Under Construction Dashboard 2-Ex5

2020-03-21 By Bob 9 Comments

It’s a killer “break,” and you can use it in a lot of places. Let’s examine the parts that make up this whole so you can shed it—and apply it.

2020-02-21 By Bob 17 Comments

This improv exercise will help develop your phrasing and help you break free of the same old licks and streams of eighth notes you’re stuck using.

2020-01-25 By Bob 8 Comments

Transcribing is more (to me) than only copying another player’s solo with your horn. It’s about listening for sparks. Lemme show ya what I mean.

2020-01-05 By Bob 1 Comment

Bob’s review and feedback plus a PDF breaking down the “nugget” and what to do about that one note. 😉

2020-01-04 By Bob 9 Comments

We’ll look at the modes inside the hit song “Happy” for some ways to build solos that fit the context of the tune but develop beyond just the “meat and potatoes” melody and root-based pentatonic scale.

2019-12-20 By Bob 20 Comments

What should you do when you feel like your sound isn’t projecting the way you wish it would? Change mouthpieces? Reed strengths? Both? Here are some practices I use to develop a big sound—at any volume.