{"id":12866,"date":"2013-11-08T09:07:02","date_gmt":"2013-11-08T14:07:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/?page_id=12866"},"modified":"2022-11-14T19:04:14","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T00:04:14","slug":"raves","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.neffmusic.com\/blog\/raves\/","title":{"rendered":"Raves"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Hi Steve,<\/p>\n

I have been shedding your materials for quite a while now and I love them! They are extremely well organized and presented and there are tons of ’em! I really appreciate your methodical approach and find myself referring students to your resources often.\u00a0 Thanks so much!<\/p>\n

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I just wanted to write a thank you note to you for this website. I play and teach saxophone, but I have always been intimidated by the gear aspect. Your website has helped me become a lot more knowledgable. Your knowledge is staggering! I’m telling all my students about your website. Pierre<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Hello Steve,<\/span><\/p>\n

I have not received my alto yet but have already gone through 14 lessons. I love your approach, style, knowledge and competence. I now regret so much to have stayed away from playing the sax for the past 45-50 years…(I am 65).\u00a0 But It is never too late to get back to your first love. After 23 years in compuer sciences and 22 years in finances…I am now back to music for the rest of my life.<\/span><\/p>\n

Doing some research on the net, I found this:<\/span><\/p>\n

http:\/\/forum.saxontheweb.net\/showthread.php?154873-Steve-Neff-s-music-books-the-missing-link<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

I can now say that I am very glad I found your site.<\/span><\/p>\n

I don’t know how long it will take me to go through most of your lessons, but I have the feeling it will go fast.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thanks for building NeffMusic.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

A la prochaine!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Never really had lessons before just kinda worked things out on my own. Was in a rut but your lessons are really helpful in opening melodic possibilities. Ur an awesome resource to the saxophone community. Thanks for sharing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hi Steve, I can\u2019t express just how much I appreciate your teaching. My playing has improved so much over the past year since I have been studying and practicing with your lessons. It is possible to teach an old dog new tricks, these lessons are proof! Thanks, Michael Byington<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Hello Steve,<\/span><\/p>\n

I just want to say thank you so much for your unbelievable work, it is just mind opening, thanks for sharing it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been having \u2018 online\u2019\u00a0\u00a0lessons with Steve for a few months now. Being a teacher myself I had had some reservations with the idea at first and the practicalities of it .\u00a0 Let me just say that my playing has taken a huge leaps forward while studying with Steve and continues to do so.Steve studied with some renowned player\/teachers such as Bergonzi and Garzone\u2013 this in itself is invaluable but Steve teaches from his own books, which cover a a vast amount of\u00a0\u00a0jazz language. Steve has some important qualities that are rare to find in a teacher anywhere these days- he\u2019s a great player, great teacher and a great guy.”
\nDAVID WRIGHT Musician and Educator<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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I want to thank you for your “Ultimate II-V-I Primer” \u00a0which has sent me off on a much better path to improvisation.\u00a0 The primer and the four bound books I have will keep me busy for a long time.\u00a0 I like your lessons for two reasons.\u00a0 The lessons work and THEY ARE FUN.\u00a0 Thanks again.<\/span><\/p>\n

Robert<\/span><\/p>\n

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Steve, just a note to say thanks.<\/span><\/p>\n

I’ve been playing a long time, but your material, laid out in such a thoughtful way, helps me to understand concepts in a new and deeper way.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are a true gift to the jazz community.<\/span><\/p>\n

60 lessons and going strong,<\/span><\/p>\n

Kevin Ledbetter<\/span><\/p>\n

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Hey Steve!
\nI hope you and your family are well. \u00a0I\u2019m just writing to say thank you so much for all the resources you have made available to the saxophone community.
\nI have been using your material for many years and I always come back to it\u2026 in fact I just took a break from practicing to write this\u2026( reviewing \u201cCreatingModern II-V-I Lines with simple pentatonics\u201d.)
\nI am, and continue to be, one of your raving fans!<\/p>\n

