Learning Music By Ear-Fast. (How Snarky Puppy's Horn Section Does It)
Вставка
- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Learn a focused, yet flexible practice framework for jazz musicians:
Download the 7T Jazz Practice Pyramid jazzpracticepyr...
Here's an inside look at the Snarky Puppy horn section's process for (quickly) memorizing music-right before recording it.
ALL the gear I use
►bobreynoldsmusi...
NEW ALBUM - Limited Edition SIGNED CDS
►bit.ly/signed_cds
60 bpm T-SHIRT
►bit.ly/Bobs60bp...
All my VLOGS
►bit.ly/bobvlog
Saxophone Practice Book
►bit.ly/saxpower...
Summer Saxophone Retreat
►bit.ly/insideou...
FOLLOW ELSEWHERE
/ bob_reynolds
/ bobreynoldsmusic
/ bob_reynolds
bobreynoldsmusi...
--------------------------------------------------------------
Bob Reynolds is a Grammy Award-winning tenor saxophonist known for his work with Snarky Puppy, John Mayer, and 9 solo albums. His latest album, Quartet, debuted at #3 on Billboard's Contemporary Jazz charts. He is a D'Addario Woodwinds artist.
“A self-assured saxophonist and an unassuming yet effective composer…”
NEW YORK TIMES
“…Reynolds flexes an assured hand with melding hip-swiveling jazz and funk as a bandleader.”
LA TIMES
“Some of the freshest, most compelling, and most soulful music I have heard recently. Bob Reynolds is an amazing musician, with something very exciting and original to say.”
Joshua Redman, Grammy-nominated saxophonist
“Bob is one hell of a saxophonist! His sound is rich and his execution is effortless.”
Michael Brecker, Grammy-winning saxophonist
LONGER BIO
Saxophonist Bob Reynolds is an in-demand jazz performer, educator, and sideman, as well as a regular member of the Grammy Award-winning band Snarky Puppy. Born in Morristown, New Jersey in 1977, Reynolds grew up in Jacksonville, Florida, where he first started playing saxophone at age 13. Although he listened to a range of music as a kid, by his late teens he was a dedicated jazz student. After high school he honed his skills at Boston's Berklee College of Music, where he mentored with George Garzone, Hal Crook, and others. As a leader, he debuted with 2000's The Bob Reynolds Quartet, followed by 2006's Can't Wait for Perfect. That same year, he joined fellow Berklee alum John Mayer's band and spent the next five years with the pop star, touring and appearing on such albums as 2008's Where the Light Is and 2009's Battle Studies.
In 2013, he returned to his solo work with Somewhere in Between, which reached number one on digital jazz charts. He then made his Snarky Puppy debut appearing on the genre-bending group's 2014 effort, We Like It Here. Two years later he was back with Snarky Puppy for the Grammy Award-winning Culcha Vulcha. In 2017, Reynolds delivered the EP Guitar Band, which featured appearances from Kneebody bassist Kaveh Rastegar as well as fellow Snarky Puppy members Robert "Sput" Searight (drums) and Mark Lettieri (guitar). ~ Matt Collar
#snarkypuppy #badkidstotheback
I like how the violin is part of the horn section
As a miserable music reader as I am, it is amazing to see this « paperless » process. Thanks for sharing.
timing and syncopation is unreal with these guys. they memorize that quickly
Yeah, session muso level. It's kinda expected of them but still, it's unreal. o_O
instablaster.
Hellz yeah, two videos in the same week.
Loving these. Fascinating to see the Snarky Puppy learning process. Learning and recording two songs a day that you've never heard. True pros. And great touch to include the Larnell laser eyes!
solfege with friends must be the most fun and useful thing to do with bandmates. I love to do and see awesome musicians doing it!
You guys figuring out the parts together on the fly like that was so cool! A vlog where all you guys talk about that process and your chemistry would be awesome!
I love how Justin has the horns and bass and guitars switch lead lines.
That's some outside the box clever shit..
That solo is so dope I thought there was no way it was a one shot improved solo, and of course you proved me wrong.
I like this. Things musicians do - singing along to the melody to register it to their brains. Awesome stuff!
If you want to line up the solo video with the album recording here's the timestamps..
Vid above solo starts: 4:25
Album recording solo starts: 1:46
Nice
Such a great album!! Loved the live performance of Chonks
Wonderful! Loved the video! Super cool solo as well! Waiting for your GroundUP Vlogs! We met at GUM Fest 2019 :)
I'm so glad your headphones stayed on for this one
Chris' "stank face" at 5:15!😂
This if FABULOUS Bob. Thanks for sharing. :-)
It's almost like you knew in advance that the video accompaniment to your solo would feature Larnell shooting laser beams from his eyes. ;-)
Thank you so much for this! So cool. And yeah two videos in a week is so great.
This is great! So excited to listen to the album!
Thanks Bob - great insight for us amateurs on a "day in the life of a recording studio"
Thanks so much for sharing, Bob! I got a copy of the album today and love it :)
Thanks so much for the inside view, Bob!
I have listened to "Immigrance" since It came out yesterday at least 4 times. NIce grooves, great solo, excellent sound!
Btw, love your shirt, man...
Looking forward to seeing you at the ZigZag Club 10th of April in Berlin!
Alex
Awesome, Alex! See you there.
