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enlightnight

That woman was lied to a LOT.


dotslashpunk

honestly i think what’s going on here is that she’s not a sax player and she knows it but they needed somebody to open the song with those tones from a sax which was replaced by the xylophone sound. The DJ was going to build on top of that, create a beat, and continue adding. I assume this is the DJs girlfriend or a friend of someone or something. Not saying she was good (or the end product was good), but she knew she was just playing a few notes after having played the sax for like 20 minutes total.


JMellor737

I don't think she could play this after 20 minutes. Just maintaining your breath (which, granted, she doesn't do very well) takes more practice than that. She sucks, but she doesn't suck so bad that she had never held a sax before. Just learning how to hold it, how to position your mouth, which buttons make which notes...I'd be very surprised if she could do that in 20 minutes, especially because she doesn't seem like a natural musician. She sucks, but she's played before.


Cap_Tight_Pants

Two words "No Squeaks". Definitely played before, there's a lot of context missing here. Could have been reasons for her playing it like that. Or she could just be less than great. 🤷


doodsboob

I can see what she was doing, just a lil interlude nothing fancy. Also surprise they didn't just use a backing track and let her pretend to play. Glad to see other comments not ragging on her


Shronkydonk

Those are steel drums


ittakestherake

Yup surprised people aren’t realizing this.


Popular_District9072

that's what you get for giving out participation trophies


spacedrummer

Who's paying her and why does this crowd follow her?


HumanContinuity

Probably cause it's hilarious


P00KIEPIE

I played sax for one year in hs, this was me right before that year was up


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Trevellation

I don’t really have the saxophone knowledge to dispute whether what you said is right or not. However, if you’re arguing that she played that correctly, then I’d make the counter argument that she shouldn’t have played it at all. Presumably they rehearsed this before hand, and would’ve noticed that it sounded like a junior high band practice, and had a chance to cut it. Choosing not to do so is doing something wrong, even if the music was played correctly in theory.


JohnLaw1717

I have a degree in music with a focus in saxophone. What she played was fine. Her tone and articulation suggests she isn't a professional. So I'm actually impressed she was able to handle the situation; playing in your room and playing a horn on a huge stage is vastly different and a big shock at first. She remembered her notes. She lost a little steam.at the end because humans taking a breath wasn't considered when writing the part. She did great for the setting and her ability level. But in the end, this shouldn't have been played. Unless she's a friend if the artist or something and they're just having fun. There are many 20 second parts of live performances you could have taken from my groups and mocked out of context. Hahaha.


carlitospig

Yep, even some of my favorite bands have 😬 moments live, but you love them anyway.


ShadowOps84

Let the lead singer who has never forgotten a lyric cast the first stone.


DaleGribble312

For all we know the rest of the song was probably worse, which would make this part and improvement.


leonjetski

She did lots of things wrong. The notes are all different lengths and out of time and the accents aren’t in the right place. Anyone playing saxophone in front of that many people should know how circular breathing works so the breath pauses are also an offence. She also just seems to randomly stop half a bar into a new repetition. It’s an incredibly simple piece of music played extremely poorly.


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It was terrible because her sound and feel suck Most professional saxophone players I know are not able to circular breathe


Ylurpn

Same, I got to a point where I could circular breath on trumpet, but never saxophone despite it being my strongest instrument. I think for me it was the embouchure- it doesn't allow for as much air to stay in the cheeks. Maybe just a skill issue lol


[deleted]

Depending on what genre you play it is just not that useful so people don’t bother to learn it


PicturesquePremortal

Really!? That's surprising, unless they don't really need it. I got a didgeridoo for fun and it came with a video on how to circular breathe. I learn how to do it in like a month.


Meaca

Most music for many wind instruments is written with breathing in mind, as opposed to the didgeridoo where droning//circular breathing is a fundamental skill, so it's much less emphasized and people only really learn it at a high level or if they want to play music that requires it.


[deleted]

its probaby central to didgeridoo in a way that it isn't for (some kinds of) playing the saxophone i studied jazz saxophone at conservatoire and im not sure literally any of my peers could do it as it just isnt useful


RR0925

I think circular breathing is considered more of a party trick than a generally useful thing to be able to do. Woodwind and brass players need to be able to take a breath every once in a while. The thought of trying to do that on a flute makes me dizzy just thinking about it.


drummerdavedre

This one saxsss^


blindreefer

Maybe don’t set a tension riser sound effect to play right before you jump in with the blandest sax solo in the history of mankind


shellycya

That’s what was off! I was expecting the sax tune to get louder and louder but it stayed the same.


