HOW TO SOUND LIKE A PRO MUSICIAN

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Have you ever listened to a pro sax player and asked yourself, "Why don't I sound like that?" In this video, I'm going to give you a few tips that will get you a lot closer. Of course there are several aspects that answer the question... How to sound like a pro musician. BUT there are 2 really big things that can help you get there faster!
SKYPE LESSONS: Yes, I give Skype lessons! And, if you sign up for one (or more) you will see immediate results. From tone, and tonguing to style and improv, I can help get you headed in the right direction. For more info contact me via: www.scottpaddock.com or through Instagram @scottpaddocksax
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Scott Plays:
P. Mauriat 67RX Influence alto sax
Barkley Brazil Kustom Pop 7 Blue mouthpiece
Legere Signature 2.25 reeds
BG Silver Duo ligature

[@mcxxx5536]

That was a marvellous lesson for free. Thank you :0)

[@jaxziel]

Thank you I take advantage of any advice to assist me in achieving my lifetime goal of sounding like a sax player,I’m 83 years old and starting to rock on sax. No limits

[@ScottPaddock]

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[@alainhalimi3821]

you sir are a legend!!! keep it on. any video of your playing?

[@greggfranklin7593]

I returned to playing a sax after a 40 year hiatus. Your video lessons have saved me during this long stay at home. And my wife thanks you for helping my sound become tolerable. Great job!

[@ScottPaddock]

👍👍

[@markwhholley]

Hi Scott, All what you are saying is 100-% right. I'm very much self taught and play by ear. My opinion is very simple,"Play from your heart" meaning the lyrics of the song as though you were singing it as you play. and as you mention, A LOT OF PRACTICE. Thanks , Mark Holley on Sax You Tube.

[@diegomatharangubitosi3670]

Your are so generous!!! Keep sharing!!! We will keep learning!!! Thanks, your are the King!

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!!

[@chulisimo2424]

Wow! Where have you been all my life? As an underprivileged youth, I set out on a personal experiment some 40 years ago to learn music using only my ear for melodies, chords and song structure. Seeing you yesterday for the 1st time has inspired in me a new hope and confidence of successfully tapping into my natural abilities and reaching a fuller potential. Thank you for giving me what I've always needed, but was unable to afford: Education. You have a new subscriber in me. Mike

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks Mike! Glad that what I'm saying is resonating with you!

[@marcogomez2232]

I’ve only been playing for almost 2 years, and I often feel bad about not sounding or playing like pros such as yourself. Perhaps I should focus more on practicing, which is something I often struggle to feel motivated to do, but whenever I watch one of your vids I feel like I’m actually able to learn my horn. Thanks for the videos, Scott.

[@ScottPaddock]

I've been playing for a couple decades 😁😁 It takes a while to get there. My advice is just be happy with the stage that you are at and keep striving for the next.

[@JayCee-hw4zc]

Now I understand goal notes, tie it into the lyrics! That makes it easier. The first time I heard you talk about goal notes i didn't understand how to identify which ones they were. Thanks for clarifying.

[@sunghoyun7138]

thanks for your valuable lesson. it helps a lot for a person like me to learn saxophone when there is no teacher available.

[@ScottPaddock]

You're very welcome! I'll be launching an online saxophone school in July which could definitely be a helpful tool for you. Keep an eye on my IG and YT for the announcement .

[@1rocknroy]

Scott, I could watch several of your videos in one sitting but one is PLENTY to give me such valuable material to work with. Thank You.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!

[@tobilobaoyejidealexomotosh5769]

Very vital information for me. Thanks Scott

[@ScottPaddock]

Glad it was helpful!

[@ronaldlucero715]

Thank you Sir Scott

[@jazzysteph0509]

Great tips and advices thanks a lot for it ! Cheers from belgium

[@dalemccullough5693]

It's encouraging to think of sounding more professional before having to channel Giant Steps to perfection. In addition to dynamics and articulation on Amazing Grace, I think your clean, clear tone is another prof characteristic. Thanks.

