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January 15, 2014 by Steve 5 Comments

I just found this post from a number of years ago.  All the links were broken and the videos didn’t play.    I thought I’d fix the videos and post this again as I think these are funny.  My wife made these as a joke for the site.  They are a bit “Hollywood” and over the top but that’s what I think is funny about them……….Here’s the original post…….

“Ok,  so for awhile now my wife has been telling me I need to step up my video production………  I am all focused on the sax and teaching content but need to get focused on the flashy video editing stuff.   She says I need to focus on getting some quality effects and ads for the site.  Something people remember  that is catchy.  In a moment of frustration I told her she could come up with a video ad using her awesome skills if it bothered her so much! (Ok, maybe I raised my voice a little……..)  No joke,  In 20 minutes, while I ran to the store and back she came up with these 5 videos for my Neffmusic website.   When I got back my jaw dropped to the floor when she told me she had my intros done.  Now keep in mind that she is kind of messing with my mind here,   but when I saw them I just cracked up laughing…………..I just had to share them with the rest of you.   Let me know which one you think is the best……………..”

Intro #1

http://youtu.be/EX3ZweATgQc

Intro#2

http://youtu.be/a-II-Mz6jS4

Intro#3

http://youtu.be/z73fX3f56Yk

Intro#4

http://youtu.be/4qe4ETqA6vc

Intro#5

http://youtu.be/Ip9KzD3654o

 

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Steve Neff has been playing and teaching saxophone and jazz improvisation around the New England area for over 30 years. He is the author of many best selling jazz improvisation methods as well as founding the popular jazz video lesson site Neffmusic.com.

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  1. AvatarJoe Molinaro says

    January 24, 2011 at 11:47 am

    Damn,I like both the first one swings, the second one starts with a nice sound but sounds arabic, duh!

    Best of luck n health!

    Reply
  2. AvatarTarsis Santos says

    January 24, 2011 at 6:47 pm

    Steve, all I can say is UNBELIEVABLE….funny and great stuff. She has some skills man. I love it. I just can’t decide which one is the best.

    Reply
  3. AvatarStephen LaBrooy says

    February 21, 2011 at 10:11 pm

    They say ‘behind every great man there is a great woman’ well Steve with both these Spielberg productions you should go far, but a couple more seconds of jazz would be nice. Thanks for sharing really amusing!

    Reply
  4. AvatarClaus says

    January 17, 2014 at 11:17 am

    I like #1 and #5 best. Great stuff – great sense of humour!

    Reply
  5. AvatarErik Cloud says

    January 19, 2014 at 12:37 pm

    You’re wife is awesome! She’s got some serious talent. I would of like to see some explosions…like you slow walking away from a Kenny G concert with your sax on your shoulder, and then the whole place blows up!

    Reply

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