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Dinant – Birthplace of the Sax!

On a recent European Tour I was fortunate to be able to detour to the picturesque Belgian City of Dinant, birthplace of Adolphe Sax, inventor of the saxophone!

Whilst visiting Dinant I visited the Adolphe Sax museum, (which is in the same spot as the house where young Adolphe grew up!) There is a small exhibition and a bench outside of the house where you can sit with a sculpture of Adolphe and enjoy the view.

If you’re ever in Southern Belgium I’d advise you take a pilgrimage to Dinant and pay homage to Mr Sax!

Recording yourself is so important…

Making recordings of yourself is so important as it allows you to gauge how you’re improving and what you need to continue to focus on.

In this episode of #DansVlog I record myself playing a Chris Potter transcription and answer some of the common questions about recording yourself.

Making Time To Practice

I often have students tell me that they didn’t have enough ‘time’ to practice this week.

It’s really a poor excuse as time is the one thing we all get equally – both me, you and Mark Zuckerburg have the same 24 hours in the day!

The key is not ‘finding time’ but ‘making time’  – in this Vlog I’ll tell you how to do it.

Roberto’s Winds Tenor Sax Reeds Review

Here is my Vlog review of the Roberto’s Winds Tenor Sax Reeds.

Roberto’s Winds are one of the leading music shops in New York. Their own brand reeds are designed on the older reeds that were knocking around in the 1960’s.

How I practiced for 100 Days

Everyone knows that daily practice is the best way to become a better musician, but so few people actually do it.

In today’s Vlog Episode I explain how I used this amazing practice hack to complete 100 consecutive days of practice.