[@Michael-ol7wm]

I so agree with your post

[@balaappadoo3268]

Very clear tone and happy to listen and learn

[@jp49000you]

C’est vraiment de très bon conseils ! Sans doute les meilleurs vidéos de apprentissage du saxo !! Et mention spéciale pour la vidéo du vibrato ! Avec le do yo yo yo 👍👍 encore merci pour toutes ces astuces ! C’est formidable !

[@ximenarosas2016]

I've been gathering plenty recommendations you've done regarding improving the sound or making it more expressive, and definitely they make a difference!! Keep posting!

[@rosivoordouw9485]

great lesson, thanks for sharing generously!

[@ScottPaddock]

My pleasure!

[@perhaavind4029]

This was a mind blowing!

[@peterjonstefan2926]

Man this really is great instruction, this is the real deal ..this lesson itself is ''worth its weight in gold''

[@jeffreyharrison4045]

Fantastic video. Thanks!

[@rondenorscio7984]

Thanks again Scott! That was a good memory jogger for me. Although I can read music, 90% of the songs I play are learned by ear. I try to put my emotion into my playing and make the songs mine.

[@Charlie_He]

Great lesson

[@dorisfigueroa4027]

Thanks Scott for always giving us ways we can work on our own sound. Not all play the same. Like you always say we have to find our own sound that represents us individually. Stay Safe.

[@ScottPaddock]

So true!

[@davesaxoligist]

I've been watching you for a few months now.Always great tips and your sound is killer .Great job I'm learning so much watching you

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks Blaine!

[@marcogreggio9494]

Great!!! Thanks for all your advices!!!

[@georgeluna5845]

After more than 30 years old ‘self-taught’, I knew some of this stuff but didn’t know what it’s called. It interesting to see things come up that I can now put labels to. Keep it coming Scott!

[@ScottPaddock]

👍

[@thedominicfung]

AWESOME lesson. Thanks so much Scott!!

[@Ramen_Sensei]

Amazing!!!! Very beautiful sound!!!! Thanks for this lesson!!!!

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!

[@Yourbosskid]

Cool photo!

[@harryzhang7310]

It is great you share the knowledge, I don't see these from other videos. Keep it coming. Great video for learning saxophone.

[@sakuntalarichardson5231]

Thank you Scot. I love that buddha is sitting there and you play amazing grace. 😊🙏🎶🎷. I love it

[@ScottPaddock]

Haha!

[@bthompson1977]

Awesome tips Scott!!! Thanks for sharing!

[@dannyhazlewood3897]

Cool vid. Thanks brutha!

[@rogerlachance632]

Great info. Thanks.

[@gabrieln3613]

Glad to see the Buddha helping hold a space there in your music room. I only found your channel a few days ago, I believe it was a compilation of a bunch of sax players remotely on a song, I clicked on a few I had not heard that stood out. I am harmonica player, 45 years and was full-time pro by 20, practiced 4 hrs. per day then. Left SoCal music scene to work in non-profit org. Later though had a Swing Dance/Jazz/Blues Band for 10 years, usually always had one or two horns with me on harp playing arrangements/lines. As you started describing dynamics I was going to comment "note shaping!" then you said it. I only play chromatic harp some so, note shaping and dynamics are much. Articulation too....I started in Bluegrass Bands, fiddle tunes, articulation counts there! I listen to drummers, bass player channels too (like Tower of Power), for groove assimilation but always those whose shaping of notes/tones keep my interest...Jimmy Hendrix, Jeff Beck, Duane Allman, Danny Gatton, Robben Ford. Sax players usually David Sandborn, Dave Koz, Maceo, Gerald Albright, Cannonball, etc. Thanks for posting this, subscribed to your station here, good sounds! I plan to listen more to what you have and check your lessons, even though I am harp player. Just been in Austin 7 years, San Diego now.

