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Life. Music. Updates.

Published on December 2, 2008 in Music. 9 Comments

The music goes on! Thankfully, my saxophone lessons with Stan Karp will continue, despite the abrupt changes in schedule as I head into the second semester of school in January.

Over the break I will be working on II-IV-Is (patterns), voice-leading, and most importantly, listening first then playing by ear.

Looks like I’ll be playing a whole ton over the break with Hank Crawford :D (not literally)!

To Practise: Nov. 14, 2008

Published on November 14, 2008 in Music. 0 Comments
  1. Warm up on II-V-Is with voice-leading: first time 3-7-3, second time 7-3-7

To Practise: Nov. 8, 2008

Published on November 8, 2008 in Music. 1 Comment

Exactly three months after the Beijing Olympics. Time goes by quickly. Too quickly. Now I’ve decided to write my tasks down and watch the magic happen.

Things to work on for the coming week:

  1. II-V-I patterns: 1 2 3 4 5 7 6 5… without Abersold background, work especially on ones that you’re not familiar with (isolate them)
  2. Warm up on II-V-Is with 3rds instead of roots… know 3rds
  3. Metronome at 72 beats per minute and play upbeats of Dorian of each key (IIs)
  4. Classical duets #15, 23, 24

CBC Internet Radio Stations

Published on October 22, 2008 in Life and Music. 3 Comments

Do to the recent changes in CBC, including the killing off of day-time classical programing — where they now play barn-dance music instead — I’ve been listening to my own library a lot lately. But, you know, one needs to hear something different once in a while.

Tonic is absolutely wonderful; I love it. It’s not good enough though: only 2 hours of good jazz a day simple doesn’t do justice.

I’ve discovered the wonders of CBC’s online radio stations — playing a certain genre 24/7, non-stop. So here’s what my Rythmbox radio playlist looks like:

CBC Jazz:

http://icy1.abacast.com/cbc-jazzhi-192

CBC Classical:

http://icy1.abacast.com/cbc-classicalhi-192

BBC World Service:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/meta/tx/nb/live_news_au_nb.asx

CBC Radio One:

http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr1-toronto.m3u

CBC Radio Two:

http://www.cbc.ca/livemedia/cbcr2-toronto.m3u

Enjoy!

Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra

Published on October 15, 2008 in Music. 0 Comments

Starting on October the 15th you will be able to download a free recording of the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra every day. The recordings are available until the 24th of November 2008.