dear friends of artistry in sound, sure, paradise will be some day… but in the city of essen, center of a 10 mio. inhabitants metro area called ruhrgebiet, there is truely a new paradise – for artists on earth ! the newbuilt chorforum gives large choires a space to practice and finally to perform. some [...]
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PARADISE IS COMING
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt markus zaja, vintage, markus emanuel zaja, kaossilator, sax, karl heinz mauermann, kulturpfadfest essen, chorforum essen am Mai 11, 2012 |
THE zaja1 TENOR SAXOPHONE CONCEPT STUDY²
Veröffentlicht in english articles, gear syndrome, Getaggt forestone, forestone reeds, holzblasinstrumenten studio pinneberg, lars heuseler, markus emanuel zaja, new tenor saxophone, saxophone, torsten köhler, zaja1 am März 29, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, seeking a tenor with a great sound, that gives the flageoletts more easy than any other new instrument, the zaja1 has been projected. the aim was to use the very very comfortable fingerings of sigurd raschér to play the top tones (using only big chambered mouthpieces), and not to [...]
TO HOLD OR NOT TO HAND
Veröffentlicht in english articles, gear syndrome, Getaggt forestone reeds, holzblasinstrumenten studio pinneberg, markus emanuel zaja, saxophone, torsten köhler, zaja1 am März 28, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, if you do not want to get stunned in your left hand after playing your sax for a certain time, you may think about your positioning of the left hand on the saxophone you play. did you ever play the clarinet ? ok, no one has to be as [...]
UNPACKING zaja1 TENOR SAX PROTOTYPE
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt holzblasinstrumenten studio pinneberg, lars heuseler, markus emanuel zaja, musikmesse frankfurt 2012, sax, saxophone, toko, torsten köhler, zaja1 am März 17, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, have a first look to the zaja1 tenor sax prototype being unpacked. the project is to develop a tenor, that gives a big tone and can produce the flageolets very easy without using this useless high f# key. and some more ergonomic ideas are realised: a correct wrest position [...]
COMPARISON CHART
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt forestone, reed comparision chart, reeds, saxophone reeds, saxopone reed comparing am Februar 29, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, feel free to enjoy this 2 pics of a work in progress: just testing a lot of reeds to make a saxophone reeds strength comparision chart. a chart, that brings the influence of some most usual mouthpieces the reeds were compared with. preparing the musikmesse frankfurt, you will know [...]
THE NEW UNFILED REED – FORESTONE TUNED by GOTTSU
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt forestone, forestone reeds, gottsu, lars heuseler, masahiko gotoh, musikmesse frankfurt 2012 am Februar 23, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, a new hope for saxophone players around the world: the new forestone unfiled cut has arrived ! mr. masahiko gotoh, well known for his incredible beautiful gottsu mouthpieces, gives to every reed a special surface treatment, called g- tuning. here were also some pre-production models that were tested in [...]
THE NEW BOOK – HIP LICKS by GREG FISHMAN
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt greg fishman, hip licks, jazz am Februar 15, 2012 |
dear friends of artstry in sound, for good reasons we do a lot of testing work, until a new thing, a book or any gadget is to be praised. the greg fishman books gave us plenty of fun and exercises, and many homework too … but the new hip licks is what in german slang [...]
THE NEW UNFILED FORESTONE REEDS
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt markus emanuel zaja, forestone reeds, sax, saxophone, sequoia saxophone, lars heuseler, forestone unfiled, sequoia lemon am Februar 8, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, a new hope for the currently deep frozen germany: the new forestone unfiled cut has arrived ! there were also some pre-production models that were tested in europe and overseas, and now lead to a breakthrough in the manufacturing of modern saxophone and clarinet reeds. the new unfiled cut [...]
SOPRANINO PIECE
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt klaus runze, markus emanuel zaja, markus zaja, selmer, sopranino saxophone am Januar 19, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, restoring old HDD´s can be delightfull: this is a sopranino solo, recorded for a never released cd. bella italica, but all that is now really past tense … the beautiful sopranino piece is a little monument for the highly expressive 90ies music scene in cologne. chant de trompette amoureuse [...]
SOUNDCLOUD OPEN NOW
Veröffentlicht in english articles, Getaggt akustische kunst, cembalo, clavecin, fluxus, improvised music, markus emanuel zaja, markus zaja, orgel, orgelimprovisation, orgue, pfeifenorgel, transfluxus am Januar 19, 2012 |
dear friends of artistry in sound, soundcloud is open now and offering some interesting music for you. feel free to listen some older things and new projects here ! kind regards, m.e.z.
