Nice Sound
I am no professional by any means, but I have studied with some very great musicians. I personally think you should rely on your ear, because otherwise you start program playing. Thats a rut that I am working out of, as I put sax down for several years, and when I started back playing, I rely on the riffs and whatnot that I remember from when I used to PLAY. I think you are doing a great job, but one thing you might want to try to do is very your dynamics more. A big problem with that song is that Coltrane showed most of us how to approach it, and if we dont do what he does we feel that were not playing well. Just play what you hear. You have a nice tone. I wish I could play alto like I used to, but now it seems I can only blow a tenor and sometimes my soprano.
I am no professional by any means, but I have studied with some very great musicians. I personally think you should rely on your ear, because otherwise you start program playing. Thats a rut that I am working out of, as I put sax down for several years, and when I started back playing, I rely on the riffs and whatnot that I remember from when I used to PLAY. I think you are doing a great job, but one thing you might want to try to do is very your dynamics more. A big problem with that song is that Coltrane showed most of us how to approach it, and if we dont do what he does we feel that were not playing well. Just play what you hear. You have a nice tone. I wish I could play alto like I used to, but now it seems I can only blow a tenor and sometimes my soprano.
