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A Week Learning With Snake Davis – Fantasy or Reality?

By Sax Bandits | Inspirational Stories | 1 comment | 13 October, 2021 | 0

Actually, very real indeed… A whole week of learning with Snake Davis, guest saxophonist of the first Sax Bandits lockdown video, and one of the most in-demand sax players in the world! Following a tip back in 2020 from my teacher (our very own Sorcerer of Sax, I managed to get a place on aRead more

The Online Shop With A Love For Saxophone

By Sax Bandits | Inspirational Stories | 0 comment | 17 November, 2020 | 0

Grant has been an active member of Sax Bandits for a while now. When we caught wind that he was the owner of a boutique online shop offering saxophone-inspired products we simply had to find out more! Grant shares how Glide Products came about and the inspiration for his designs: “Glide Products was created toRead more

Mental Wellbeing During Covid-19

By Sax Bandits | Inspirational Stories | 2 comments | 7 September, 2020 | 0

As I sit here in a state of zen after my first sax bandits session in far too long, I want to share a few musings about the remarkable effect that attending these sessions has on my mental wellbeing.  Like many band members, I was very involved in music at school but did little atRead more

Sax at Seventy

By Sax Bandits | Inspirational Stories | 1 comment | 16 January, 2020 | 1

Yes, you heard right… I’ve been learning sax for about 5 years now. I’ve done some hard things in my life but taking up a musical instrument for the first time at the age of 70 and trying to get the right notes in the right order at the right time has to rank asRead more

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