Every song needs a sax solo, right?
Well….
If it’s your band you can probably take a solo on a good number of songs since you’re what’s featured.
But you don’t want to overdo it!
Every musician in a band doesn’t need to take a solo on every song. Doing that makes the songs either go on for too long or it makes each person’s solo too short to really develop a solo.
So if you’re performing with a combo and doing a set of songs, switch off on who solos.
It will make the your sax solo better if it’s on a song you want to play on and you have enough space to say what you want to say.
Another idea: revive the age-old tradition of Trading Fours, giving two soloists just four bars to make a statement, then the next responds for four bars, and back and forth across a chorus or two. Whether drama or music, when it comes down to it, its about dialog and communications; there’s really no need to have a major soliloquy in every Act 😉
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Hey mrG,
Thanks for stopping by. Yes, trading fours can be interesting and lot of fun, you build on what the other player has just said and it can raise the energy level of the music- a good thing to throw in the mix occasionally.
-Neal