone! Here are 2 tunes I recorded recently, far from good as you will see. Lullaby of Birdland (much too long and has no ending) Someday my prince will come (December's TOTM on a...
Last Post By: Beer Can 05-21-2013, 07:40 PM
Hey Everyone, New website is www.neffmusic.com I just got a piece back from Ed Zentera and decided to put a recording on there. I'm always trying different pieces so I figured I'd see if this might help any of you out there who are like me. I have 8 tenor piece right now and am trying to...
Last Post By: MojoBari 05-21-2013, 01:37 PM
Coursera, the free (so far) MOOC platform, just announced a few new music courses to be taught in the spring by Berklee faculty: https://www.coursera.org/university/berklee . One is a five week improvisation course taught by Gary Burton. Coursera is an online platform for presenting courses to...
Last Post By: custard Today, 11:54 AM
Which of these do you own? :) There have been other clubs like this, so hey what the heck? Post your finish that you have on it as well please. Thank you. Oh, and pix as well. _________ Ian
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