i bought it, it really sounds good, for the price you really cant go wrong, i dont understand how they make money out of this !

Been thinking about switching from tenor trombone to sax

"Hey, Welcome to my Saxophone Cavern hahahahahahahahaha

I love the way u talk

I keep coming back to this video for the jazz Ibert… genius 😂

Wait What? Ken Beason passed away?🙏

What reed and mouthpiece should I get if I want to play more of a jazz way

Was this really only 5 years ago. You have come a long way since this video

Saxlogic has been my idle since day of his career

What's the song playing from 11:53 onwards?

that embouchure adjustment is sooo clean

Is there a setup for the nexus select other than the nexus brand mouthpiece and ligature?

You gotta check out foolishfrankies cover on this, it’s probably the best I’ve ever heard (besides yours of course)

sound 👁️ 👁️ 👄

I'm a three-time all-state jazz bari sax player, and I've loved every part of it. The funniest thing to me, is that I never even practiced the audition music that much. I was always playing in groups at my school so I never thought a whole lot of the audition material, since I was basically playing that stuff all the time, basically every day. I love to listen to other people play, and I think that's how I grew so fast musically. Now I run my own band (BrassKnot on KZbin and Instagram), and I'm using all of my all-state experiences to help me in what I do now, and in the future!

wauw amazing happy positive energetic engaged and upmost valuable video , loved it and learned a lot 😎🫶. Kind healthy musical regards from out of Finland from a Dutch guy 💫

YOU BUTCHERED…MY ETUDE! 😅😅😅😅😅

You guys are hilarious and sound GREAT regardless of style.

Dude, that line at 2:50 sounded really nice in classical mode. Could be a melody for your next Sonata 😀 BTW, love your playing in any setting and this parody is hilarious!

it’s just about the vibe bro 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

i always find your tenor videos interesting because for some reason, and I still cant figure out why, you can always tell that your an alto player based on ur tenor sound

Very nice interview, quite a few nice tips/recommendations for self-improvement for such a short video, thank you.

One thing that has bothered me about all-state is in the final round of my senior year my lesson teacher was a judge and the week after he told his students that the other judges had their own interpretation of the slow piece. It was in 6/8 and my lesson teacher said to play it in 6, and so did other high school lesson teachers. Well the other judges and college clinicians would say to play it in 2. So listening to some peoples audition they played their slow piece faster then their fast piece. Still made all-state but that still bugs me

This guy is a very boring saxophonist. So many just like him. No originality. Too much theory and not enough soul.

Great interview with excellent tips!❤

Forget it they're not that special! Remember Mike Brecker would sound awesome on a Jupiter. It's in your head your hooked on names. I bet you'd sell it if someone said hey I have a 5 digit horn 😂

Hey man, I'm checking out the Frost School of Music for camp soon, I was just wondering about some experiences you had there

What is in the bell of your sax?

le male?

The Kirby superstar music in the beginning though!!!!

I might be tripping but I swear he played for a jazz band at our school

Did you receive your doctorate, Nathan? You've had a Ph.D for a long time. In this case, the "Ph" stands for, "Phenomenal!" I'm an (slightly) older adult who played tenor sax in high school and then let it all go after graduating. After a very long time, I decided to pick up the sax again and found a deal on a student soprano sax. I can actually keep the thing in tune unless, I think of something funny. Then, my notes go sharp. I know a ton of scales and a few songs. I need to find a way to move forward.

Everyone doesn’t understand the language you guys are speaking 🎵🎶🎵🎶🎷

No one sounds like Coltrane or Dolphy…sorta like going to Catholic Church 🤔🎵🎶🎵🎶🎷

Weissenberg ? Is Heissenberg into saxophones nowadays? Cause theres a european weissenberg company also that sells Weisenbergs...weird that this company didnt look that up before

