A while ago, I was playing Bari in my school's jazz band. I always got complimented on my tone quality but its almost impossible to hear yourself unbiased. I was hoping that some of you more experienced musicians would give your critiques as to how I really sound. This recording is from a christmas concert in 2008. Watch the three jazz band recordings. All opinions are welcome.
How do I sound?
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Well it's hard to tell from the clips really... Do you have more recent stuff of better quality? And where you play a solo part? :tsk: :bluewink:
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Hi, I have moved your thread in the SOTW Member Recordings & Reviews area where it should attract a larger audience and hopefully generate more replies - I'm sorry I cannot listen to your video clips because someone is on the other computer uploading stuff at the moment. Otherwise I would gladly listen and give you my impressions.
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Nice sounding band, but as Magic Pig says hard to really pick you out and give any criticism/help.
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I didn't have any trouble picking you out.
Good small-group tone. Very acceptable generally, though I might have used a darker piece in a big band setting so as to blend in a little better. Good volume for the piece, given that you needed to stand out a little for that one. Good intonation and time. Nothing really to complain about.
I will generally, though not always, use a little darker piece for a big band than I do for a small group on bari. If you do a search on Nick Brignola on YouTube, you'll find he generally used a Strathon (very bright piece) in his small group stuff, but you'll also find him in a big band setting using a Lawton (a bit darker).
Good small-group tone. Very acceptable generally, though I might have used a darker piece in a big band setting so as to blend in a little better. Good volume for the piece, given that you needed to stand out a little for that one. Good intonation and time. Nothing really to complain about.
I will generally, though not always, use a little darker piece for a big band than I do for a small group on bari. If you do a search on Nick Brignola on YouTube, you'll find he generally used a Strathon (very bright piece) in his small group stuff, but you'll also find him in a big band setting using a Lawton (a bit darker).
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Good sound and confidence. Watch your time -- you are pushing ahead of the pulse, so try to lock it in so that the melody can relax on top of your solid foundation.
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Acting as the bass player it is your job to keep the percussion section honest...Hard when you are sitting in front of them where they have no chance of hearing you. Instead, like drakesaxprof said, you were rushing a little bit. It is hard to lay a solid groove against percussion players who are not keeping consistent time. But hell, it was eighth grade! Sounding good...What do you sound like now?
I wish I could say I am still improving but alas, I can't. In the years since I have been moved back to alto, then on to soprano. I wish I could go back to Bari but our high school already has a really good bari, better than I can hope to be anytime soon. I left the bari with fond memories and I hope that I will one day return. Until then, I just need to keep bracing myself for those notes in the third and fourth octaves on the soprano. Those things hurt.
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