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Topic: For Jo----Your Life and Music
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Ami Anne
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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted April 08, 2014 07:52 AM
  
This may be transferred to another Forum but I want to pick your brain on music.I am so impressed that you are a professional musician on the sax. Are there many women who play sax? ------------------
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charmainec
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From: Venus next to Randall
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 08, 2014 08:12 AM
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Jo B
Knowflake Posts: 396
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted April 08, 2014 08:15 AM
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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
Are there many women who play sax?
Ooer, a thread addressed to me. lol  Well yes, there are far more around than you'd expect, especially in America. Lots of extremely talented female jazz players, for example, some fairly young (I'm not good at remembering names!). Unfortunately women still often get judged by how they look before their musical talent (men don't usually get judged on how "hot" they are, well maybe by female audience members!). It's a fairly patriarchal business still, and it seems the only way women can really fight to be heard and taken seriously is to start bands of their own. Just my experience really. I like to look presentable on stage but I'd much prefer to receive a compliment about my playing than how I look. I had a good experience in the past two years in California in the music scene and really improved my playing and made good contacts, I'm back in UK now and after a period of not playing much have got my inspiration back all of a sudden (was just practising my horn now! lol). I think having a more permanent home base has helped that. Thanks for thinking of me.
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Sibyl
Knowflake Posts: 464
From: Uranus
Registered: Dec 2010
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posted April 08, 2014 08:24 AM
AMAZING! I'm a swing lover myself. Forget about Elvis, Glenn Miller is king! The saxophone is such an amazing instrument! I'm really impressed. Do you perform in London? Is this your living? Do you play swing music as well, or mostly other forms of jazz?  IP: Logged |
Jo B
Knowflake Posts: 396
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted April 08, 2014 08:32 AM
Hi Sybil, well I only got back to London 6 weeks ago and had to find a place to live (thankfully I'm settled now). Being away from your home town for 2 and a half years and then coming back was a bit of a culture shock (California and London are slightly different, as you know!). It seemed like I'd made my life and musical contacts over there, but as much as I love many things about America, I also missed things about home (also my mother is still alive and lives just up the road from where I now live. )Anyway I've reconnected with some of my old music contacts here and will hopefully be out gigging and earning money soon (will probably take a normal job too to cover the bills). I might do some private tuition too. I love swing music too, I was playing in jazz big bands in the US which played lots of swing style jazz, also a swing blues boogie band which was quite fun. My main love is funk and jazz fusion though, I got to play that out there too. It was fun and inspiring. I should have done it years ago really but better late than never. IP: Logged |
Ami Anne
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From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted April 08, 2014 08:51 AM
It looks like the sax would be really fun!------------------
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Jo B
Knowflake Posts: 396
From: London, UK
Registered: Feb 2014
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posted April 08, 2014 09:14 AM
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Originally posted by Ami Anne:
It looks like the sax would be really fun!
Not for my neighbors! 
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Ami Anne
Moderator Posts: 53707
From: Pluto/house next to NickiG
Registered: Sep 2010
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posted April 08, 2014 09:37 AM
I bet they love it, Jo ------------------
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Randall
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From: Saturn next to Charmainec
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 09, 2014 12:17 AM
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