"Pretending to understand" is one of the mose relatable things as a musician

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

LOL I know right 😂🙈

@jtpiano4937

4 ай бұрын

stop 😭

Hey! I just wanted to say that your improv shorts where you made up solos on the spot really inspired me to practice improv! Just a few weeks ago, I performed a solo using the new skills I obtained when I was learning, and it was great! Love your channel! P.S: I’m in 8th grade

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Ahh that’s awesome to hear great job!! Glad I could inspire and I appreciate you watching 🙏🏻

Big band is one of my favorites

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

All we need is little band now!

LOVE the gig vlogs! Greetings from Germany

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!🥺🙏🏻

Sat in the front row at this show! Absolutely amazing band! These are the people that make me want to do music in the future! Being in high school, the experience of seeing the professionals in person is always life changing! Fantastic concert!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Ahh that’s so awesome I appreciate the kind words!!

@bryantdarris

4 ай бұрын

I've also been inspired, to practice. Keep playing. 🌟😍

One of my biggest dreams is to play in a big band - the sound of the 20s 🙏🏼

@jorymil

Ай бұрын

A lot of community colleges have big bands that are open to anyone, so if you're near one, give it a shot!

It's actually so epic to see the whole big band experience from the point of a player! Thanks Frank!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

❤️

Love your gig blogs, especially big band

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Sax harmonies are stunning!

CLINT THE GOAT!!!!!! Saw this live, and genuinely loved it! Everyone sounded really crisp and great!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Ayyy thank you so much!!🥺🙏🏻

Love this! Thanks for showing the journey!!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!🙏🏻

Great video as always Frankie! Geat stuff! The title tune on Jason Kush's recent CD Finally Friday is absolutely smokin'!! I played the hell out of that tune on my show.

Love this big band sound. Thanks for sharing this.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!

the trombone section is soooooo together it makes my trombonist self happy

Glad to see that I'm not the only one to use the flute as a mouthpiece cap holder.

Great job! The soli sounded amazing!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!!

Wow - what a great gig! Too Cool!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!🙏🏻

love the editing style!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

loved the vlog once again!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻

Amazing job Frankie ❤

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

DUDE this is an epic video!!! Words cannot describe how well you put all this together. Phenomenal job man!!!

@bryantdarris

4 ай бұрын

👏🏽👏🏽😍

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you🥺

another great gig dude...Clint looks like a good guy...your laugh is so infectious!! :)

@FoolishFrankie

2 ай бұрын

❤️🙏🏻

Amazing video, great job editing!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

I love these Frankie - could watch one every day!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

I wish I could make daily ones, that isn’t possible unfortunately 😭

@kboyer1011

4 ай бұрын

@FoolishFrankie totally understand - I used to work in video production so I get how long it takes to produce these!

amazing just amazing

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!!

I love this!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

❤️

You've been a great inspiration to me! I'm in 8th grade andnplay alto and tenor. I love your videos and now I am going to Allstate this April! Thanks so much for the vids😊

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome!! Thanks so much for watching🙏🏻🙏🏻

Love these videos playing alto in a jazz band is the best

Lot of trust it seems in a big band. Trust between arranger and performers, what’s written, band members, trusting yourself to know where you are at in the song and where the band is. Too stressful to think about but what you shared sounded great and you fit in just right so you’re doing right!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻

When you film Clint from down low, he gets this amazing early Giamatti thing going. 😂 Awesome stuff! Thanks for sharing!

I really love the editing on your gig vlogs, it's low-key but somehow has a lot of character too. Big fan of the joined explanation clips and their corresponding music parts, really engaging! (I get the impression that you do your own video editing, though I could be wrong?)

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!! Yes I do the editing myself 🙏🏻

@bryantdarris

4 ай бұрын

❤👏🏽

Doc, Kush, Frankie, Clint and the others that I can’t see… I definitely should’ve stopped by!!!

I love how your flute becomes a reed cap stand!!!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Works perfectly!😂

I play bari for a big band, and love it!

