This post is a tribute to my friend Richard Emerson. Richard was a friend, fellow musician and my world war II hero. He was nearly 90 years old when he passed. Richard played the keyboard and we performed at the Baker Theater in Lockhart Texas for several years. When Richard and I first met and […]
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How often is a beginning musician asked to develop a quality sound? A new software application has been developed by a NASA engineer and it is named Audi-Graph. It turns out that the notes on our instrument consist of a fundamental frequency and a number of harmonic frequencies. The timbre of a flute playing a […]
A good friend of mine in Houston Texas just posted a “how to” article on constructing a nice mouthpiece stand. Many of us have collected a number of different mouthpieces over the years – it is nice to be able to see all of them rather than keeping them packed away. Its also convenient to […]
We welcome Saxophonist Don Kelly as a blog author on paulmaine.com. In addition to his talents on saxophone and flute, Don hold a Ph.D. in Physics. We look forward to hearing from Don! Don calls Houston, Texas his home. Don Kelly Music website