You're the most relatable musician out there. These vlogs are super nice.

btw, you´re crushing the vlog thing...

I love how you try to keep your daughter from saying "like"

@normdickdonald3582

5 жыл бұрын

I like it

That opening scene brings back memories. I once spent a half hour trying to get my daughter (she was 2 at the time) into her car seat after picking her up at daycare. The beauty of being a great dad!

THANK YOU Bob so much for dedicating me so much time tonight in Bologna. It is more special than you can imagine. you know, in a world of uncertainty, especially for us, the "jobless" creators, where colleagues kill each other for low-payed gigs, knowing that someone like you who reached SO MUCH in his life is so HUMBLE and is able to put himself in some stranger's shoes completely warms my heart. really. you brought the passion I had inside to life again. I'll see you in person soon. it's a promise to myself.ciao for now!

@bobreynolds

7 жыл бұрын

+Riccardo Bottone was my pleasure. Best of luck to you, Riccardo. Keep on keeping on!

@sliverhandsonbasses

7 жыл бұрын

Riccardo Bottone è un sollievo per tutti vedere che ci sono musicisti così...

I was practicing 26-2 yesterday, its got a great melody. And Bob, don't be so hard on yourself, you're a brilliant musician and you play with some of the best in the business.

Who else has been binge watching bob's vlogs ? Cheers from beirut man

@bobreynolds

6 жыл бұрын

Haha! I always wonder if anyone has done that. :)

Great Vlog Bob, you are an inspiration. Thanks for all your great work and this vlog !

super duper original man! it's more transparent that water. truly inspirational!👍

3 miles is not bad man. Congrats.

Bob man, you're goals.

Hey Bob, have you ever had a couple really good days on the horn where you're impressed with your own playing and you don't push yourself as hard, and then the 3rd day you'll feel like you have no facility and no ideas to play either because the whole lack of dexterity thing is bringing you down? That ever happen to you? What's a way to motivate myself to push everyday irregardless of how my fingers and embouchure and brain feel on the sax at that moment?

Reboarder ftw!!

8:05 So relatable, I recently had my senior recital and I am struggling with watching footage from the event... and not be overly self-critical

Yeah Bob I totally agree about practicing something different or more difficult being useful, lately I've been practicing classical studies on flute and clarinet and when I get to the rehearsal big band each week my tenor improvising feels much freer and somehow I'm more on top of my soloing, I mean obviously I have some vocabulary as I've been playing a long time (won't say how long!) but my fingers and mind seem to benefit from doing something not directly related to sax.

You are true inspiration for me your disipline about practice and music makes me go further. thank you for your efforts about vlog by the way i am guitar player.

I just found you and love these vlogs. Thank you!!

Playing "beyond level" definitely have sense to me. I've recently done a live gig with a quite challenging setlist (for me) and the following day, when I've done rehearsals with a completely different project, I find that music way smoother and played with improved feeling. That's just to say that yours ate really great tips!

@bobreynolds

7 жыл бұрын

+Stefano Silvestri nice!

Hey Bob, what's the name of that sax piece at the beginning?

Hey Bob, you said at 3:30 that you "had a good session yesterday." In that session that you described as good, what did it consist of, or what do you normally consider a good practice session? (contents, time/depth spent on different concepts, etudes, standards, relevant charts etc)

It's interesting to me that you do the same thing with a spent reed that I do....I usually bust it, maybe so I won't be tempted to revisit it down the road ;-)

Question : when you're revising the Snarky Puppy pieces do you do that from memory, from the album or other recordings or have you made your own notes?

@Marunius

6 жыл бұрын

Great question!

i saw you yesterday in Bologna! what an amazing Solo! you gained a super hyped subscriber :D

@bobreynolds

7 жыл бұрын

+Lorenzo Strozzi thanks, Lorenzo :)

Bob are you playing with Snarky at Newport Jazz Fest?

Hi Bob, Thank you very much for this insight, again :) Do you have any advice for a good musician who wants to go out and learn alto sax? I play drums, bass, guitar, bit of keys, and I have some solid theoretical background. Cheers :)

Hey Bob, will you be in Berlin with Snarky?

Did you hire a web designer or did you program your website by yourself?

you mentioned for your 30 min you would just play G. Is there a reason why you play that note? Do you always go with a G or do you ever focus on a different note? If I had to pick a note to focus on what would the best one be? I have heard of clarinet players focusing on open g, not sure if something similar would be for saxophone where the focus is c# as the best note to work from.

@elisullivan7392

7 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I had the same question...

Question: I know you hate talking about gear but ... I have looked at lots of sax players and their history; bar a few players most use a different mouthpiece set up after a long time (e.g. 10 years) because the sound they are trying to get in their head changes. I was wondering if you've ever tried other mouthpieces because of this and what your thoughts are on the "all the gear, no idea" concept is. Personally, if it ain't broke don't fix it, but I see players like Joshua Redman, Joe Lovano, Jerry Bergonzi playing different pieces every so often and endorsements aside i was just wondering. (I want to say Brecker and Potter are 2 that don't (didn't) change their set up, I may be wrong).

@It.wasnt_me

7 жыл бұрын

Nevermind... you explained your thoughts in the comments of another video. If it's not working just keep playing it.

Hey bob, most of the eighth note lines that you play, do you just play eighth note lines that you transcribe or do you make those up on the spot? (Like the ones at the end of this video). If so, do you have any exercises to practice this concept

@madcasterblaster6942

7 жыл бұрын

Darryl B I'm not as knowledgeable as bob, but I will try to help. Those are most likely improvised, and he's probably working on blowing over a specific tune (He did this over 26-2 earlier on). Basically the idea is to take any tune and practicing blowing over it, either with or without a metronome. To make it more complex, oftentimes people will play as many eighth notes as they can while still making the changes of the tune. Another option is to practice a certain rhythm, ex. Dotted Half notes, and be able to play that over the entire tune. Or a mixture of the two. If this sounds uncomfortable, writing out your own chorus of solo over a specific tune is a great place to start. You can practice incorporating vocabulary from transcriptions into your playing slowly and methodically. Hope all of this helps.

@darrylb4947

7 жыл бұрын

Steven Karp Wow thank you! I guess I will just have to start slow and increase my speed overtime

@madcasterblaster6942

7 жыл бұрын

Darryl B Yes, that's the way to do it!

Bob take it easy or you will hit the wall, 15 mins on a rower is better than 1 hour running, just saying if you want to save time once a while.