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Saxy

Progressive, Improvisational Sax

About Me

Please note that the official URL for the Saxy site is:
http://www.saxyonline.com
Thanks to Julia and Nicole for starting the "Saxy" phenomenon, and providing the motivation to start up this site! I'll be honest and admit I definitely play better when there are sexy women calling out "Saxy" to me when I play!Live jams... either with other live players or just music I like... and sometimes just cinema of the bizarre can be seen either below or at http://beepdeeply.us/cam/ !
Like a surprising number of sax players, I started out at around age 5 on piano, classically trained, spent a number of years as a professional choral singer as I migrated from Soprano down to Counter-Tenor before my voice changed. Since then, my vocals have been limited to DJing at various NY radio stations, and Radio InfoWeb , voice-overs for television commercials, and videos of various kinds.I've been playing sax and various other brasswinds and woodwinds since Junior High, albeit punctuated by long periods of not playing at all. But why play Sax? I find the Sax lets me express my musical feelings and emotions the best given my own set of skills and experiences. The kind of music I like best (centered around Fusion music) is a mixture of the cerebral, technique, and most important emotion and feeling. My Mom, who was fascinated with my early interest in Fusion, and of course fostered my early experiences as a musician, calls it "Musician's Music".
I am currently playing with International Generation. I also play in Beep Deeply , and I jam with many of the people in the Nyack rock music scene, including folks from Glint, Zero Volume Division, Pat McGrath, and more.
Beep Deeply is the name I'm using to post jams from the Arty and Chris jamspace. I've already set up a MySpace Music site for Beep Deeply, so look for more about it here soon, or go there now and become a friend of Beep Deeply !

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 9/7/2006
Band Website: saxyonline.com
Band Members: Gregg
Influences: Elton Dean (of Soft Machine),Mel Collins (of various prog groups from King Crimson on...),Dick Parry (what can I say? Pink Floyd Fan! Shine on...),Didier Malherbe (of Gong),Pharoh Sanders,Sun Ra (what a horn section the Arkestra had!),Stan Getz,Eric Dolphy,Miles Davis (yeah, he played trumpet, but he was God),
Sounds Like: Nothing else in this world :D
Record Label: InfoWeb
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

Hows YOUR Summer? Here’s mine...

Hi!I've moved back to Rockland County, which has allowed me to play out regularly. I've been playing at Frankie D's jams on Wednesday nights at Olive's in Nyack, and The Lighthouse in Piermont on Thur...
Posted by Saxy on Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:12:00 PST

To read my Blogs... be my friend!

Hi all...A temporary blog here to let you know that if you want to read my blogs, you need to be my friend on MySpace. I've posted one or two to the public, but there are such privacy and spam issues ...
Posted by Saxy on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:39:00 PST

Notes on IG at Ripe Restaurant in Mt. Vernon

We had a bit of trouble finding it, but the Ripe Restaurant was a fun Gig! Find out more about the restaurant at http://www.riperestaurant.comSome friends of the band showed up to support us, but the ...
Posted by Saxy on Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:20:00 PST

Notes on Saturday, 11/25 at the Wiki Lounge in Suffern

I played Saturday, 11/25 at The Wiki Lounge in SuffernThe Wiki Lounge is a venue physically similar to Olive's (rectangular, with bad acoustics), but somehow the acoustics aren't as bad. The band memb...
Posted by Saxy on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:22:00 PST

Notes on Friday 11/24 at Olives

I played Olive's in Nyack on Friday, 11/24 with International GenerationIt was great to perform for friends and locals, despite the problems in dealing with Olive's management. Those problems seem to ...
Posted by Saxy on Sat, 02 Dec 2006 06:59:00 PST

Recent performances not listed in the calendar

October 19th - Kelly's Andy Rock, Arty, Dylan, Victor, myself, and possibly others I'm forgetting. Katy's debut performance - backed her up on Roadhouse blues and something else - I've forgotten :( Oc...
Posted by Saxy on Mon, 30 Oct 2006 05:02:00 PST