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Phone it in Friday CXXXIII: YouTube Roundup CXCIII: Saxophone Solos, Part II

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I had a gig a couple weeks back, and it’s gotten me practicing my sax a lot more. It’s also been an opportunity to churn out some sweet, sweet YouTube content. Indeed, last week I featured three quick sax pieces; check them out if you missed them.

This week, here are three more videos of my saxophonic noodling, curated for your listening pleasure:

“Moon River” by Henry Mancini

Just a quick rendition of the classic tune from the classic film.

“The Way of the Ghost” from Ghost of Tsushima

A sax arrangement of “The Way of the Ghost” from the classic Ghost of Tsushima; I play it a bit faster than the original. Good old Ponty requested this cover, so I took the opportunity to arrange it for solo alto sax.

Indeed, you can purchase my solo sax arrangement at the following online retailers:

Here’s the score embedded for easy listening to the digital sax version:

Ludwig von Beethoven’s “Für Elise”

A saxophone rendition of Beethoven’s ““”Für Elise”; my only regret is that my man-nips are protruding; very disrespectful.

There you have it! Three more delicious saxophone tunes. Which did you enjoy the most, dear readers? I know Ponty’s answer!

Happy Friday!

—TPP

Sid Meier’s Colonization Intro Scene

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No movie review this week, dear readers.  While I have quite a few posts scheduled, I was a bit short on time and haven’t watched anything worth reviewing lately, so I figured I’d do something a bit different today.

I was visiting Dr. Girlfriend this weekend, and for some reason, I started to tell her excitedly about the video that got me into history in a major way, Sid Meier’s Colonization.

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Open Mic Adventures LXXXIX: “White Boy Summer”

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Yours portly released a new album recently, Heptadic Structure.  It’s an exploration of pieces in 7/4, 7/8, and 7/16 time.  Each piece is twenty-one written measures, for a total of 149 measures across the seven pieces.  Math is fun!

You can listen to and/or purchase the album at the following links:

However, I’m deviating my plan to feature the tracks from that album for (at least) one week, because I am super excited about another album I have coming on Friday, 2 August 2024.  It’s called White Boy Summer, and while there are quite a few of my more experimental and modern classical pieces on the release, the title track is a straight-up banger—so much so that I wanted to feature it in today’s edition of Open Mic Adventures.

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