Is This A Good Gig, Or What?
As someone who worked as a mascot back in her early university days, I never had the chance to wear a costume like this mascot …
When To Refer A Student To Another Instructor
When I was teaching saxophone, I taught students who played alto, tenor, and bari. If the student arrived at the lesson with an alto, I …
An Extreme Anthropomorphizing Of The Saxophone
The following 2 photos from Michel Coumans made me laugh this morning. I thought about how many times I’ve read about, or heard people assign …
Perhaps Tower of Power’s Best Album Cover
Arguably the best horn band of all time, Tower of Power (TOP), has been around since 1968. The founding members and alumni of the band’s …
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The Reclamation & Restoration Of A Great American Vintage Horn
I’ve been a member of SOTW since nearly the beginning. I joined the world’s largest saxophone around 1998 or ’99. It was in 2000 that …