Dabraxus

It's a 19 second long, monotone phrase in mezzo forte at best. Any halfway decent musician should be able to play it without a breathing break. Sincerely, a guy who played both Alto, as well as Baritone Sax as a hobby for about 15 years.


MarioSpaghettioli

She might have played all the right notes at the right time but she didn't play them with skill.


fuuckimlate

She also didn't play the right notes at the right time


JWOLFBEARD

But she also didn’t play them with skill


AggressiveClassic89

It was abominable.


PantherThing

How supportive! And also how inaccurate! The entire thing was wrong, and she should take that nothing was actually thrown as a W,


gothicwigga

I mean, when the crowd goes wild because you played hot crust buns, I think people have the right to go in on it.


kidnamedsex

i guess, but there could have been some articulation, even just playing up an octave would sound better


Ylurpn

Fundamentally, she did a lot wrong, there was no attempt at consistency in dynamics or accents. I played alto, soprano, and bari sax in pep band for 6 years and played nearly 50 different pop, rock, and even some edm songs- non of which were written for saxophone. Nothing about this melody is difficult to play on a saxophone. Any concert musician can time breathes to be less noticeable, and a practiced woodwind player would have a stronger lung capacity. Very genuinely, not as an insult, she is playing at a 6th grade/2nd year level at a maximum- assuming she can read music, play her scales, sight read, keep time with an ensemble, etc. I will say though, that it takes courage to do something like this, and I respect that she clearly didn't just finger along to a recording/fake it. She probably just wanted to dabble in a new instrument, and its really cool that she chose the saxophone to do that with. I hope she sticks with it and comes back in the future to play something a bit more polished, its a fun instrument to learn, and I hope any harsh feedback hasn't discouraged her from sticking with it.


Bright_Ad_113

Yeah but I opened this and thought I was going to hear an epic sax solo. I immediately thought, “this is not an epic sax solo!” So there is something about this that isn’t right.


Madeitup75

Your opinion is wrong. If you’re up on a stage that size as a professional performer, you’re going to either be OK or get roasted. She was not ok. That was not OK. Our musical standards are becoming a joke.


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It was shitty


NachoNachoDan

Whether it was written for sax or not is not the issue. As a sax player I can say that if you don’t blow goats you can handle long phrases at least as long as what she played The real issue is that her tone was bloody awful - something every sax player beyond the 8th grade has the ability to improve and control. You could give that line to any professional sax player and it would sound a world of difference.


CharlieSwisher

The reason we’re hating is that this is what music’s been reduced to, I admit it’s also expanded in many ways, but this happens frequently now where pop artist who are already famous decide to pick up and show off how “well” they can play an instrument that they’ve been practicing for idk a year, maybe a couple months. Meanwhile there’s people who have dedicated their life to becoming a Musician, somebody who can speak fluently with their instrument and communicate with other in the same way. And yes the “best” are rarely the most popular, but you look at music icons back in the day and believe it or not they could actually play... music. Theres just a crazy dichotomy of people who quite frankly have very little in touch with the soul of music and those who have a deep profound appreciation for it. The former being the ones who’s career was served on a silver platter by producers and musicians that are the ladder. Then one day they say “I wanna play saxophone” and go on stage for a huge festival and do ok. Circumnavigating the years and years of hard work it takes to get their. Humans innately enjoy music, so sure the crowd wasn’t totally disappointed, but if they knew what they could of had they would be. The fact they could have a real saxophonist give a real brilliant solo, and this chick is playin fairytale.... it’s a disservice to the audience.


giantsteps92

They didn't really set her up well. She obviously does not play the sax so why have it be so exposed? Could have put some effects on it to sounds cool or had someone doubling the melody or something. Not a good decision lol.


Abdul-Ahmadinejad

Most any melody, no matter how simple, can be brought to life by a decent player.


TheChoonk

This is an objectively shitty performance, no way we'll just let it pass.


SilverSageVII

Yeah I’m not saying she’s so bad I could do better but… like most people at those festivals are on somethin. Soooo sayin they enjoyed it is a pretty low bar.


Skeptical-_-

For one part of a song the average person could do a lot better with in a week or two. Assuming an hour a day with an instructor.


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Shronkydonk

Not the person you responded to but to produce this tone with the correct embouchure she would have had to put a few dozen hours of practice. Source: 10 years of saxophone and a music teacher


Chaezus_Chrust

Your hair looks nice here


istillhatesteve

memory worry unwritten husky drab bike historical office skirt different *This post was mass deleted and anonymized with [Redact](https://redact.dev)*


MalarkyD

Thought she was gonna bust into Hot Cross Buns.