[@gabrieln3613]

The other term I use is allowing notes to "swell".

[@ScottPaddock]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@gabrieln3613]

@@ScottPaddock p.s. my appreciation for your playing also includes having opportunities to play some "old school" horn players. I was invited and sat-in numerous times with "Louis Thomas' Pieces of Eight" as several Jazz festivals, they were the "Honey Drippers" of Joe Liggins & Honey Drippers. Several of those players were with Count Basie, Duke Ellington. The Trumpet player, James "Smitty" Smith, flew in from doing a gig with Ray Charles. Honored they would ask me to play and give me a couple choruses to wail on harp, over top of their full horn section. The were rockin' (swingin') the old Selmers! James "Smitty" Smith also sat-in with my band on my "Latin Moon" song. Anyway, love your tone and approach to playing.

[@josepedrosilva3481]

very good video! Good explanation, it will be a good tool to show some amateur friends what phrasing is like. Cheers!

[@ScottPaddock]

Absolutely!

[@paulbeaulieu9338]

That's it Scott, I got it fall figured out now.... and plenty of time to plan the big tour 😎 Thanks Paül

[@ScottPaddock]

🤟🤟

[@jamescampoccio1152]

Thank you. Helpful, because simple.

[@ScottPaddock]

You're welcome!

[@marvkromash6428]

Thx for your info and demo. It opens up a new arena for practice. Today I heard Amazing Grace played and sound like I really wanted to listen to it. That’s a first for me with that song.

[@richardglithero139]

Excellent advice and demonstration. Thank you Scott.

[@ScottPaddock]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Merainfree]

Thx for sharing your knowledge-- you're very generous

[@kelvinawatey630]

Thank you Paddock

[@runandwrite]

Great tips. Two more things that stood out were your tone and vibrato. Even when you weren't using dynamics or emphasizing goal notes and articulation, your tone was beautiful and your vibrato sounded natural and effortless.

[@wildboy1983]

Finally! You have unlocked my current ceiling, thank you!

[@ScottPaddock]

🤟 Yeah, this happens with a lot of my private students. They are blown away at the difference shaping the phrase makes. It takes it from sounding like a marching band to making it sound super musical.

[@marolamusic6239]

Thankyou Scott you're amazing!

[@KeithTaylorPhoto]

Excellent video as usual. You gave a knack for explaining how to do things on sax - and putting it into words. Like the directing sounds you describe to get various effects like scoops. Thank you.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!

[@danielcohen227]

Your videos are getting better

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks? does that mean they weren't good before. 😂🤣😅

[@danielcohen227]

I just find like your teaching is getting even better

[@JohnSmithessexfiresafety]

Thanks Scott - great tips and advice as always.

[@johnford9278]

Wow, so helpful! Now I know what to do, but just need to develop the embouchure so I can do it. Thanks, Scott, you're a no nonsense teacher, clear and to the point.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks John!!

[@timmylou9592]

THAT IS SO TRUE PRACTICE PRACTICE but correct practice clean sound

[@gaoldroyd]

Another great video Scott.. Thanks again

[@theslimemolds5099]

Sustained ebb & flow. Learned this from watching the ocean's waves

[@frankgreco4292]

Scott, Great timing! Important stuff! Appreciate you dude!!

[@oluwasaxmusic3218]

Nice one man

[@kevingibson3714]

Thank you so much Scott, I have been following your lessons for a long time now. They have helped me enormously. Your lessons are clear and constructive and I have learnt heaps, I hope you continue with them and do well with your career as well.

[@ScottPaddock]

Hey Kevin! I'm getting to launch an online sax school. It will be a similar teaching style to my KZbin channel, but more in depth with play-a-long examples, PDFs, and a step by step guide to give you a path to follow from points A to B. I’ll be covering playing melodies, improv, ad libbing, scales, modes, and super in depth tutorials on the basics of playing the saxophone. Keep an eye out on my KZbin & Instagram for the launch announcement.

