Favorite blog posts, August 2024
- Stohrer Music (Matt Stohrer; saxophone): Paul Coats: Runyon Mouthpiece Memories
- JazzBariSax.com (Andrew Hadro): Let’s create a Baritone Saxophone Rental Network
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Favorite blog posts, October 2024
- earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): Mailbag: Auditioning for a semi-pro orchestra?
- DoctorFlute (Angela McBrearty): Playing the First Notes of Your Solo
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): English horn support options
- Joan Martí-Frasquier (saxophone): What I Like About A Baritone Sax?
Favorite blog posts, April 2016
- Saxophonist Steve Neff shares a Joe Allard overtone exercise. (Read the comments section, too.)
- Clarinetist Diana Haskell shares some results of asking colleagues what are the most important things about orchestral playing.
- Helen Bledsoe shares some flute intonation exercises (could be adapted to other instruments).
- Clarinetist Jenny Maclay offers advice on dealing with the mental baggage of being a musician. (Reminder: blog posts are not a substitute for professional counseling.)
- Woodwind doubler Kelsey Mire makes a case for fair pay for doublers.
- Saxophonist Bill Plake digs into reasons inefficient practice techniques get perpetuated.
- Bassoonist Nadina Mackie Jackson answers questions about gender in the classical music world.
- Oboist Jennet Ingle seeks balance between expression and technique.
- Woodwind doubler David Freeman shares a funny pit experience. There are possibly teachable moments there if you care to draw them out.
- Cate Hummel discusses solutions to third-octave problems, as well as when to introduce dynamics and vibrato to students.
Favorite blog posts, April 2021
- Hodge Products, Inc.: Latest News (Rebecca Watson): BASSOON WIRE GAUGE: DOES IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE?
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): The Science of Squeaking – What Your Squeaks are Trying to Tell You
Favorite blog posts, December 2019
- bassoon blog (Betsy Sturdevant): The art of bassoon maintenance
- Just Flutes Blog (Adam Clifford): CITES Regulations of Wooden Instruments – Update
- Steve Neff Music Blog: Buyer Beware! Counterfeit Vintage Saxophone Mouthpieces Galore
- oboeinsight (Patty Mitchell): A Very Good Reminder
Favorite blog posts, February 2026
- oboealli (Alli Gessner): How to get rid of extra air
- Jenny Maclay (clarinet): How to sing while playing clarinet
- earspasm – read. (Michael Lowenstern, bass clarinet): Famous Jazz Clarinet Greats…and Their Clarinets
Favorite blog posts, August 2018
- Michael Dean shares a bibliography of editions and resources for the Rose clarinet etudes.
- Alain Vlamynck makes some Baroque oboe reeds. (French language.)
- Flutist Douglas Worthen offers some tips on playing Berio’s Sequenza I.