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Lisa and the saxophone
During the MLT Club birthday video Lisa said that if we wanted to hear something gruesome, we should see her on the saxophone. Halloween is looming, and who doesn’t mind a little gruesome at this time of year? But actually, are you learning the sax?
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Haha that would be a very poor listening experience. Our stepmum Michaela plays sax (you can see her play on some of our earliest YouTube videos) so I have had a go at it before. But the few times I tried it, I could hardly get a tone out of that thing.
Of course, it’d be fun to try it a bit more, and I love the sound of it. But I can’t sing while playing it which is a bit of a bummer …
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But the few times I tried it, I could hardly get a tone out of that thing.
That reminds me Lisa of when I chose to do the trumpet as my instrument of choice for Band class in grade 8. I can totally relate to that statement! I struggled with it all year and managed to play with the band, but those wind instruments aren’t for everyone (not that you wouldn’t excel at it). I was glad there were other guys much better than me in the band so my poor playing didn’t stand out! My lips went numb for hours after band practice.  🙂 Michaela sounded wonderful on the Sax in that 2007 concert performance, especially in “Aint No Sunshine”. Would be great to hear or see her do the Sax again in a future song or video!
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I had tried and failed trumpet and the music class in Grades 7 & 8, got taken out as I was struggling badly… Had they a choir, I’d of been better at singing or if they had tambourine /cowbell, I perhaps would of had a chance to at least just pass music class… Of course the teacher I had didn’t help, he was a professional musician… His idea of Perfection and the high caliber standard he set didn’t exactly go over very well to those who in his mind were failures and a waste of his time to teach in his class… Now he conducts the local chapter of Salvation Army Band at a Xmas Concert that I go to every year now for awhile now to see as a friend of mine is in it… He also go figure, ended up marrying the student music teacher we had in Grades 7 & 8 at our middle school at the time… Lol… He’s still the perfectionist /Professional with attitude that I don’t fondly remember of him by…
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