Hi folks... I'm relatively new here. I've been lurking for a long time and have become more active the past few weeks. My name is Paul Croteau, I graduated from North Texas in 1988 with a Jazz Studies degree. Some highlights: played lots of classical in high school, studied with Phil Delibero; in high school I made All-State twice and All-New England three times In college I was a member of the 2:00 lab band, 1988 Disney All-American College Band lead alto, winner of the 1989 NASA Jazz Saxophone Competition, played /recorded with The Collection and The Dallas Jazz Orchestra, various studio work, television work, tour work, cruise ship work, teaching work... lots of dues. Now I pay the bills as an engineer at a large I/T hosting company.
I'm usually one to instigate lots of debate and discussion since I have strong opinions, BUT also have an open mind.

I like and play all styles of music, and I'm also a techno-geek. I founded
www.michaelbrecker.com in 1995 and then
www.davidsanborn.com in 1996. I relinquished control of both sites to their respective management companies in 2000 when my first child was born. Not long before Michael Brecker was diagnosed I started working with him on a new web project:
www.ibrecker.com. He continued to give me content and feedback right up to the end, and the site is a tribute to his life.
My equipment:
Alto - Selmer Mark VI 87xxx
(stolen in March, recovered in May)
Guardala Studio or Rico Jazz ESP 7 hard rubber mouthpieces
Soprano - Yamaha YSS62R
(stolen in March, FOUND on ebay thanks to this forum. Story still developing)
Bari 68 mouthpiece
Tenor - Cannonball
Guardala Studio or Jody Jazz 7 mouthpieces
EWI 1000
Oberheim Matrix1000 + various softsynths on a Macbook