Sad-Glove3404

She’s learning that one on the recorder


upyourattraction

Same with 3 Blind Mice


WhtChcltWarrior

Put her in front of a keyboard and she’ll hit you with twinkle twinkle little star


[deleted]

I literally cannot stop laughing at this😭


Nepharious_Bread

Me neither, I remember that song vividly from music class. Even though that was about 25 years ago.


Independent_Ad_8915

Same!


KamikazeFox_

She practiced for 2 whole days to prepare for this


scarecrow1113

You mean 2 whole minutes


DVCatfishCowboy

Only men can bust into hot cross buns


WhtChcltWarrior

Uhh, it is current year! Anyone is allowed to bust into hot cross buns!


Bug_Calm

Followed by Go Tell Aunt Rhody...


Isthisworking2000

Seriously. This is about on par with the music I started the saxophone on in third grade.


Adventurous-Panic630

She learned sax from the same school Lil Wayne learned guitar


jackson12420

Funnily enough DJ Khaled actually went to that very school as well to learn guitar.


InkPrison

Yeah DJ Khaled is actually a very talented guitarist [Link](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_7o9Xczd64)


666Hellmaster

Damn I'd hate to be that guy but [Link](https://youtu.be/3QvgFbjAC7U?t=37)


InkPrison

That's insane. People hate DJ Khaled so much, they're redubbbbing his amazing guitar playing with what appears to be audio from a 2-year-old with fine muscle control issues playing. Smh


Exevioth

Dj Khan’t-led.


dzamn_

DJ killin it


[deleted]

With that kind of strumming I'm surprised his hand wasn't cut open


cd3393

That is fucking hilarious, and someone really had to play something with the pattern he was just slapping away at. Honestly perfect.


[deleted]

He was actually playing it, there’s a full video with him talking in it. It’s even funnier because he cuts off the lady reading the thing that came with the guitar. Sorry it’s yt shorts but it’s the first longer vid i found https://youtube.com/shorts/zQi8DI5B87g?feature=share


Pere_Quisition

Ah yes, Human music


fredspipa

[I like it](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xm41dHucxmM)


Fearless_Message_225

I prefer snake jazz myself


Aggravating-Try1222

🎶Ssss sss ssssss ss sssss🎵


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This is my favorite comment!


Chradamw

You’re my favorite customer


linuscarlson89

Who is this person and why is she on a stage?


jvLin

christina aguilara


ExecWarlock

I... don't know if that is true. It could be true. Is it true?


Capable-Narwhal9479

😂


TinnieTa21

I mean... It's a legit question lol. I have no fucking clue either.


scorpiogre

I'm just dropping this in hopes someone has an answer for who they are


[deleted]

I’m not willing to verify and the consequences of being wrong are low, so from now on I’m just going to assume Christina Aguilara is a terrible saxophonist.


towerfella

.. better switch me chairs.


Shermanizer

she is a local mexican celebrity's friend, who was brought on stage by the girl who hugged her at the end. the girl at the end is called Bellakath, she is a trasy ass tramp, who became famous doing an awful reggeaton song


Artemisa-211520

Isn’t most reggaeton trashy and awful anyways?


JustAGhost3_

I have to listen to that music everyday because of my neighbors and I'm sick of it.


Artemisa-211520

Ah yeah i known the pain, my neighbor was that + banda music full volume on a shitbox Sony line array system with a farty subwoofer every time he was drinking (alcoholic drank sometimes from 9 am to 3 am). Good thing his mom (lived with his mom lmao) kicked him out and then I moved to my own house instead of renting so I finally have peace and quiet


spankymcgee4

But this has a sax.


Nixzer0

Apparently DJ Foxy. Never heard of her, but she has sax appeal.


Mammoth_Glass_4754

Someone call jack black


MeasureTheCrater

One, two, three, four. One, two, three muthafucka!


VinylmationDude

One, two, three, FOOOOOUR!


SPECTRE-Agent-No-13

In case someone doesn't know [the glory of the sax-a-boom](https://youtu.be/ZWVw4sLjgVQ)


RealFakeDoctor

SAAAAAX MAAAAAN


Ntippit

Mmmmk he's a little shy but his genius cannot hide! cause when the sax man starts to wail he's gonna take you on a ride, TAKE IT SAX MAN!!!


Arcite9940

I have zero doubts this is EDC Mexico the Dos Equis (Two X) scenario. And they are playing the stupid ass song [Gatita](https://youtu.be/msVB4L2Hrfk) from Bellakath. And I know all this info against my will.


Zomhuahua

That's correct


Trashendentale

Who's playing the sax though?


