Bringing my sax. Suggestions or requests? (Thank you update!)

[BobMakihara]

Edit: This has been one hell of a con. I played sax for at least 7 hours every day, starting with the monster pre-reg line on Thursday. A very enthusiastic thanks to everyone that stopped by to chat, cracked a smile, tapped a foot, selected a song, or listened to me play. Thank you!

Greetings folks!

Finally made enough time to do some practice over the year, and finally bringing my saxophone to Fanime. The playlist so far:

• Lost Woods, Ocarina of Time (practice preview)
• Overworld Theme, Super Mario Bros.
• Lilium, Elfen Lied (practice preview)
• Music A, Tetris
• Level Intro, Pac Man
• Epic Sax Guy, Epic Sax Guy
• Still Alive, Portal
• Moonlight Densetsu, Sailor Moon
• Main Theme, Zelda
• Sexiness, Naruto
• Daily Life, Naruto
• Hedwig's Theme, Harry Potter
• 90s Cartoon Theme, Xmen (practice preview)
• Victory Fanfare, Final Fantasy VII

Edit: Additions! (Suggestions that I can pick up quickly)

• "That George Michael song" (Careless Whisper), George Michael
• Stone Tower Temple, Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
• Song of Healing, Legend of Zelda Majora's Mask
• Main Theme, Pokemon Anime
• Opening Theme, Pokemon Red/Blue
• Team Rocket Hideout, Pokemon Red/Blue
• Want You Gone, Portal 2
• Baker Street, Gerry Rafferty
• Sekai no Hate Made Beleive Heart, Uta no Prince-Sama
• Godot's Theme (The Fragrance of Dark Coffee), Phoenix Wright
• Space Lion, Cowboy Bebop
• Active Heart, Gunbuster
• Chemical Plant Zone, Sonic 2
• Main Theme, TMNT 90s Cartoon
• Gun's & Roses (Opening Theme), Baccano!
• Too Good Too Bad, Cowboy Bebop
• ...

Edit: Feelin' Crazy List! (Songs that will be tough to pull off, but will try anyway)

• Tank! (full song), Cowboy Bebop OST
• Permanent Vacation, Trigun OST
• Paraiso, Michiko to Hatchin OST
• Rain, Cowboy Bebop OST
• Bad Dog No Biscuits, Cowboy Bebop OST

Question 1: As you can see, the list is a bit old school. Does anyone have requests or suggestions for a wandering sax player? I have a few weeks until the con, and I will be practicing every day. A: Thanks for all the requests! I will work hard and do my best to play each and every one at the con!

Question 2: Anyone out there know of an obscure anime character that plays sax other than Midvalley, Epic Sax Guy, and Gren? I would like to cosplay, but it seems like these three are done to death.  A: Wow, Ren Jinguji from Ota no Prince-Sama and Igaram from OnePiece added to my cosplay list. Serious Thanks!

Question 3: Is there any kind of nerdy musician gathering in the works? I know there was a small group of drummers/guitar players last year, and I heard about some live music going on at Iguana's down the street from the convention center. I would love to coordinate a jam session with music minded anime/game nerds.  A: Confirmed that Iguana's will have live music/open mic Thursday nite starting at 8pm. I will be there! ^_^

TL;DR: I am a sax player looking for song requests, cosplay suggestions, and a possible meetup with other nerdy musicians. Hit me up!

[SilentJ]

Hey! Play that George Michael song!!

http://youtu.be/GaoLU6zKaws?hd=1

[Nonprofitpigeon]

Hey! Play that George Michael song!!

http://youtu.be/GaoLU6zKaws?hd=1

perfect!

[BobMakihara]

Ha! I forgot about this! Sexy sax man is sexy. Added!

[Aoi Memori]

Something from Majora's Mask? XD Anything Zelda, really. You add Zelda and a sax and you may have a fangirl in me o3o

[BobMakihara]

Something from Majora's Mask? XD Anything Zelda, really. You add Zelda and a sax and you may have a fangirl in me o3o

Excellent! I added Stone Tower Temple and Song of Healing to my list.
Here is a preview of me playing a bit of Lost Woods from Ocarina...

[Aoi Memori]

Very nice preview! And you have me really excited to look forward to the Stone Temple Tower song @______@ <3

[Fashwiing]

One of the guys from Uta no Prince-sama plays the sax, though I'll be the first to tell you that it's not that great of a show. Dunno how up to it you'd be, to cosplay one of the guys from an otome game/anime.

[virilevocalist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitMZJXt3FE

Tsuneo Imahori - Trigun OST - "Permanent Vacation"

Can anyone drop a blues slide guitar riff on acoustic? lol

[Eliteslayer]

I'd suggest a few things from Pokemon. Not just the anime main theme, but the video game one as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJQopRuH1E or the battle theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jmty_NiaXc The theme to Team Rocket's base might be cool too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiKM2f2j_o

Since you know Still Alive from Portal, perhaps "Want You Gone" would be a good addition? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVZaZ8yO6o

[BobMakihara]

One of the guys from Uta no Prince-sama plays the sax, though I'll be the first to tell you that it's not that great of a show. Dunno how up to it you'd be, to cosplay one of the guys from an otome game/anime.

