Archive for March 2016
Making your jazz improvisation on trombone easier and better
I thought of a coaching idea for jazz improvisation while watching a college big band the other night. As one after another of these dedicated hard working young guys and gals stood up and took solos I noticed that far too much of their playing was well outside of the changes – not in a…
Read MoreHow I recorded one of the trombone sounds for the tune Show Me
I am a big fan of Alina Baraz and of her song Show Me. So much so that I made my own version of the tune as both something I could add to the Electrik Project and as an exercise in refining the recorded sound of my alto trombone. Her vocal sound is so present and…
Read MoreA discussion with Sweetwater Sound’s Tom Maxwell about recording gear
When people ask me, I’ll give them my opinion regarding the recording gear I use, but I thought that it might be more valuable to pose the questions I am asked to an expert. So I got Tom Maxwell, Sales Engineer at Sweetwater Sound, on the phone and asked him some questions about microphones, mic pre-amps and…
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