saxophone reeds

Everything Saxophone Podcast Host, Donna Schwartz, went on location to the Jody Jazz Factory in Savannah, GA to film a saxophone mouthpiece masterclass by Jody Espina, Founder of Jody Jazz Mouthpieces.

Even if you are not an equipment geek, this episode will answer all your saxophone mouthpiece questions. 

The link to this episode, along with more Resources, is on our website.

This episode was sponsored by Jody Jazz Mouthpieces, world-famous saxophone and clarinet mouthpiece makers.

Visit www.jodyjazz.com to see why artists like Kirk Whalum, Tom Scott, Andy Snitzer, George Garzone, Jeff Kashiwa, Claire Daly, Ed Calle, Derek Brown and so many others play Jody Jazz mouthpieces.

Jody went into great detail about:

• A possible reason for why your low notes do not come out 

• How the facing curve affects your sound

• The best strength reed to play altissimo

• How to choose your tip opening

• How to choose your reed strength

• A common misconception when buying mouthpieces  

• Avoid this massive mistake when trying out mouthpieces

• High baffle or no?

• Advice for self-taught musicians searching for a saxophone mouthpiece

• Should you play the mouthpiece model your idol uses?

• And SO much more!

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If you were even a little bit curious about Fiberreed, this episode is for you!

Donna spoke with Daniel Hofmann, Fiberreed Representative for the U.S., at the NAMM Show 2023 in Anaheim, CA.

Dannie gave a complete breakdown of ALL the Fiberreed models, including the 2 new ones added within the past 2 months.

The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

All the NAMM Show 2023 episodes are sponsored by Rovner Products.

We talked about:

1. All the different models of Fiberreeds

2. How Fiberreed started

3. What Fiberreeds are made of

4. The new models, Carbon GSax and RPL

5. The strengths of Fiberreed

6. How to know when the Fiberreed needs to be replaced

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This was a super-fun interview with 2 people at the top of their game in music.

Mindi Abair has performed with Aerosmith, the Boneshakers and was the saxophonist on American Idol a few years ago.

You can read more of her Bio on her site below.

Theo Wanne has been studying and designing mouthpieces for many years, and some of the world’s greatest saxophonists play his mouthpieces.

When I was walking the floors of the NAMM Show, I caught part of Mindi Abair’s performance of her new single, Forever, at the Theo Wanne mouthpiece booth.

Theo designed not 1, but 2 mouthpieces for her.

The link to their full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

In today’s episode, you get to hear some stories about that process, along with:

🎷Making great music vs okay music

🎷 Mindi’s tip for how to approach playing a powerful mouthpiece - this is GOLD!

🎷The real goal of choosing a mouthpiece - advice from Theo Wanne

🎷The real goal of choosing a mouthpiece - advice from Theo Wanne

🎷The “Mindi Effect”

🎷How to add more resistance to your mouthpiece in a healthy way - tip from Theo

🎷and more

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Mauro Di Gioia is an entrepreneur, free-lance saxophonist/woodwind player, and the founder and President of ReedGeek, Inc. (which manufactures ReedGeek Products) based in Carson City, Nevada.

For many years Mauro has dedicated his time to the betterment of reeds and reed performance for all woodwind players: publishing several articles on reed acoustics and adjustment in leading industry magazines and guest lecturing for master classes at various colleges in the United States and abroad.

Mauro has also worked with and designed reed cuts for some of the greatest players in the world, including David Sanborn.

The link to his full biography, along with more Resources for this episode, is on our website.

We talked about:

• 1st thing you should do with a new cane reed
• Adjust the heart of the reed or no?
• Difference between French cut & American cut reeds
• Can you use ReedGeek on Legere Reeds?
• The Geeklet
• Can you bring the ReedGeek on a plane?
• The new Chromium Klangbogen & science behind them
• And more!

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Patrons play a huge role in helping to defray the costs of storing each episode’s video and audio, and producing and hosting the show.

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