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Quiet Music Festival 2010 April 30th – May 2nd

Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Leading up to this year’s Quiet Music Festival here is a video of some highlights from last year “Much of what is a musician’s practice can be lost in performance at festivals. The nuanced, the intimate, the delicate, the very breath is obscured. The Quiet Music Festival celebrates this detail and takes a creative approach [...]

Digital Pill feature article in the Age

Thursday, November 19, 2009

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Garry Barker has written a feature article in the Age GREEN GUIDE about Digital Pill and the Louie Prez CD launch. Below is some info about the new Louie Prez album with Leo Dale, Ray Pereira and Doug DeVries. Sample the first track – The Phantom – in this youtube clip Visit Louie Prez online [...]

Saltwater Sax at the Paris Cat

Monday, June 22, 2009

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Saltwater Sax at the Paris Cat playing a tune – Walking in the Moonlight – by Martha Baartz (on alto). In the group she plays with Tony Hicks on tenor, Leo Dale on alto and Paul Williamson on baritone. On this occasion they also appeared with Sonja Horbelt on drums. Tony Hicks (on tenor, far [...]

Afro Mandinko . . . make people dance and sing

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

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Afro Mandinko playing a concert in Fitzroy Gardens in Melbourne – January 2009. Not only a great dance band in action but also a group who are experts in the science of warming up large crowds to dance, sing and express their inner spirit. Visit Afro Mandinko’s website by clicking here

Sax: buzzing on the mouthpiece (Leo Dale)

Thursday, September 11, 2008

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Sax: buzzing on the mouthpiece (Leo Dale)

Leo gives a sax lesson on how to warm up your tone by buzzing on the mouthpiece Click > HERE < to download a pdf of the lesson Listen to Leo’s music here Leo on myspace

Sax: tuning the registers (Leo Dale)

Thursday, July 3, 2008

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Leo gives a sax lesson on how to keep the various registers of the sax in tune. Using the interval of the 6th and some handy tips he picked up from studying J. S. Bach’s cello suites. Click > HERE < to download a pdf of the lesson Listen to Leo’s music here Leo on [...]