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This is a silver Yanagisawa alto metal mouthpiece in a "7" facing in it's original packaging. Perfect condition. I bought this mouthpiece new about 3 years ago. It's hardly been used (maybe blown...

Shame on you for twisting this thread to spout your own politics.

If taxes were what drove this restaurant out of business then every other restaurant in Ottawa would be driven out of business,...

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I recommend you super-glue your fingers to the keys.

That way, they won't slip off, and they'll respond instantly.

Probably, like most sax players, I go through different phases of struggling with different aspect of my playing.

Right now, I'm struggling to reinvent my sound -- to make it lively, relevant, and...

Well, there are many different definitions of a "living art form", but here, we're talking about a living art form as something that is growing and evolving, both in terms of those who are creating...

He's absolutely right.

Jazz has been dead a good 50 years.

It's no longer a living art form, in any meaningful sense.

Nothing wrong with that.

I see there are still orchestras and...

Sure, I may be playing "licks", but they're not licks I've purposefully memorized in advance.

Maybe I wasn't clear. What I meant to say was that I've never spent time memorizing licks from books...

I've never learned a lick in my life. To me, doing so has always seemed to be the height of boredom, and I never saw any purpose to it. Even so, I seem to be able to create nicely structured...

That's fair enough. I'd still argue that all those forms are marginal, though. I know around here one of the most popular forms of live music is latin -- Salsa, Brazillian, etc. Much of which...

Well, not only improvization on 50-to75-year-old standards, but also contemporary jazz that is clearly rooted in those styles, such as the music played by Joshua Redman, Chris Potter, and the like --...

Universities are entitled to teach whatever their mandate allows, and I can see an arcane subject like jazz forming part of a larger music arts course, in the same way that the greek philosophers...

Unfortunately, good technique is not sufficient to make for enjoyable listening to anyone other than technique-afficienados.

It does nothing for me.

I'm kinda where JL was going with his initial response -- I don't see significant bending of the reed in the photo. I also suspect the intonation issues have nothing to do with the reed, but more to...

Flawed logic run riot.

I'd suspect that most wooden clarinets are made to a higher level of quality than most plastic ones and I'd suggest that that is more responsible for any difference in sound...

finger position and speed is unimportant. You'll figure it out. Focus more on the sound. That's what's important.

I don't get the hype? Admittedly, I don't mix with 13 year olds, but, I really don't think age matters. What I hear is someone learning sax who has a long, long way to go before he has the...

I have one customer who is highly agreeable, and I've kept him on.

All other customers who approach me I tell them to get to ****. That's not true -- there are two customers who I humour, but I...