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Mercy, Mercy, Mercy

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I haven’t been able to play my saxophone for a very long time because of neck pain. So, I decided to try to practice even though it hurts like hell. I thought I’d start with something easy (sort of). This is my version of Mercy, Mercy, Mercy, by Joe Zawinul.  I still use Garage Band, a free app with my iMac Computer. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

This recording is from a while back. The background track was created using a controller keyboard and the soundbank of my iMac. Forgive my limited keyboard skills.

I’m playing on an old busted-up student model, Yanagisawa, alto saxophone in this particular recording, long before I bought new horns in 2016. The mouthpiece I am using is a Claude Lakey 6*3. Some parts of the saxophone were held together with tape. Back then, it seems I was a much better player, even with a bad horn.

This post was originally posted in 2011 on another blog, no longer online.

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Tony T
I was a music major in college. Spent 20 years in the Navy Music Program. I am now living in South Carolina. My struggles are with my weight, loneliness, and a lack of motivation to do anything about either. I still love music. I just don’t have the drive I had in my 20’s to chase after it anymore. I don’t know what’s left in this life for me. I have no desire or ambitions toward achieving anything. Is that a lack of will to live? I don’t know. Here I am though. And I will be here until things are different I guess. I’m tired.

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