[@MikaHeikk]

Another fantastic lesson - thank you Scott!

[@ScottPaddock]

My pleasure!

[@DansYellMusicArts]

You're a legend Scott Paddock!

[@ScottPaddock]

😁😁😁😁😁

[@graydemunter5850]

Very good advice thx

[@saxocoustic]

So true Scott , when I'm trying to learnt a piece of music I close my eyes and listen deeply how the expression comes into play almost as if I can feel the emotion my self

[@ojaiallen8004]

Good stuff for improvement. Thanks

[@ScottPaddock]

You bet

[@michaelroach4219]

Very heloful.thank you!

[@mapaterno]

Awesome / thank youuuu

[@benthomas1045]

I love your sound so much. I even got your mouthpiece setup(with a couple alterations)to sound like a mix between you and my own sound. Love the content, keep it up ❤🎷

[@ScottPaddock]

That's awesome!

[@iraildooliveira994]

Amazing Scott, 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jillveefkind2847]

Thanks for the advice. It is nice to get useful information. The other day you asked what I am focusing on: Overtones, scales, alternate fingering and trying to remember to beathe.

[@ScottPaddock]

👍👍👍

[@stefanie.4571]

Love your sound. To me it sounds like a magical sparkle. When I think of "Cost of doing nothing at all", I still get goose bumps! 🧡🎷 Thank you for your videos!!!

[@ScottPaddock]

😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

[@galuhbubun1037]

Thanks a lot for sharing, Scott. May God bless your heart.

[@ScottPaddock]

You are very welcome

[@hessamhajiaghazadeh400]

Thanks for you useful and practical adivices... All of these rules needs many years practicing but its cool. Thank you for your professional lessons an videos. From Iran

[@ScottPaddock]

Yeah, there are definitely different levels of adapting them, but the general idea of increasing your dynamics and articulations can be done at any level.

[@bernardussamuel8445]

Thanks Mr. Scott. I'd share this to my friends who play saxes too...

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks for sharing!

[@RedBaron33131]

Awesome as usual Scott. Thank you.

[@ScottPaddock]

Thanks!

[@dominiquedangerfield3016]

Great video...

[@spontaneousgroovincombusti2902]

I've enjoyed many of your videos. You're a great player and a good teacher. Something else I think is really key, separating the 'ams' from the pros are scoops, bends, and vibrato and growling use. I feel that a pro has got to have an excellent inherent or acquired understanding of how much is too much, and where these elements should be placed.

[@raseshgandhi6702]

Amazing information

[@ScottPaddock]

Thank you!

[@a1saxy]

Great lesson Scott. Will you play the Tenor sometimes please?

[@ScottPaddock]

The video on Friday will be on tenor.

[@GodzUnit01]

Scott Paddock yes, more tenor!

[@hugostigblitz6859]

As always, a fantastic and helpful content..

[@o.ch.5334]

Great thank you

[@gregoikonomakou136]

Thank you very much Scott!!🙂👍

[@ScottPaddock]

You bet!

[@merielmoon5411]

You ex Explained that so well, realised what I am doing wrong. Better get practicing ! Thank you so much.

[@ScottPaddock]

Glad that it helped!!

[@griggo22]

Scott Paddock very interesting thank you for your excellents advices

[@jwilliams986]

Hi Scott! I really enjoy your videos. Can you make a video on playing high notes above the altissimo?

[@ScottPaddock]

There are no notes above the altissimo. My altissimo notes are from G to D (D#), some people can go higher but anything above an F# is altissimo.

[@GodzUnit01]

your intro was 22 seconds in just two breaths? very impressive. i gotta train and try that.

