probably, someone else had noticed that too... I'll check re a different way, I think I had it on lower field only..

ken

Very Fun stuff Ken!

I will eventually get around to learning the Sax (and the bagpipes is my other wish) before I die.

What is the name (and source) of the music cut that plays in the opening of your Sax clip? It has that Wurlitzer organ thing and the walking bass line. It sounds a little like the music that goes under Tom Wait's "Frank's Wild Years" off of Swordfish Trombones. I happen to do a pretty good Tom Waits impression and have been looking for a cut like that for some fun stuff.


-TomE

Hey Ken -

Here's how I would have handled the shot -

1 - Dark smokey background
2 - Sax in side silhouette or semi silhoutte
3 - Key light from behind - most of Ken in full or mid-dark shadow
4 - Camera angle with wider lens and much lower angle, featuring fingers on sax

The sax is a sexy instrument - nice chops BTW -

v

hey Vic, thanks - great idea ... will do for the next one! I'm outta practice, but thx, gotta get my chops back ... excellent shot setup idea ... agree it would be much better with silhouette, and wider/lower angle, I'll do it that way for the next one - thanks!


Ken

The sax is a sexy instrument.

When I was a teen, a neighboring school banned the playing of the saxophone at school dances, on the grounds that "its sinful braying led teens to premarital sex!"

So there may be something to it.

Hmm, coming to think of it, it may have been true... 8^]

>>>What is the name (and source) of the music cut that plays in the opening of your Sax clip? It has that Wurlitzer organ thing and the walking bass line.<<

Not a Wurlitzer, a keyboard simulation (aka: "hammond clone") of the original hammond organ (an instrument of which Jimmy Smith is known to be the true, motherbleepin' master of). An instrument invention from Laurens Hammond that screams the wonders of solid, american over-engineering.
It's usually accompanied by it's 150lb brotha - the leslie 122 (see - Don Leslie).

I hope you've cleared the rights and/or donated proper $ to the church of John Coltrane for using "Giant Steps" in the video?
Food for thought. If you take from the well, you're "encouraged" to give back to the well. Reality: One must pay up front to even approach and grab from the well.

As a professional working jazz musician, I can think of many players who would take serious offense to any linking of the fine art of traditional jazz to ...day trading.

There's cheese jazz (usually known as "smooth jazz". e.g. - Kenny G. )
...and then there's real jazz...which encapsulates all the traditional to avant guarde/free jazz masters of the day (from Monk and Oscar Peterson to Keith Jarrett, Charles Mingus to Jaco, Donald Bailey to Jeff Tain Watts, from Wes Montgomery to John Scofield, from Jimmy Smith to Joey Defrancesco...on and on we could go.

If it must be done, link it to smooth jazz ;) lol...else all who watch this might be doomed to a hell with only Brittany Spears music playing non-stop.

IMO, I would never put the words "day trading" and "real jazz" together in the same thought process or day (eh...maybe smooth jazz). I would however equate day trading to tele-sales.

On a positive note, your video is decent. The subject blows, but the video is viewable.

Mind more advice? I would seriously bag the background. One can see you're (or whoever) playing the sax, you don't need music notes and staff graphics floating around. As is now, it's akin to watching a keyboard player, wearing a keyboard tie. What's next?...the perverbial brandy snifter and a rose on the piano...with the word "jazzzzz" in smooth font?

Unless the intent is humor, it's just going to look cheap or bad.
*I'm not saying anything about "you" really, just advice on the vid concept (from another working jazz musician).

So Jaydeeee

If I read your Jazz dialect correctly your saying the piece he is using is John Coltrane -Giant Steps ? sorry about the Wurlitzer reference Hammond B3 or whatever just didnt come to mind.

-TomE

Oh man. No need to apologize about the Hammond organ stuff - I wouldn't expect many to know those details. I was just saying I'm pretty sure it's a new "keyboard" or "faux" Hammond Organ sound in that opening theme.

But, it is a facinating instrument with a wonderful history, a truly complete system ( a REAL Hammond organ/ Leslie 122). I just provided the info in reply to the question ...and in case some are interested. Search the internet or buy the book "Beauty and the B" which goes into detail of it's history. Of course, I guess I only replied on this because jazz is very near and dear to me - i take it very seriously. Plus the hammond is my weapon of choice, the instrument commands respect ;)

I'm saying the piece he is playing with his sax (AFTER the opening theme music) is a head from Coltrane's famous "Giant Steps". Then he plays some solo lines/blues/etc. later I believe - with some pretty obvious splicing going on between each phrase (might want to watch that Ken).

I'm not sure about the opening theme music - but again, if it's taken from the well....respect ($) should be replenished to the well. If this vid is out for usage, I hope he did the right thing and cleared all the music that was written/played/recorded and under copyright by others.

Giant Steps: Many begginers claim it to be a really tough piece to weave thru (playing fluently thru the head and solos), but really - it isn't. You just need to understand it's root movement and harmony, and it could be one of his more simple tunes he (Coltrane) has offered into this world.
It's a beautiful piece (the whole album/cd is - all of his albums are), you should buy it and others. Like many jazz masters, Coltrane's one of those special beings - there's beauty in every note he plays (and doesn't play).

Again, I'm not out to bash Kencalhoun outright. I don't know him.
But I would bet you can feel my disapproval with many aspects of "this" video.
First - it's extremely cheesy. 2nd, the concept of somewhat linking Day Trading to the raw emotion and life in the ART known as jazz (traditional to avant-guarde, - not smooth/light jazz ;)... obvious "smooth jazz" joke) is beyond cheesy...and entering offensive to me (and i'd bet also to the countless jazz masters out there, living or dead).
Of course, very few will see this video (at least I hope), so I won't go further into it and I hope he catches the drift.

Is it a video made with vegas? Yes ( I assume). I guess there's the only silver lining with this one. ;)

Just a plea, nothing more.
Ken, how about you bag any future notions of linking "day trading" with the fine arts. Since you obviously love the music, how about a jazz music video/concert - showing that art...and that is all.
Leave this incredible gift we have been given (fine arts and real jazz music) out of this shitty, corporate biz/marketing world we live in.
That is what we as musicians need to fight for.
If such works ARE ASKED to be used in TV/video/marketing then great - all music should be cleared that's not in the public domain ($ paid for usage) as well as $ paid to musicians to re-record/perform it if need be.
That's how it REALLY works.

The product needs this art - not the other way around.