Omg you are my dream saxophonist! With all the gigs, and the talent is insane! Wish I could be as good as you bro!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

I really appreciate the kind words🙏🏻

@TheSteelDialga

2 ай бұрын

Practice a lot a lot a lot and you too can make it one day

Amazing!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thanks!:)

Literally the coolest person ever

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

LOL definitely not but I appreciate you watching!!!

I just wanna say thank you so much for inspiring me to learn saxophone

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

🥺❤️

GOOOOD SOUNDS

best sax player there is 😈

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Definitely not but I appreciate the kind words!!!🙏🏻

Dude's comedy hits hard. Love that explanation of Septopus.

I love Clint! He wrote the Septopus for my Jazz band and it was such a fun chart to play. Definitely always pretended to understand the 7/4 stuff 😂

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

That’s so cool!! He’s the best and definitely an insane arranger!

@connorallen8204

4 ай бұрын

Fancy seeing you here hahaha

Bro, is so lucky. This is an amazing opportunity to have.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Definitely!🙏🏻

Clint!! He helped us perform The Septopus at our highschool.

Love the RuneScape sounds at the end 😂

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Good ear🙈

Love this music.. I’m getting Bullit sound track with shades of Steely Dan (in the earlier but anyway!).. wish I could learn!

Amazing! I love that kind of music.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!! Me too, it's a staple:)

"I used to be pretty good at clarinet; now I'm the absolute [honk]"

Not a Sax fan, but you are giving me a good exposure to the instrument 🎷. 🎉❤

'Imposter'? No, definitely the real deal here. Always my dream to play bari in a big band!

Good job Frankie ^_^

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you:)

I like that Bleil guy. "This is next to impossible so go slow" "17 musicians that are better than me".

“im gonna go get wings with some friends” is perhaps the most understandable and relatable thing to say after a long gig

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Lmao😂

yippy it's Frankie!!!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

🥴

Mike Tomaro was on Tenor 1?!?!? I’ve met him before, crazy player

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Yes!! He’s from pittsburgh (and is a monster!)

Those of us from around Western PA who know of the other amazing sax players that were in view..... Both Mike T and Jason K both being great players and educators around here.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

So true, I was honored to play beside them!!

Soli was badass!

Y does frankie look like shaggy now 😂 love the stuff man keep up the quality comtent

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

LMAO I am under a lot of stress at the moment so my hair and facial hair have moved down the priority list😂

@Leogun94

4 ай бұрын

Take care, my guy.​@@FoolishFrankie

Small world. Played with Clint in PA All State Jazz Band and pretty sure you were in my nine o’clock lab band at UNT. Cheers!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

YO!! Yes I was in the eight o’clock! Hope you’re doing well man! If you’re ever in Pittsburgh hit me up I’d love to catch up!

@nickowsiktrumpet

4 ай бұрын

@@FoolishFrankie That’s right. You are in my nine o’clock for a week and then I think scheduling put you in the eight. Hope you’re well too man. Would love to catch up. Your videos are awesome!

I play in a youth big band in Detroit and we just played at orchestra hall Detroit a few weeks ago

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome!!

Frankie, great vlog! Let's see how long it'll take you notice what I'm doing though 😂

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

Great vlog loved the music. Was there a recording of this concert?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! And I don’t think there was unfortunately :(

Mike!!!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Yes!!!

You played with Mike Tomaro???? We play his tunes and arrangements constantly in my college jazz band! Seeing his name in the description was wild.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Yes he’s from Pittsburgh!! Incredible arranger and musician!

“pretending to understand”😭

At first the under camera seems weird but it actually takes me back to sitting in a section like that.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Yeah it was unfortunately the only place I could put my camera :(

"pretending to understand" ajhajhaja

Sounds great Frankie 👍 Where did you get the recording for the opening “You Don’t Know What Love Is”?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! It’s Clint’s recording, I think it’s up on his website (linked in description)

I love playing alto but it’s always the scariest to play in a big band, you’re second in pitch only to trumpet

I hope it wasn't lost on you that Danny Devito's (The Trash Man's) character's name on It's Always Sunny is Frank 😄

@FoolishFrankie

Ай бұрын

Omggggg I didn’t realize🫣

My friends can't imagine me on a stage these days, but I was in a community band for years and I loved all the music, but I hated dressing up for concerts. Doing it in a suit and tie felt a little like work.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

That’s awesome! Honestly I don’t mind dressing up I’ve gotten used to it

@Bacon420

4 ай бұрын

@@FoolishFrankie That's what everyone says! hehe

I inspire to be as good as you

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

You should aspire to be as good as all of the other musicians on this stage that are much better than me!

