A recurring dream of mine for years was to get a tenor sax (after I got the alto in 2008), and maybe, some day a piano…
I got the tenor a little over two years ago, a beautiful piece from Thomann. And as of yesterday, my little music corner is finally complete with my new Donner DD80 Plus.
I can already tell that this thing is going to cure many a low moment. I’m still going to therapy, mind! But life got a little easier, a little more beautiful.
And for that, I’m grateful.
Back at my beloved Palau to see Madama Butterfly, a genuine bucket list item that I finally got to cross out yesterday. But what an eerily fitting way though to cap off a month full of emotional turmoil, to watch the doomed romance between Cio-Cio-San and Pinkerton. I’d been waiting for this day for literal years, yet I never imagined it would come as a bookend to what turned out to be a cruelly bittersweet summer. Life truly make things fall into place in funny ways sometimes…
I’ve been playing the saxophone on and off for a little over ten years on an alto (mostly jazz and blues), but I’ve always wanted to “upgrade” to a tenor at some point. Well…
It’s a Thomann Antique Tenor sax, with a gorgeous antique brass finish, and it sounds fantastic. I can’t wait to put it through its paces! <3