Notes about my efforts to learn Tenor Saxophone - and some of the tunes I'm doing, practice sessions, etc - with my 1966 Selmer Bundy Tenor sax - "Bello."
I'm trying to get this down, and Rosie is cooperating a lot better than my fingers! Lol.
I plan on working on this for the next month or so - and it'll be a bit different than in the vid, because I naturally strum with my right thumb instead of picking. I've got one heck of a callus on the left corner of my right thumb, and it's only getting more so. I also tend to grow out the left corner of that thumbnail so that I can pick with it when I need to.
Here's the lesson:
And here is Rosie with my little First Act MA-104 4-watt practice amp:
I love the blues, so the new theme I just finished here on 66 Sax is hitting me just right.
I love the starfield background, and I've tweaked the fonts and colors to go with a "blues night club" kind of feel.
In that spirit, here's a really classic blues number from the year I was born in, 1962. I only discovered this amazing artist this past month, which really shocks me. I give you the amazing Barbara Lynn, who was so far ahead of her time:
Some Sweet Old Soul-Blues Fusion:
I first heard this song last year, but had no idea who sang it. I
listen to a lot of blues and soul on Sirius XM radio. Love those sounds.
I
heard this again just yesterday, and got the chance to look it up on
Google. It turns out to be a very rare bird indeed - Ms. Barbara Lynn,
who was a female lead vocalist and lead guitarist, and songwriter in the
1960's.
I love this song. To me, Barbara Lynn's voice is as
smooth as butter half-an-hour out of the 'fridge. I want to practice a
baritone version of this song and sing it for karaoke.
For now, let's just enjoy some righteous ear candy.
