Returning to "The Source" for Inspiration
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Bob Reynolds is an American jazz saxophonist and 2x Grammy Award-winning member of Snarky Puppy. He's toured with John Mayer, Larry Carlton, and many others and released 12 solo albums-4 of which reached the Top 10 in Billboard's Jazz Charts. A pioneering educator, Bob has coached thousands of musicians through his innovative Virtual Studio. He is a D'Addario Woodwinds artist, amateur surfer, and popular TH-cam vlogger. He lives with his wife and kids in Los Angeles, CA.
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you probably already know about my ongoing battle with "The Resistance" but it's time to fight back (harder).
I love that book. Great book to read over and over again. Mine had to come from Arkansas, I think there no longer in print? Anyway, I appreciate your videos man, and your passion for music, keep on keepin' on. -Bagley
After realizing that I didn't want to be a professional musician, transcribing has taken on a whole new aspect for me. I found out I get the same joy out of it as I do from reading a good book by one of my favorite authors. And like reading an entertaining and challenging book, where you really connect with the characters, I find that it's kind of sad when I reach the end. The point is though that I don't care if it affects my playing because it is doubtful if anyone will ever hear me play, but I still find great joy in diving into a great solo.
Good analogy.
love this comment
Had a similar experience but never thought of transcription that way. Thanks for sharing!
"I HAVE picked up the guitar, SEVERAL TIMES during quarantine..."
Glad to hear I'm not the only one who had high aspirations for myself in quarantine which inevitably fell through!
BOB! :) ... Hope you're doing great, brother - I miss your videos man... I really enjoyed this one xoxo
Thanks, Scott!
hey scott! it would be cool to see you doing some transcription aswell, man! I bet its a series that would be a success!
it was really enjoyable to "transcribe" this along with you and see it in real time
oh cool!
Hi Bob, can you please upload this bootleg? The full solo please..
Bob’s excited like a small child! So inspiring to see his energy back. Looking forward to more videos Bob, thanks and welcome back!
Please do a part 2!! I could seriously listen to you transcribe and talk about Chris Potter's playing for hours
This was inspiring, incredibly informative, and just a treat to watch. You have a down to earth humility that is rare at your talent level. Thanks for sharing the process and your passion!
Coffee and Bob. Keeps me inspired and the fact that you are as impressed by Chris as we are is humbling. Make sense?
That story about the Chris Potter album launch gig had me floored, to be in an audience with Scofield, Holland, Redman and Rosenwinkel is just unfathomable to me as someone who has never lived in NY!
the sword part was the best part. thanks sir! You are a great person and artist!
Based off this video and the joy of music alone, I now want to hear Snarky Puppy Live in concert.
You’re gonna kill it at the show, Bob. Can’t wait to come down to LA and see you play sometime soon.
This is better than any "reaction" video! Nothing beats watching someone light up as they listen to a track they love and already understand deeply. I know that feeling. And it really helped me appreciate Chris Potter. Thanks Bob!
Totally agree with you, man.....
Thank you Bob for all of this. We've been putting so much expectations over this quarantine period not realizing that this is a difficult time. Instead of just concentrating on being safe and taking things as they come many of us, myself included, have been thinking that when this thing ends we should be the next Sonny Rollins, causing too much pressure and not enjoying the journey. Seeing a person so excited and involved with music truly inspires me a ton, thank you very much!
I really appreciate your honesty (and humour) at the start of the video... I think it is an anxiety a lot of musicians are feeling at the moment, myself included.
So glad the vlogs are coming back ! 🎶
So inspiring ! Hi from Belgium 😁
Great video as always Bob. Have a great gig!
The joy in transcribing those solos you love! It's contagious!
Glad you're back at it, Bob!
Great to see you so enthused! It's really contagious!
Best birthday gift you could have ever gotten Juan. Love that bootleg
So awesome to see you back on here man!
Thanks. From the bottom of my heart. It's not too late to get in shape again!