[@ScottPaddock]

Long tones and the correct gear go a long way 😁

[@daben7155]

Great info appreciate 🎷

[@beyboyproductions9410]

In short, play with feeling...even learning these techniques to a T wouldn't matter if you don't play with emotion. That was my biggest problem, showing my emotions and letting them shine thru my horn

[@ScottPaddock]

That's definitely true, and it's a process to get there.

[@peterpilon1209]

I always wondered how you get that beautiful sound, while you seem very relaxed, is looks effordless.

[@francoforleo4971]

Great content...🙏🎷

[@alanperry3056]

Scott I really enjoyed this video as its something I have always aimed for. lately I have had a few teachers ranging from classical to pop and I seem to come across a bias situation where while both instructors are good, one would be adamant you would mostly tongue everything where as the other would argue it should mostly all be diaphragm tonguing. Having listened to various professional players including yourself in this video, in my opinion I seem to hear a mix both to give their sound a bit more personal articulation and more of a dynamic sound. Am I off the mark with this assessment Scott with regards to articulation as tonging vs diaphragm has always confused me when to use each type. Many thanks in advance Alan

[@ScottPaddock]

How much you use your tongue is dependent on the type of music that you are playing, With classical music you tongue everything unless it specifically tells you not to. In just about every other type of music when you tongue and when you don't is more of a feel/style thing. Whenever you tongue, you should always do it with your tongue and never with your air.... if that's what you mean by diaphragm tonguing. Always tongue (separate notes) with your tongue, never with your air.

[@jackharley8444]

Thanks

[@tinyae_]

The lean back at 3:38 made me want to cry lol Thanks for the technique tips I love ur content

[@yoganisse]

You rock!! Thank you.

[@mrmushyrooms]

Fire

[@edwardgenet164]

Perfect just what I needed to know, what is the best way to memorize tunes ?

[@jamesnicholmurallon1258]

Thank you sir

[@marioburgos8381]

Nice

[@davidudall1706]

speaking with the instrument

[@ScottPaddock]

That's the goal!

[@davidudall1706]

@@ScottPaddock thanks for replying.dont remember which famous sax player who said the lyrics are important to know when playing,thanks

[@rohangore]

Hey scott could you please play any bollywood song?? With dynamics and with articulation ..it will help a lot to learn...

[@richardolson8651]

Thanks love this stuff

[@ScottPaddock]

👍👍

[@paulbeaulieu9338]

Bonjour Scott Paül again here.... Suggestions for one of your KZbin lessons. I can't resist playing in off-the-cuff situations. Risky business when the audience is NOT your forgiving immediate family. Sometimes I know the tune but not the key, there has been a cases, when the tune was not announced and live mike was put in front of bell for the intro... now that's suicide....Lucky for me, I inherited some of my grand mother excellent ear (we think she might have had perfect pitch) and that helps some. I wonder if there are tricks you would be willing to share that help in these situations. BTW I mostly play tenor and clarinet. I hope you are keeping healthy in this crazy pandemic. Paül

[@Makingdifference100]

I knew you were using Barkley Brazil Kustom Pop 7 Blue mouthpiece. My friend is a representative of this mouthpiece. Could you look it up for Angelo Torres? It has a nice sound!

[@kiranvarsani2076]

Hey dude. Was wondering. Is it better to work out the melody and then try and add the articulation? Or should you do it as you go? I find I've usually got my hands full with trying to learn the melody first. But if it's more worthwhile to do as you go that's what I'll do. Cheers, love the lessons. Kiran

[@ScottPaddock]

I have my students learn the melody as is. Then go back and add dynamics & articulations and then go back a 3rd time and ad lib on it. The more advanced the student becomes the faster the steps go by.

[@wrtwatch8576]

...hmmm, Id say weak support is even more fundamental, that gives away amateur vs. Pro. But for sure yes, good points. Take up singing...even if so so voice, ..reflects in your playing

[@benhostetler268]

Spot I was working with a student on this very same thing yesterday

[@ScottPaddock]

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