Author: Tony T
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I am still learning slowly. As I’ve said many times before, there are a lot of tunes I used to think I knew. I had never taken the time to figure out how the tunes actually worked or worked out…
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I just discovered Chris Stapleton. Nope. He ain’t no jazz player, but I’ll bet that he could if he wanted to. Chris is categorized as a Country Artist. I would say it was more blues than anything, and he has…
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That’s right! Since I got a job, I have not had the time or energy to practice. Everybody was encouraging, “be a bus driver. It’s a good idea. It’s only a few hours a day, and you can practice during…
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My precious Allora Paris Series Tenor Sax – broken! The left-hand thumb rest detached from the saxophone. I don’t know why it came undone. Maybe the glue used was sub-standard. It looks like an easy fix, though. I will repair…
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Another band I was introduced to by my high school band director was Tower Of Power. They are a band that features a full, very tight, badass horn section! And at that time the band had as their saxophone player,…
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A new experience while practicing Sometimes when I’m practicing, my hand & ear coordination is so good that it seems like my mind moves from where I usually perceive it being (which is in my head) to my hands. It…
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After I got my stitches out the other day, I did some practicing. Would you like to take a wild guess as to what happened? If you guessed a new pain in the same hand, you guessed right. My thumb…
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Hopefully, this will be one of the last times I write about my hand on this blog. I got my stitches out this morning. My hand feels 1000% better! I’m instructed to use lotion to massage the scar to soften…
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It has been nearly two weeks since my carpal tunnel surgery. Up until today, I have not had that much pain. But boy is it turned on now! My hand hurts like hell! I am hoping it will be better…
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No complaints from the doctor about removing the bandage from my hand. And no complaints from me about my hand. I haven’t had much pain at all. They gave me some exercises to do in order to help the healing…
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Tomorrow I have a follow-up appointment with the surgeon who performed my carpal tunnel release. I am going to have to explain why I did not follow his directions about not unwrapping my hand. It is not infected and it…
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I don’t know how it could look so normal and be so damaged. Yesterday I made the mistake of forcing myself to practice for a couple of hours. You see when I ice my wrist all the tingling and pain…
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