Comments for Paul Maine Jazz Music

Comment on II-V-I Major Long Sequence Backing Tracks in All 12 Keys by David Summer

David Summer — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:25:01 +0000

Excellent.
Care to post a MIDI version, so people could mix and match?

Comment on II-V-I Major Long Sequence Backing Tracks in All 12 Keys by Simon Andrews

Simon Andrews — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 22:51:02 +0000

Good backing tracks. Best I’ve found so far and in all keys. Good for sax and guitar. Cheers.

Comment on 250 Jazz Patterns by Evan Tate: Preliminary Patterns – Major Backing Tracks by Gordon the Backing Tracks guy at A1 Tracks

Gordon the Backing Tracks guy at A1 Tracks — Sat, 09 Jul 2011 11:53:24 +0000

Like your site very much – backing tracks are wonderful!

Comment on Saxophone in Christian Music? by Paul Race

Paul Race — Sun, 26 Jun 2011 21:38:45 +0000

I played tenor sax in an extemporaneous praise band from 1975 to 1983. I was “filling in the cracks,” as one fellow put it, playing mostly countemelodies not inspired by Jazz, but by traditional band arrangements as well as melodic rock leads by the likes of Clapton and Stills. Then I went to work as a youth director in a smaller church that didn’t even have a guitar player, so I wound up leading worship for about fifteen years with guitar in my hands. This morning I got a chance to play tenor in a praise band again, for the first time in decades. YES. One thing that has changed is how many of the songs are in E and A, putting my tenor into the F# and B key signatures. (Most choruses in the ’70s were keyboard based, so concert Bb was more common than A) I had some time to practice, though, and outside of a few glitches, I think it went reasonably well. My alto stayed in the case, though – C# is not my favorite key. I have a concert-pitched Soprano sax but that’s pitched too high to play the parts I wanted to play today. Maybe later, for some special use.

Still, it makes me wonder if there isn’t a place for C melody saxes to make a comeback, not for the silly old reason that you can read the melody line over the piano player’s shoulders (who in a decent praise band needs the sheet music, anyway?), but just to keep you from having to play in 5 or 6 sharps all the time. Too bad all but a few C melodies have a narrow bore, so they don’t really have the “edge” of a good alto or tenor with a custom mouthpiece. Still if I could find a playable one cheap and experiment with my decent alto and/or tenor mouthpieces . . . .

It also makes me wonder if there isn’t room on the web for a “Praise Band Saxophone” site giving pointers to folks who want to transition from H.S. band to praise band and don’t know where to start.

Best of luck, all,

Paul Race

Comment on Paul Maine Jazz Band Welcomes Drummer Jimmy Fenno by James Fenno

James Fenno — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 19:33:48 +0000

Thank you Paul, great to come aboard such a fine organization!

Comment on Saxophone in Christian Music? by SaxFuerJesus

SaxFuerJesus — Sat, 03 Jul 2010 13:04:03 +0000

Dear All,
I am leaving in Germany and here the resistance against the Saxophone in church is unfortunately still very high..

I appreciate any help/support/links to groups in Germany where Tenor Saxophone is accepted/appreciate/tolerated..

I keep a web site on “Sax for Jesus” (only the URL is in german) where I am putting there links and tips .. and will also link some of those I found here.

My son (Trombonist, 12) gave me a card (Card 21746 from J Kawohl-Verlag)which recalls Psalm 150 with the following words:

Everything what breath, praise the Lord.
Praise him with Violins, Flutes and Saxophones,
with Guitars, Xylophones and Symphonic orchester,
praise Him with Blues, Jazz and with spirituals.

Everything that breath, praise the Lord.
Halleluja !

Comment on TC-Helicon Voiceworks for Sax Sound Samples by Paul Maine

Paul Maine — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 21:34:18 +0000

Please send me the sheet music and an mp3 and I will take a look.

Comment on TC-Helicon Voiceworks for Sax Sound Samples by Will Schmit

Will Schmit — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:54:18 +0000

Great stuff Paul.
I am working on trying to mimic a sound that I am pretty sure I can do. I want to fake a Tex-Mex button accordion. The problem I am having is that I need to play 2 notes at one time and in some cases 3 — My Yamaha chorus (SPX90II) doesn’t sound right at all. I can play the high line of the sheet music, DRY, and then I want to use a sustain pedal from a midi organ to kick in the second voice. In this case exactly 4 semitones below the dry note. In other words 2 notes lower (D4, B4). The second tone chorus would be the above group and the same note as the dry note only one octave lower (D4, B4, D3).
I will be playing an alto, or a C-Melody.
I can also use a Yamaha WX5, with an accordion patch (patchman patches sound killer) and then pump the analog-out from my mixer into the voiceworks. I love the WX-5, but I can’t tongue it fast enough to make the polkas sound convincing.

Would you have any interest in taking a look at some sheet music, and MP3 of the music, and give it a try for me before I go and spend money on a box that may no please me.

Thanks — Will Schmit (grandson of Bill Schmit – Smitty and the Boys)

Comment on TC-Helicon Voiceworks and Saxophone by Steve

Steve — Wed, 19 May 2010 02:06:36 +0000

I’d love to hear hat kind of sounds this can make. A few years ago I was looking for something that could read my sax sound and just double it with some synth horn sounds. This looks it could do that. Keep us updated……..Thanks

Comment on TC-Helicon Voiceworks and Saxophone by Don Kelly

Don Kelly — Tue, 18 May 2010 21:41:30 +0000

Cool, looks like a nice option for sax effects. Curious to hear how the footswitch works for you!