What a treat! Thank you!
daaang the release show for gratitude sounds like it was crazy :,0
Yay finally a new video! Keep up the good content!
Bob! This vlog was simply incredible. Your enthusiasm and energy is infectious. We can all relate to hearing an old album for the first time in a good while and how refreshing and in some ways, reaffirming that can be. I also really enjoyed hearing about your anchoring approach while transcribing by looking at the last and then the first note you're hearing and then figuring out the pattern. Really inspiring stuff - thanks so much for sharing!
I hope to make it out to another I:O retreat again when we can all meet up. Take care!
“What if I don’t know how to do it anymore”...so relatable! Great Vlog Bob...seeing you transcribe & explain as you go through it is endless fuel for the fire.
I love this kind of approach! And also the small little spiritual touches overall through this lesson! Thanks a lot :)
Really like what you said about learning solos to find out what its really like to be in that moment, and not necessarily with the aim of transferring it directly to your own playing, thanks.
yesss we want part 2 of excited transcription bob!
The Knitting Factory Gig in 2001 was killer! The energy in that club was incredible. Robin Eubank's band will killin' it as well. One of my all time favorite shows!
This was so great to see your transcription process! Very Inspiring!!
What a super video, and masterclass on transcribing you gave us. I love your excitement and anticipation for your gig at the Potato. I have my first gig since October coming up Friday, I'm over the moon and scared to death at the same time. Thanks Bob.
Great video man. Love the energy.
🔥🚀please “go for part 2”, so fantastic, thank you 🙏
Thanks for this inspiring video. I am glad to hear that you will have a Gig at the Baked Potato soon. I was lucky enough to see you at the Unterfahrt last year. That was awesome. You have all the inspiration and the energy to be back again performing and playing your best music ever . I wish you a lot of success!
Great video. I was doing the same thing back in the early 2000’s, recording bootlegs of Chris with a minidisc player and a mic in my pocket. I couldn’t agree more with what you articulate about what makes Chris so special. Thanks fir sharing this. Cheers!
haha! Ah the mini-disc days. Thanks, Jason :)
Bob, idk how many times it has been said it it surely hasn't been said often enough: you are awesome, dude, and we love you!
Inspiring content as usual! One of your early vlogs challenged me to look at my time management while I was in school. The Pomodoro method you discussed completely changed and improved everything about my daily routine. I am not sure I would have made it through school if I hadn't stumbled across your content. I am certain there are many of us out there that rarely comment and have received tangible benefits from your vlog. My sincere gratitude for your willingness to share your journey, thoughts, reflections, and advice with us!
That’s really cool to hear, Doug. So glad you found that video/technique at the right time for it to help. Thank you!
Great to see and hear you so excited about transcribing this phenomenal music, glad to see you so positive about it! We all have the doubts if we could have done more, could have pushed it harder for ourselves. Don’t dwell on it too much, give yourself some slack - you have your gigs coming up, getting your energy back into transcribing and practicing & you have a great basis at the homefront. So you’re doing pretty good imho...bless you man, you’re a great inspiration to many!
thank you, Timo
@@bobreynolds hey thank YOU! for your openness - inspiration also comes from the courage one shows to be vulnerable and share personal experiences, good or bad. And thx for the great tip on the Chris Potter album (didn't know that one, loving it & has led to another transcription assignment for myself. That's what great music does.). Best, Timo.
Love the transcribing videos!
Speechless bro... I am inspired...!
Dude, the stored brilliance and vibe at the Tater will bring it out of you.
beaut, glad ure back, killer track and playing
Awesome video! I did pick up the guitar and have been super inspired on the Alto listening to old Marc Russo with the Yellow Jackets recording. Can't wait to hear Bob live again
Cant wait for may 6th! Bought tickets already!!!!!!!!
I transcribed “The Source” in college. Super Killin!!