Don't mind cosplaying as a bishi... I think I might go for this. Just ordered the patch/badge, hopefully it gets here in time!
Thanks so much for the tip, I really appreciate it!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitMZJXt3FE

Tsuneo Imahori - Trigun OST - "Permanent Vacation"

Can anyone drop a blues slide guitar riff on acoustic? lol

O_O Holy... that is some of the most exciting sax playing I have ever heard! That sax player is everywhere! I might be able to find a blues set to play over... I know I am going to regret this, but...

Challenge Accepted.

I'd suggest a few things from Pokemon. Not just the anime main theme, but the video game one as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdJQopRuH1E or the battle theme http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Jmty_NiaXc The theme to Team Rocket's base might be cool too: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kiKM2f2j_o

Since you know Still Alive from Portal, perhaps "Want You Gone" would be a good addition? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVVZaZ8yO6o

Pokemon main theme, check. Blue/Red theme - awesome, will do! I will try the battle theme, it sounds like it needs two players to serve it justice though.
Love the Team Rocket hideout song! Classic creepy video game music, brings back memories!
Want You Gone will be added. Simple melody, awesome song. Heard it once before when I watched my brother beat Portal 2.
Thank you so much for the suggestions!

Off to practice! ^__^

[Eliteslayer]

Awesome, I'll be sure to keep an eye out for you. I'll be Giovanni from Pokemon Saturday morning, so hearing the Team Rocket theme then would be amazing. Glad you like my suggestions!

[virilevocalist]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EitMZJXt3FE

Tsuneo Imahori - Trigun OST - "Permanent Vacation"

Can anyone drop a blues slide guitar riff on acoustic? lol

O_O Holy... that is some of the most exciting sax playing I have ever heard! That sax player is everywhere! I might be able to find a blues set to play over... I know I am going to regret this, but...

Challenge Accepted.

Awesome! I'd bring my acoustic and my glass slide, but the riff patterns he plays are pretty difficult for me. The guitar riffs are pretty idiosyncratic in and of themselves but still nothing compared to his sax performance.

Just an interesting side note: All instruments on this track were written and played by the composer,and for the most part, the whole OST lol. Tsuneo Imahori is one of my favorite composers. He also did Gungrave and Hajime no Ippo. Before he got into anime/game osts he played in an experimental jazz band called Tipographica and even collaborated with the legendary drummer Tatsuya Yoshida of Ruins/KoenjiHyakkei fame. Yoko Kanno handpicked Tsuneo Imahori to play guitar in The Seatbelts! /fanboygush

Anyway, I digress. I'll keep an eye out for ya, dude!

[Admiral Donuts]

Can you do "Baker Street?" Nothign to do with Anime, but an awesome piece of sax music.

And there is a character from One Piece called Igaram who plays sax. Sorta. His shoot bullets.

[BobMakihara]

Awesome! I'd bring my acoustic and my glass slide, but the riff patterns he plays are pretty difficult for me. The guitar riffs are pretty idiosyncratic in and of themselves but still nothing compared to his sax performance.

Just an interesting side note: All instruments on this track were written and played by the composer,and for the most part, the whole OST lol. Tsuneo Imahori is one of my favorite composers. He also did Gungrave and Hajime no Ippo. Before he got into anime/game osts he played in an experimental jazz band called Tipographica and even collaborated with the legendary drummer Tatsuya Yoshida of Ruins/KoenjiHyakkei fame. Yoko Kanno handpicked Tsuneo Imahori to play guitar in The Seatbelts! /fanboygush

Anyway, I digress. I'll keep an eye out for ya, dude!

Wow... Tsuneo Imahori has unworldly skill. Thank you for (re)introducing me to him, at the time I watched Trigun back in the day I wasn't as much of a music guy. Now I will be wading through the entire soundtrack! 
Sweet, look forward to seeing you and picking your fanboy brain for more info! ^_^

Can you do "Baker Street?" Nothign to do with Anime, but an awesome piece of sax music.

And there is a character from One Piece called Igaram who plays sax. Sorta. His shoot bullets.

Baker Street does indeed have some saxy badassery. XD Pleasantly surprised by this request!
Given that Lisa Simpson did a cover of this song, it has enough "Geek Cred". Added!
Igaram looks so... I mean that hair is out of control! I may have to put that cosplay together for next year. Thanks for the tip!

[Aoi Memori]

That sexy sax part from Space Lion from Bebop.... That would be beyond wonderful to hear live...

[Angelx624]

You should totally play this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIAR31mzsU8

Just saying. :'D

EDIT: Omg, I'm such a dork, I just now saw your sig. WELL THEN! XDDD

[DarkFujin]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMnrl0tmd3k

The Fragrance of Dark Coffee, jazz version, from Phoenix Wright: Trials and Tribulations. :D

[BSaphire]

I sent you a PM :) Looking forward to your response :P
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[SweetNiar]

Nearly most of Cowboy Bebop would be great playing on the sax.  A nice slow song from that series that would sound nice on a sax would be Rain ^^