Havent stopped listening since it came out. Been alternating between this and Ventura by Anderson.Paak
Utter inspiration, thanks for sharing, best regards from a bass player in Bogota
Oh man! That solo!🔥
Well done Bob!!! Killing!!!!
Thanks Bob this is a great treat
Excited to see you in Berlin!
Have my tickets for Dublin gig cant wait.. if its even half as good as last years ill be very happy
Great moment
Don’t know why someone gave this a thumbs down. Maybe they were searching for Skinny Puppy? While I’m here, I might take up violin as a second instrument tho. Also can’t stop singing this melody.
Wow this is so amazing!! Thank you very much Bob!!
Great vlog Bob. I’m looking forward to seeing you in Southampton next month, for your masterclass and gig the following day.
Great! See ya there, Bert.
So cool man! Thanks for sharing!
I’m with it
Killing solo Bob! Nailed it!
Props to Zach Brock (violin) for fitting right in there with the horn players. What is Maz like? To me, he and Michael are the faces of Snarky Puppy. Probably because they're in every video that I've seen on UA-cam.
Please come to Sydney, Australia!!
What an amazing studio place!! Far away from al noise.
Hey Bob, could you do a video on receiving compliments? On a completely separate note I think you’re fantastic.
Did I already tell you that I love that shirt ( i have the grey version of it).... so Derek my boyfriend who is a drummer are discussing if it shouldn‘t read 40 bpm 🤪i am really looking forward to hear you play in Berlin
This is funky
Hi Bob! Will you talk about the decision to learn the horn lines as a section, in the studio, without sheet music vs. coming into the meeting with the music learned or at least written. Thanks for all the great content!
As far as I know, Snarky literally bring in the majority of the music for everyone to learn and rehearse on recording day - and it's always been that way. Larnell once told the story of how he learned all of the music for We Like It Here on the plane journey to the live sessions, then played it physically for the first time when the cameras started rolling. Insane.
true story.
we never have sheet music. that comes only after it's been recorded. here's an interview where I go into more details: bobreynoldsmusic.com/interviewed-on-kcrw/
Bob Reynolds thank you!
@@samcooke343 HA, that's true! I was in the studio audience litterly sitting beside Larnel Lewis.. and he nailed it! The story is on the DVD We Like it here.. the drummer that was planned to come, had issues with his visa or something, so they called Larnell Lewis just days before the recording started.
See you in Prague!
killer!
The beard is looking good man👍👍
See you in Leeds in 2 weeks time 🙂
Sensacional, é muito bom ver os bastidores, e ver como funcionam essas mentes maravilhosas pegando de ouvido
march 15th, my birthday! Thanks for the gift video!
Question for your next Q & A. What is the musician's profit difference if a customer buys a CD on Amazon compared to musician's website?
Amazon usually marks up the product about 100% if it's not something well known. So for amazon to sell it for 15$, the musician would have to sell it to amazon for 7,50$. Depending on the label deal the label gets, for example, 40% of that. This can be different for well known products.
If you buy the CD from the labels website, the label gets it's percentage as well.
If you buy from the musician directly, all the money goes to the musician. Wether buying from the musicians website counts as bought from the label or from the musician is subject to the specific label deal. The musician is usually not allowed to sell their product cheaper than the label does to prevent competition between the two.
The thing is, if enough people buy from amazon, amazon will order more cds to have some ready to ship. So this can turn out more lucrative for the musician in certain situations. But generally buying directly from the musician is your best bet if you want him to be able to afford some food. ;)
Source: experience
Nice day for a walk in the park... Unless you have to be somewhere.
Great sound, great meter, where is the rest of the band... B-)
How come you sang/practised that part at 3:42 ?? I don't hear any horns at that part in the original video.
Hey bob, I was wondering... how come Justin did not play trumpet on the recording?
Hey are you coming to Kansas City in June???
bobreynoldsmusic.com/tour/
So, at 6:57, did someone just say, "F***"? Sang the wrong note or something?
Hey Bob, my friend's a big fan of yours. I told him I'm more of a Chris (Bullock) guy, but now I'm starting to see why he likes your playing so much. :)
beaut
4:42
4:42
4:42
4:42
I need insight on the sound someone makes like 1 second into the song, who made it? Why? So many questions.
Parkour Chris the bass slide?
This video is super dope, but I have to ask what camera you're using for the VLOG? The audio and video quality is spectacular.
question! is some of it written down ahead of time for you guys to read, or is it learned a lot through rote?
Nothing is written
Ears
Wow, that's so cool! Very interesting! So, for instance, Michael League write the some, give it to you on GarageBand or another program, and he'll just have played or recorded a rough version on keyboard, etc, something like that? Then you guys just basically listen and translate it to your horns?
why are you going to sever do vouga and not lisbon?
Im in the country Europe! But also in Ireland...🤔
Is there a reason you don't rehearse and learn the material earlier?
Hey Bob, you mentioned that you wrote one of the tunes on the new album a long time ago, which one would that be?
coming later in the year as a single
What made you choose to record the tune with your Super Action instead of your Mark VI?
long story. will aim to address in a video soon.
The camera battery died literally at the second-to-last note of his solo.
Who knows which brand of sunglasses is he wearing?
New lig?
Bob are u gonna play with Snarky Pups on Leopolis Jazz Fest in Ukraine?
New mouthpeace?
So smooth, but a zebra?
boi
Perfect time for banana
battery died aka overdubs
JESUS CHRIST Loves y'all
first