Thats what happened to me thank goodness work is returning happy for you
great pun in the title!
Thanks Bob!! You continue to be a refreshing breath of creative, inspiring fresh air!! Resistance be damned!! Cheers!!😎
Great video Bob! Love Potter from that period. Darker fuller sound. And so many creative melodic lines. A matter of taste, he is still the best, but personally I prefer his work from that time.
Amazing video!
Awesome I still want to see you live.
U are amazing!!! Ty bro
Been dealing with the same issue. Funny enough I got out of that lack of inspiration about last week thanks to working on transcribing your solo on Hush. Dope stuff!
Feel like everyone needs to see / hear this. Definitely just what I needed at this exact moment. #wegotthis #resistancewarriors
Thanks, Daniel. Hope you're well. :)
awesome video!
Woooooow! 🙌 I hope you have a great time on the bandstand!
thanks, Arno. You really inspired me with that recent transcription. All of them you've done, actually. :)
@@bobreynolds I don't really know what to say. To me it feels a bit unreal. I listen to your music so much for inspiration and goal setting. I take it as a very very high compliment. I wish I could be in the audience of the concert and thank you in person for this, maybe in the less pandemic future.
This was awesome, Chris is the GOAT and he becomes even more awesome live ... There isn't any that this bootleg is sharable? 😝 Thanks for the awesome content
Oh yes bob
Thank you so much for your share and your energy Bob ! So inspiring !
(Can you tell us what software you are using in this video?)
So glad you're back! And cool shedding reveal. Going to try to make your Baked Potato concert next week.
Hey Bob, thanks for this video.. Chris Potter is also a major inspiration to me in Music. Thanks for jumpstarting my work practice! I also listen to your record, "Common Ground". Thanks for the inspiration and your Music!
All the best,
☆PC
This was very inspiring. A video on alternate fingerings and when to use each of, them for amateurs like myself would be great, if you find the ocassion.
missed these
I could relate to you soooo much 😭
Glad to hear one of elite warriors has been training in the down time. Now it's time to return to battle!
Lots of questions about what app I'm using. Here's the answer: th-cam.com/video/fwV_xAIr1JY/w-d-xo.html
He returns!!! With a vengeance!
What is that app you're using for listening and looping?
This couldn't have come at a better time. I'm as stuck as stuck can be and need some inspiration. Great advice and I have go back to my source! Up here in the Great White North were lagging behind when it comes to vaccinations and we're still in a rather deep lock down. I can't wait to get back to making music with my bandmates. We were starting to record last September when the second wave took hold and shut everything down. Looking forward to some good times ahead!
👍🏻 You’ve got this, Lou!
@@bobreynolds Thanks Bob!
Just discovered your channel Bob and like it. What software or track playing machine are you using to be able to loop? Being old school, I am unfamiliar with the new technology being used today.
Wow man ! Chris is so powerfull !! Great video Bob i can't wait the 2nd part ! what is your app for looping the solo ?
It's called The Amazing Slow Downer, though I don't much use the "slow-down" part; I use it to loop and save those loops. here's more on how I use it bobreynoldsmusic.com/memorize-music-in-a-hurry/
WB BOB! I just got a new day job as a pizza delivery driver mostly to have a gear change. My goal is to have a studio or somewhere I can practice without bugging apartment neighbors..so jealous of your studio :drool: I could practice at the local music school but it doesn't work well with my current work schedule. Also just asked around on Instagram and I have my first photoshoot with a model tomorrow (event photography was my main thing, first time directing a model)
Hey Bob! Great you posted some new stuff here and to see you're OK!
This new neck seems to sound a little darker than the original Mk6 one, does it?
hi Bob, what software/app were you using to play back the track in this video? Thx.
Genious!! What’s that thing on your tenor bell? Love your sound!!!🙌🏻
Thanks for sharing feelings and thoughts Bob ! 🙏
What's the name of that looping app you're using again ?!
