Top 3 Practice Misconceptions - Warm-up Better with Mark Zaleski

Join saxophonist Mark Zaleski for a detailed look at his warmup and practice routine and some tips to improving as a musician.

Internationally touring musician Mark Zaleski has distinguished himself as a uniquely dynamic soloist, mulit-instrumentalist, and band leader. He has performed with a diverse group of notable artists including Dave Brubeck, Christian McBride, Ian Anderson, Lake Street Dive, the grammy-winning 8-Bit Big Band, Louis Cole, Connie Francis, Mahmoud Ahmed, Rakalam Bob Moses, the Either/Orchestra, and Jason Palmer. He has been a featured soloist with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra and the Chrysalis Rock Orchestra.

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Fun fact: the music in the background is Mark playing the Selmer Supreme Alto at our Selmer Supreme Event live concert. Take a listen here:
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Recording Setup:
sE Electronics RN17 matched microphone pair, supercardioid capsules, at 1m distance
Zoom F8n Pro Converter/Recorder at 48kHz / 32-bit Float
No processing, no compression, no reverb

Timestamps:
0:00 Mark is a monster
0:22 Title
0:41 Intro
1:11 Musical Background
2:19 Lesson 1: Listening
3:59 Dave Brubeck Institute
4:51 How Much to Listen?
5:34 Should I go into Music?
8:00 How Much to Practice?
8:33 Lesson 2: Longtones
9:38 The Longtone Exercises & Consistency
10:45 Instrument-Specific Longtones?
11:17 1st Exercise: "A Reminder"
11:56 1. Structure
12:28 1. Playing - Demonstration
12:42 1. Focuses & Mistakes
12:46 1. Problem: High C
14:08 1. Problem: Low Bb
15:04 1. Air Direction
16:08 2nd Exercise: "Octaves"
16:52 2. Playing - Demonstration
17:08 2. Focuses & Mistakes
18:19 2. Why?
19:28 Applying to Soprano
20:09 Playing - Soprano Demonstration
20:31 Focuses & Mistakes
21:18 Lesson 3: "Overtone Series"
22:00 3. Consistency
22:48 3. Metronome
23:20 3. Playing - Demonstration
24:19 3. Focuses & Mistakes
25:15 3. Problem: Clamping
25:57 3. Solution: "Yawn"
28:14 4. Playing - Pitch Matching
30:11 4. Focuses & Mistakes
31:46 4. Why?
33:05 Playing - Contextual Example
34:10 Conclusion
34:50 Nothing to see here ;)

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