Absolutely brilliant, well done, timing was good, great intonation and played with real passion , a joy to listen to, I have been playing for over 30 years and that is good playing, Tom
@morris59 Hi mate, what a start to the year for you, buying a sax! good luck with the playing, you're never too old. funny you should mention Madness One step beyond cos i actually play tenor sax for Baggy Trousers, a Madness tribute band that i formed 10 years ago and we open the set with that song! i've had the priviledge of meeting Madness' sax player Lee Thomson and the rest of Madness and we've supported Bad Manners, The Beat, Neville Staple so get practising mate cos you never know!
@gponbristol Thanks, i really appreciate your comment. It's such an emotional piece of music, it always get's me when i listen to Wesley playing it.I just hoped to get some of the sentiment across so it's great to hear people are enjoying it. Cheers
@philcov40 Me too!.. tonight Ive just bought an Alto Sax... Tip.. never look at ebay after a drink! - Im 52 Try Madness... One Step beyond too... Mid life crisis is a terrible affliction to an old 70's punk
@talkwench hi, thanks for taking the time to leave a comment. quite surprised and obviously happy that the solo has brought about so much good feedback. All the best
@TheWhaj Hi, I've been playing on and off for 20 years but only started practising seriously 3 years ago. Pleased with the progress but when you listen to others play, you realise how much you still have to learn. I suppose thats the beauty of music...there's always someone who can teach you something new so you never get to the point where you can say "that's it, i know it all"
@GeorgiosGrSax Thanks boss. I actually had to play it live last saturday for a bride to walk down the aisle! No thing like a bit of pressure to test the nerves! Such a big solo on such a big occasion. No place for bum notes and only one turn to get it right, the difference between live and studio playing! All the best.
@philcov40 Hi thanks for the feedback. I'm not sure where to get the sheet music but it would be good practice as a beginner to listen to the original and transpose the sounds you hear straight to the sax and you could then play the solo from your head instead of reading it.To get the emotions of the solo, i think you have to know it with your eyes closed, if you read the solo it's hard to be natural and put yourself into it.
@philcov40 I have the transcription for the solo from the man himself. As saxstephens says you would have to learn it and be able to play it from memory. that way you would be able to put your full emotions into it without worrying about reading. Listen to the originall recording over and over to get the feeling of how Wesley played it.
@TheWoodfit Cheers Tom, i really appreciate you taking the time to leave a comment and it means a lot coming from a fellow player of such experience. Hope you're still enjoying playing after your 30 years. All the best
@99jango thanks for the comment friend. i heard the solo 20yrs ago when i played bass and decided i wanted to play sax! what a solo! inspirational, it,s not just about the notes, its the vibrato, bending notes, growling etc which make the solo so emotional and it takes years of practice to put it across anything like Wesley did, so cheers for the comment.
@munster65 Hi, thanks for the feedback. I haven't tried 'lily was here' but ofcourse know how great that solo is. i don't spend much time doing the big solo's and only did 'will you' because it inspired me to pick the sax up in the first place so it was a lifetime ambition i suppose.
@Sharon421966 i am soooooo fab you wouldn't believe it! ha ha. seriously, thanks for the comment, just read it on a rainy day in south wales so it's stuck a smile on my chops! Wesley's the real fab one though. X
@jazzsaxboy hi jazzsaxboy, glad to see you agree with me. ofcourse reading music is important but to replicate such pieces of music i think replies more on the soul. Good luck with the playing.