I was principal bari in 4a texas as a sophomore and a delayed beginner something I would say is to get a good reference more than anything and listen to it nonstop; always listen to someone who you are far worse than (there will ALWAYS be someone better than you). Personally I tried to take it at my own tempo without a metronome until I got the fingerings down and THEN added a metronome for me this worked best as I found myself getting lost in the beats, but when you listen to lots of references and you build a solid internal pulse something that helped me a LOT when getting rid of stress when auditioning was to not think at all; especially on your etudes when you’re so locked into it.. count the tempo in your head and think ahead of time and just zone out and let your body do the work as for scales for people in atssb always use a met, and learn chromatic fingerings ASAP they help a ton with fluidity.. I was using top top/ 1 & 1 fingering for Bb a year before making state, it isn’t too late to change overall i get caught up in getting frustrated at my instrument as I play on an intermediate horn; it is almost always the mouthpiece and ligature, if you have someone better than you sound amazing on the gear you have then you’re the problem. Something I wish I knew sooner was to not focus so much on my sound (sounds weird) but focus on the fluidity and clarity of my sound rather than having a full sound with a hard reed learn how to make your reeds good all the time.. if someone knows how PLEASE let me know lmao MORE THAN ANYTHING SING THROUGH THE INSTRUMENT, learn musicality, for me this was just common sense and I never knew it was a thing until my band director told me about it.. musicality is far more than just dynamics; sooner you learn this sooner you will sound better THINK OF YOURSELF AS AN OPERA SINGER

Our sax studio had to judge those high school kids. It's wild how a few just stick out. The good ones are way out ahead. Some are so bad. So bad.

In Texas, we don't have sight-reading nor scales, which is really annoying because someone could practice the etudes all day for 5 months and be exceedingly amazing at them but in general not be an as well-rounded musician. So in that case, there are a lot of great musicians that don't make it because they don't look at the etudes for as long as others (which is kinda fair). Then again, it is smart to not focus on the etudes as much as other things because they don't help in the long term like tone and technical exercises do. It helping you become a better musician and you having fun along the way is really what matters, in my opinion.

I am a two-time all stater headed into my senior year. My goal is first band first chair so I’ll take every bit of advice I can! Thanks nathan!

I am a 10th grader trying out for Allstate here in Florida. I have a Yamaha-62 with an 875 neck and concept mouthpiece. One piece of advice I would have is doing full range scales all year and switching to circle of fourths 2 months out. This helped my scales so much, and cite reading that was in weird keys. Something else is I would recommend is when working with the metronome is 50% of the time and switch back and fourth until the rhythm is clean and smooth. I would agree on chancing the metronome but my way is doing it at different tempos, because if it’s not clean at a slow tempo it won’t be clean at a fast tempo. I would also recommend the Selmer concept mouthpiece for the nice dark tone for classical sax. I think this video is packed with such good information. Thanks for all of the tips!

This is cool.i am a middle schooler and have the chance to do all state band for Georgia.

what's he have inside the bell of his sax??

this is awesome!

No offense to the musicians at all. They're all great. but I never wanted to do all state because I very specifically didn't wanna sound like this. I really didn't wanna do Jazz all state because I didn't want to have the overly technical "clean" Jazz etude sound either

Does anyone know of any good neckstraps my neck has been killing me after long practice sessions and i've been looking at the breathtaking neckstrap but don't want to spend 200 bucks on a neckstrap Also thanks for the tips i got some auditions coming up and all state jazz stuff

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Perfection

I don't like that in my earphones 😮 yuyuyuyuyu

Great video, Nathan. I’ll never forget this one Q&A livestream that Jack Tyler held in late 2020 that I watched while at the gym. At the time, the Heritage neck was new, and the Superlative ligature was in the making, but only with prospect for the equipment to be pertinent to the tenor. At the time, Jack claimed to have an ongoing disinterest in designing a horn because he did not know how to go about dealing with the market. Fast forward to 2024, and he has carved his way well into the premium tier of modern saxophone manufacturing companies. It is awesome to live at the same time as such an inspired and passionate community, and to be able to exchange with these people at a moment’s notice due to our expanding networks.

Imagine my good fortune having graduate assistants like you two! 🙏🙏🙏 Dealing at the absolute highest level musically and good men, to boot.