Overstock Music Sale
After much thought, I’ve decided to cease operation of JVickersMusic.com. I enjoyed helping people locate music, but in the end, I became too busy to continue this endeavor. I have the following music left, and I’m offering it on a first come/first serve basis.
If you are interested, send an email to me at jeffvickers(at)hotmail.com and tell me what you’re interested in. I will invoice you through Paypal and ship the music as soon as payment is made. The prices below represent mostly 15% discounts from other online retailers. I will update this list after each transaction, so it should remain fairly current.
Again, email jeffvickers(at)hotmail.com to request any items listed below. I will use USPS Priority Flat Rate for shipment unless you ask otherwise. Thank you!
| Absil | 5 Easy Pieces for alto sax | $23.00 |
| Jeanjean | Quatuor | $31.50 |
| Piazzolla | Histoire du Tango (qtet version) | $50.00 |
| Rascher | Top Tones | $10.90 |
| Tanada | Mysterious Morning III (sop) | $21.00 |
| Villa-Lobos | Fantasia (for soprano or tenor) | $15.00 |
Commissions update: Michans
Somehow, with everything going on with Robert Lemay visiting NASA, my recording project, the Gotkovsky consortium and my recent Europe trip, I neglected to mention that Carlos Michans was awarded a support grant by The Fund at the Hague in the Netherlands. I asked Carlos to write a new piece for me for tenor and piano, which will hopefully be premiered at the World Sax Congress in Scotland. Carlos is a really great composer, Argentinian by birth, but living in Amsterdam. I’ve performed his Quartet #1 and Musique for alto sax, and I’m also somewhat familiar with another of his pieces. This is an exciting milestone in my Contemporary Tenor Repertoire Initiative, funded by a foreign government!
CD Fundraiser
What’s up peeps? Hey, I’m trying to get the word out there. I’m basically pre-selling my cds to try to generate some extra capital. The CD will be available by the beginning of October, unless there are some unforeseen issues.
Here’s a link to my fundraiser. I need your help, please spread the word. I’ve received lots of positive feedback about the selections, and it will be a legit studio recording – not something I did in my garage! Be awesome and help out a fellow musician – just looking for pre-orders. You can select either a download option or physical CD once they’re replicated. Thanks a bunch, send me feedback if you want. Peace! ~JV
New Consortium! Leszczynski!
Saxophonist/composer and I have established a new consortium to help him create a new piece for soprano saxophone and piano. We invite anyone interested to view the Kickstarter project page – linked below. The deadline for support is May 1, 2011. Please consider helping this young composer in his endeavors.
Vickers 12* Commandments
(Updated 3/16/11) I thought I’d put these in print for my students to laugh at – but numbering them like Gibbs’ laws (NCIS) seems like a good idea…
- Thou shalt not roll from bis to B natural.
1a) Except when doing funky altissimo passages. Then maybe it’s ok, depending on the preceding and subsequent notes. - Thou shalt not add side C to bis.
- Thou shalt not double cross-finger.
- Thou shalt not just sit on a middle D without adding low B key.
- Honor thy Mule and thy Ferling.
- Thou shalt NOT Muczynski Concerto. Period, don’t ask.
- Remember Dr. Beat, for it is holy.
- Thou shalt have no other instruments before saxophone.
- What happens on the saxo-trip, stays on the saxo-trip.
- When in doubt, blame Duane Torres.
- Thou shalt not bear false witness to thy practice session.
- Thou shalt not stand the bari sax upright in its case (again, Duane Torres).
So let it be written, so let it be done.