Blessings to you and your family this holiday season!<\/p>\n

Wishing you health and happiness.<\/p>\n

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I’ve been downloading your lessons for 4 months now (20 lesson) and I have noticed tremendous growth in my playing thus far! I’m so happy that I stumbled upon your site!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Steve- I joined your site this month and have downloaded 4 lessons and also purchased your new book and video on diatonic patterns. I just want to say I am very pleased with your approach and teaching techniques. I am getting back into playing after laying off for some time. The information you offer on your site is of great value and I am enjoying being a member. Thank you for what you are doing for the saxophone community.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Thank You Steve. I think that I will be busy for years. Thank You for your great contribution to jazz music. Your books, more than teaching “how to play jazz”, actually teach “how to speak jazz”. I wish I found your methods years ago. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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I want to let you know that your instructional material is transforming my playing.\u00a0 It is an immense pleasure to learn and play now, and I can\u2019t tell you how grateful I am. The instructional material I got from you is by far the best of any I own (and I have over 100 books, DVDs, and what not). I literally can\u2019t thank you enough!
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I’m an experienced player in the pop\/soul\/funk areas of music and, previously, classical.\u00a0 Over the decades I’ve been playing, I’ve always felt that I could do what I needed in those styles of music.\u00a0 However, recently I began to feel limited by my use of the same old licks. When I discovered Steve Neff’s website, and heard the audio examples based on the exercises in his books, I realized they were what I needed.\u00a0 I purchased all of them and have been working on them since.\u00a0 It’s very hard work – mind crunching sometimes – because I’m memorizing each exercise in every key, and using different rhythms as Steve suggests, but I can see the development taking place and the old barriers starting to break down already.\u00a0 Steve has obviously put so much of his experience and time into these books and I think it’s great that he’s made it all available for others to benefit from.-Paul<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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I would like to say that in the last year my sax playing has progressed loads from your lessons. I have had a sax for about 20 years and dabbled with lessons from a few teachers and have learnt very little from them. As you have said in your lessons many teachers tell you to use the blues scale and leave it there, not even showing you the resolution points!!. I am now believing I can in time become a good improviser.<\/div>\n
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I am a music book junkie and I have to say that your books are the most clear, user friendly, and helpful books I own.\u00a0 They are my absolute favorites and I only wish I had them years ago.\u00a0 I wouldn’t change a thing about the experience I had in acquiring my degree at Berklee, but my playing has perhaps grown more in the time I’ve spent buried in your books and lessons.\u00a0 Keep up the great work!!!
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Hi Steve,
\nI live in a gorgeous but rural area of Oregon-no music store within 80 miles. Your lessons are my lifeline!\u00a0 Truly the best there are anywhere online. Love your playing. Love your teaching.\u00a0 Thanks again.
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Just to say thanks for your advice and lessons.\u00a0 I’ve just read your amazing story.\u00a0 I really appreciate what you do in regards to teaching.\u00a0 I have bought a couple of your lessons and frankly they’re undersold.\u00a0\u00a0 I’ve learned much more with these two lessons than with 2 years of sax teachers.\u00a0\u00a0 Thanks so much………..<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Hey Steve,
\nI’m a 22-year-old from Australia.
\nI thought it would be worth saying. You’re an absolute legend. I can’t thank you enough.
\nYou have helped me rekindle my love for the saxophone and music as a whole.
\nAll the best for the future, your work doesn’t go unnoticed.
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Absolutely the best learning experience in my 40 years of playing.These books are awesome!!<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Hello Steve, I’m getting so much out of your lessons and books, amazing how much one may think one knows, there is always a new frontier or new way to view something you think you had somewhat down. You have taken it all to a new level and am so grateful. Your lessons are so down to earth and understandable and clear! \u00a0Thanks so much Steve! Cheers, Eddie<\/span><\/p>\n

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I like so many other subscribers feel so encouraged by Steve\u2019s learning techniques; you will enjoy reading the comments of praise others have left as you too will feel that you share a common view and path. I feel very lucky to have come across Neffmusic and that feeling will remain with you as you search through a treasure trove of learning materials on offer, you will quickly find the lessons that you are suited to. You will instantly recognize the unparalleled quality of Steve\u2019s teaching style as technique and theory are rolled out to you in a way that demystifies anything you have puzzled over before. I have found this experience extremely rewarding, I feel I have grown and continue to grow, even going back to basics leaves a feeling of satisfaction, having the knowledge that you can completely trust learning materials is so important; therefore the format of Neffmusic is a great way to learn! Kindest Regards Stephen<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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Thank you so much for the great job you are doing to help further our jazz studies. Though I make my living as a repairer of musical instruments I am a student of jazz and have been fortunate enough to be involved with a big band and a combo for the last several years. As my children began to leave “the nest” I had decided to dedicate the next half of my life to a more serious study of the sax but I didn’t know exactly how I would go about doing this until a friend of mine turned me onto your site… I ordered two of your\u00a0 books (Major Bebop and The\u00a0 II-V-I Primer) and have been more excited about practicing than ever in my life. The progress I’ve made in such a short time is amazing! But here is the really cool thing… I had just started an extensive study of Rhythm Changes and then I get your Feb. Newsletter. I can’t tell your how cool it was to see this transcription and get to integrate this into my studies! Thanks again Steve, I appreciate what you are doing more than you can imagine.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t

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