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A brand new online saxophone magazine! Hosted by top UK pro player Dean Masser and Curly Woodwind's Bob Whittaker, Hornclub features sax news/ chat, listening recommendations, saxophone reviews/ demonstrations and introduces the "leading note diminished" method of improvising.Every episode will have demonstrations of specific saxes/ gear and feature a short tutorial. The "leading note diminished" approach to improvising is the REAL deal! Forget all those scales, chords, ii/v/i's you've …

"THE HOTTEST  SAX EVENT OF THE YEAR!"Liverpool Sax Day is back with an action packed day for ALL sax players. There really is something for everyone - whether you're a seasoned player or just starting out, we've endeavoured to make the event as inclusive as possible for everyone!7 x SAXOPHONE WORKSHOPS:"Novice Sax Ensemble" with Phil Shotton - don't worry about your playing/ reading ability ALL levels catered for, get your sax out and join the fun. There will also be an "Advanced Sax Ensemb …

LSD'20 and we're back bigger & better with an action packed day for ALL sax players!Click this link for tickets: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-sax-day-20-tickets-768905687617 SAX Workshops & Ensembles, 3 LIVE performances, trade stalls ......whether you're a novice or pro, into jazz, classical, big band, electronic, funk - we've got you covered!SAX trade stalls by P Mauriat Saxophones, Yanagisawa saxophones, Trevor James saxophones, Curly Woodwind vintage horns, D'Addario reed …

FLUTE PLAYERS!We’re very excited to offer a FREE to attend workshop with the sublime British flautist Liz Walker. Suitable for players around Grade 5 standard upwards. Very limited spaces so book your space now! Sunday 13th October 2.00-4.30 at Curly Music School, Renshaw Street, Liverpool city centre.This will be an extremely useful workshop to gain some hands on technique, theory and experience from a renowned international artist and educator with many published books. To book …

I was trawling the internet the other deal looking for some information about flutes when an sponsored advert came up for a flute for sale. The flute was a Muramatsu which retails for about £5000 but this was available to buy for just £150. A very short investigation confirmed that this was a cheap Chinese instrument that had been engraved with a pretty good copy of the Muramatsu logo and model numbers. So a £100 flute, dressed as a £5000 flute but selling for £150. This made me think about who …