What app are you using to help with these transcriptions Bob?
Amazing Slow Downer!
Anyone - what is that playback software with the looping feature? Super useful!
Amazing Slow Downer!
Hola woooooooo eso fue súper jajajjjja le sigo y e escuchado mucho de usted!! Veo usas un aplicación para poder repetir partes para poder aprender y seguir trabajando en el aprendizaje como se llama ese reproductor que usas en la pantalla de su video ?
Hi Bob, What neck are you using on your Mark VI in this vlog please (it sounds great)? kind regards, Richard
Great to see you back Bob! What's the app you were using as you were transcribing this? Thrilled to see you and yours doing well, hope the gig's a great one :)
He uses the Slow Downer app I think.
Thanks, John. It's called The Amazing Slow Downer, though I don't much use the "slow-down" part; I use it to loop and save those loops. here's more on how I use it bobreynoldsmusic.com/memorize-music-in-a-hurry/
I think Chris also does the side/normal Bb (with B+A keys down in LH) and then finger F, E, D and Eb key. Raucous sound!
Got to sit ~3 feet from him at the Village Voice for 3 sets a couple years ago. He does put the right hand down pretty often regardless of how he fingers Bb. Couple other things I noticed: (1) He pretty consistently fingers the left pinky low C# key when he plays G# (instead of just pushing the G# key); (2) He'll use left palm D to play middle D to get a more open sound on the note, or finger middle D the usual way but depress the left palm D instead of the octave key - also gives it a more open sound.
spot on; he does all these things. The C# for G# is makes playing wide leaps from C# easier bc no need to switch your pinky. Garzone also does the palm D for middle D often. Cool sound.
What playback/looping software are you using?
Amazing Slow Downer!
I was SO close to exiting this after that opening salvo of self satisfied “successes” - so glad I stayed for the real story!
Thanks for the honesty (and humor), Bob.
PS - Was just working on Mile’s ‘So What’ solo with an Alto student (on Facetime). Same thing - he starts with a damn triad (minor)! Drives me crazy when young students come back from jazz camps where the teachers have them diggin’ into Superlocrian or b6 Pentatonics before the kids can play a blues lick or even outline a triad!
Amen
Hello Mr Reynolds, Ive been plying for quite some time now, but have been struggling with my left hand for a few years now, i got stabbed through the hand with a pen in between thumb and indexfinger hit some nerves and tendants, and ever since then ive been having difficulty in coordination after maybe half an hour i get cramps, and i was wondering if you have any tips on how i can improve the time i can play, but mainly what i can do to get my coordination back.. or any tips relating to injury would be amazing :o, Great work, Keep safe..
Hey :)
I can't find this version with this solo.Is there any chance to get the link so that i can do the whole transcription? thanks
Great work !
Hey Bob, this is great. Thanks for your transparency as well! The software that you're using to loop sections that you want to practice more looks great and user friendly. What's the name of that app/software? Thanks!
The app I use to transcribe and loop music is th-cam.com/video/fwV_xAIr1JY/w-d-xo.html
@@bobreynolds thanks bob!
Lol intro had me
Hi...
I want to get a really good saxophone this summer. What do you suggest? I have a budget of 10,000 dollars, and I need a good case and a good mouthpiece also. Thank you so much!
How are you setting up these loops? It becomes so annoying to have to continuously rewind a TH-cam video
I wan to know too!!
@@huwants2no Amazing Slow Downer!
Sheeeeesh
Can you share this version?? I want to transcribe the solo!!
Amazing stuff Bob! It's always nice to know I'm not the only one fighting "the resistance" 😂
What app are you using in this btw?
Thanks, Lyle. It's called The Amazing Slow Downer, though I don't much use the "slow-down" part; I use it to loop and save those loops. here's more on how I use it bobreynoldsmusic.com/memorize-music-in-a-hurry/
Ooh 😮 this isn’t the version from the album. Any way we can get a hold of this one?