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Saxylizbeth

Musician & Composer

About Me

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Saxylizbeth is a london based muso who pimps her woodwind skills to bands around the town. She currently has fingers in many musical pies, from loungecore, to reggae rock, alterative to symphonic, accoustic to polk. Shes a Jazz composition graduate and can teach you really clever jazz theory stuff as well as how to play it. Shes available for paid (and unpaid if she thinks you're worth it...) gigs around the town on sop, tenor and bari sax and Bb and Alto clarinet.Shes the Saxy pope, shes far too small to carry a sax that big, she occasionally answers to the name Liz Mitchell, and she loves YCCC.Shes Saxylizbeth, be her friend.

My Interests

Music:

Member Since: 11/11/2006
Band Website: saxylizbeth.co.uk
Band Members: Current Musical Pies are:Voodoo Trombone Quartet Popes of Chillitown Rachel Forsythe Texas Chainsaw Orchestra Ruth Theodore City of London Symphonic Winds Da Capo Concert Band
Influences: Hermeto Pascoal, Steely Dan, Stevie Wonder, Tower of Power, Joe Henderson, Wayne Shorter, Bob Marley, Tito Puente, Manu Chao, Joe Zawinul, John McLaughlin, Antonio Forcione, Lester Young, Levellers, Bill Evans, Leonard Bernstein, George Gershwin, Duke Ellington, Jobim, Malcolm Arnold, Nigel Hess, Louis Armstrong, Gerry Mulligan, Gil Evans, Jamiroquai, Daft Punk, Beatles, Beach Boys,
Sounds Like: the side of a house! And Leroi Moore (apparently)
Type of Label: None

My Blog

Exciting Times

So much is happening band wise at the mo I barely know where to start! Oh yes I do, the Texas Chainsaw Orchestra.We recorded the demo last month, and the choons are sounding fantastic! Its difficult t...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Sun, 25 May 2008 02:21:00 PST

Gigtastic

So Popes of Chillitown played their biggest gig ever last week, at the Bush Hall, and it was amazing. Big up to the 100 and more people who turned up to see us, we were extremely chuffed. The set wen...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:23:00 PST

A shameless plug....

....but one well worth making, cos i’m so glad that this music is in my life, and I’m spreading the love. WWW.SOLIDSTEEL.NETMusic mixes with intelligence, and the phattest of beats from so...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 11:52:00 PST

Years

Its One year since I moved into this flat. Its One year (nearly) since I first gigged with the PopesIts One year since I first gigged with Ruth Theodore.Its Two years since I first gigged with the VTQ...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 11:38:00 PST

Been a while...

and theres been lots happening... Firstly the debut of the Texas Chainsaw Orchestra. My Days. I'll get the pics up when I get organised but they're also on Rach's page and the Texas one itself. It was...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Wed, 13 Feb 2008 05:55:00 PST

New year

Happy new year and ting!I'm sitting a little tired and a little hungover after a fab gig last night, watching 'Bedknobs and Broomsticks'. 2007 was some year, both for gigs played, gigs seen, and the p...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Sun, 06 Jan 2008 02:24:00 PST

Geek

Having spent Saturday night in the pub with a few fellow band members, discussing whether the Hammersmith Suite was harder than the Spitfire Fugue, I have come to the conclusion I'm a wind band g...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Mon, 19 Nov 2007 06:03:00 PST

Busy busy busy.........

....hence not updated on here in aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaages. Lots of stuff happened in the last month. The VTQ played a random gig in Lyme Regis, and paddled in the sea. It was a great end to the '2007 A3...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Mon, 15 Oct 2007 05:30:00 PST

Bestival

So I'm sat at work after returning from the best festival of the year. It really does live up to its name. Out of all the festivals VTQ have descended on this year...this is the one I enjoyed the most...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Mon, 10 Sep 2007 05:28:00 PST

Good Times

I have a job! Its royalties again which is cool, IP instead of music, but still very very cool. In fact, I'm working for the Mr Men. Its that cool.As you've probably seen, the Popes are between shedbu...
Posted by Saxylizbeth on Fri, 10 Aug 2007 04:37:00 PST