@coolkiddailyvideos3577

4 ай бұрын

@@FoolishFrankie that’s good advice

Noice!

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻

W vid

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

🥺🙏🏻

Cool drummer btw:)

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

David Glover!🔥

@tyyoung4887

4 ай бұрын

My hero❤️🥁

Thanks for taking us along. I miss playing trombone in big band.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!!

yoyo frankie! been subbed for a long while, need ur advice: im a functions/session bass player and wanted to start doing vlogs in the future of gigs: how do u capture audio/video at gigs? ive seen some options for zoom recorders and i have a fairly decent camera on my phone. any info for like, audio capture, mounting stuff etc would be really appreciated! ps: love ur channel and videos, always inspiring seeing a master at work in a field im in/ aspire to as well! pps: im based in the UK, been looking into agencies to expand myself, any thoughts on how much a bass player would need to read (im relearning reading atm) and what opportunities this might bring to me? obvs i realise as a winds/brass player its essential. wondering about what sort of gigs would be helped/more available if i read? i got my grade 8 20 years ago, and am reasonably competent at the majority of genres and been gigging as a session/function player for about 15 years or so

@FoolishFrankie

2 ай бұрын

Hey! I would recommend using whatever stuff you already have access to and then figure out what gear works best for your needs after that (it’ll be different as a bass player). I’ve used just my phone, but all of my camera gear should be linked in the description of the video. If it isn’t check out the video on my channel titled “all of my gear in one video” I would say reading could definitely help, but using your ears is arguably more important. Definitely be able to read chord symbols though!

@dr_b_bass

2 ай бұрын

@FoolishFrankie thanks for the feedback, I'll check our ur gear video! My ear is pretty damn good, I learn by ear exclusively thus far, as it really efficient/I'm so used to learning massive sets.for example, karaoke house band I learned 88 songs in under two weeks for that project. I wanted reading basically for things like Pit work/shows/theatre shows etc. I already read chart/jazz charts fluidly so that's good to know I'm on the right track! Thanks again for the reply. Ur channel is a big source of motivation/inspiration for me, keep up the good work!

One of my biggest pet peeves is when people don't apologize for being late. I just wanted to send some appreciation for respecting their time even if you weren't the last one there.

What's the song you had playing at the beginning?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Clint’s arrangement of you don’t know what love is!

Is there any recording from the whole gig?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Unfortunately no :(

Wait, you also play the flute?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Not well

where is this?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

I think if you watch the video you will find out :)

whats that song in the intro?

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Clint’s arrangement of “You don’t know what love is”

@doomerofepics

4 ай бұрын

@@FoolishFrankie thanks! didnt recognize the original song but I should have

Honestly just wanna know the wing order lol

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

We didn’t all walk out at the same time, it was pretty casual so we slowly filed in over the course of 10 mins lol

I have a question, can a 13 year old do jazz gigs?

@joshnone3037

2 ай бұрын

If your good

First

@realalphee

4 ай бұрын

🤓🤓🤓

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

no me

Ok, tell the truth. You just don't want to play clarinet, right? There's no way someone as talented as you are cannot play that just as well as you play all these other woodwinds. Just wondering. Awesome vid.

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

No I definitely am significantly worse on clarinet😂 but I also do not want to play it so two things can be true😂 thanks for the kind words and for watching!

Dude know how to play flute too???? , this is unfair

@FoolishFrankie

4 ай бұрын

Not well😂

Most relatable comment: “I gave up the clarinet years ago.” I’ve played sax since 1980. Picked up flute in early 1982 and flute may be my most audience impressed instrument even though I’ve never put much work into it. Clarinet however, OMG me and that instrument just do not get along. I’ve tried since about 1985 and while I’m able to do what I do decently, I can’t do a lot and am nowhere near as proficient on clarinet as saxes or flute. Clearly I should have given up the clarinet years ago!