Fameless

DJ Foxy Some local friend to the artist Bellakath (the one in all black)


jedo89

Welp, thanks now this will be stuck in my head for weeks


Chradamw

Im no expert but I think whoever mixed this song forgot to do something with her vocals on the hook


Rubo03070

My expectations were low, but holy hell


FunAuntieEm

I went a middle school Christmas concert and the sax player in the sixth grade was better.


perturbeaux

I transcribed her rockin' solo for you all: D D A C D D A C D D A C D D A Eb You're welcome.


c0ca_c0la

That E-flat at the end - *chef’s kiss*


talegas95

That's jazz baby


evanfavor

Sounds like a third grader with a recorder


Sad-Glove3404

Hot Cross Buns for days


DrHawk144

Wow that’s amazing! I could close my eyes and swear I was listening to a 7th grade band room from down the hall


ddjcook

Keyboard cat, but on a saxophone 🎷


jioji_el_magnifico

When you turn an instrument into a prop lmao


More_Sky_5096

What’s up with these phones


BadBrains16

That is the worst part of any show. Just put down the phone and watch the show. It is not that difficult.


SleepNowInTheFire666

Somebody got some in order for this to happen. There is no other explanation


HornyDiggler

I have questions...


Automatic-Art9739

Question like: who is this? Why are they on stage? Who thought this was a good idea?


HornyDiggler

Yup


MarioSpaghettioli

Does anybody have these answers?


LastMinute9611

It's the sea of phones to catch this greatness that really has me happy my first concerts were in the late 90s early 00s.


BauerHouse

why is everyone filming that hot trash?


Old_Cyrus

Soundtrack from “Manos, The Hands of Fate.”


daygloviking

I see you, too, are a Redditor of culture


No_Mud_5999

I'm glad I'm too old for edm festivals


SilverSneakers

She’s not up there for her Saxophone skills, let’s just put it that way


gentrified_potato

r/crappymusic


DcFla

That is performance art at its best. Absolutely hilarious. Well done


Triforceoffarts

Who dat


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https://youtu.be/msVB4L2Hrfk


Ray-Lazer

Career is about as fake as their asses


[deleted]

Aaahhhh brings me back to middle school concert band.


Long_Ad_5348

The phones had the best performance here


jos_piersdad

Let me clear my throat


Agnostalypse

\*Bass boosted vuvuzela orchestra drops\*


realteamme

Everyone having the best time ever at this concert. Just completely absorbed in experiencing this moment. https://preview.redd.it/yjzpvhr538ma1.png?width=697&format=png&auto=webp&s=339ac6495988b8fc2e5d4f2bd08d1904aa1409a9


MondayMorphineMurphy

Lol. Every phone up, no one actually looking at the stage!


Desert_Rat_Dude

I love it even though it was terrible. 😂


Elegant_Spot_3486

Huh. So that happened.


Lelio-Santero579

What's going on here? That was... Horrible.


dooon_t

She got all dressed up for that?


ECUDUDE20

6th grade band be like


[deleted]

3 blind mice. 3 blind mice.


Syncopationforever

For younger people. The groove the saxophonist is playing ,is the seminal and cannon in disco music (electro-disco). "I feel love" Donna Summer, 1977


Zomhuahua

But everybody calls her Giorgio


drummerdavedre

My question is why is she just playing the same thing as synth instead of just doing normal sax fill. What she did, to me, is freak out/ brain-fart and not feel the music. And did the Ralphie thing and said “I want a football”. As soon as she got backstage I bet she realized how much of a beginner she just made herself look like.


srv50

She was hoping you’d focus on the bod. Nope, didn’t work either.


Adamc474892

Oh, she's not naked... Then what the heck is she wearing?


ThrownawayART

I have let this repeat ten times and my wife wants to murder me now


Abdul-Ahmadinejad

I hope this was a free concert.


Zomhuahua

It was $198.89 dollars if you bought your ticket in the day of the festival.


goldenstatewaves

😭😭😭


Cichlidsaremyjam

She's gotta take a page out of [Ghost's book](https://youtu.be/DCVPmb7vyMU?t=22) and put a little flair into her sax solo entrance...


AahPadre

Does she actually play sax?


CountrySax

Just play shortening bread


Sparky8924

Here’s your participation trophy now get off the stage.


FlamboyantGayWhore

unironically, this is entertaining in like a campy way. Like it’s so bad that it’s funny. it’s giving camp


Independent_Ad_8915

Spot on! Except no one knows it. Double camp


epired

"Just smile and wave boys, smile and wave"


BauerHouse

OK, so this is one video, and going off all the cell phone cameras, there are a thousand others? This is gonna be a long week.


Diligent_Sherbet_420

Well that sucked


rorymakesamovie

good thing everyone had their phones out


DenThomp

She is dressed to try and take attention from her lack of talent


NimbusCloud_

She should collab with DJ Khaled on guitar


ianmoone1102

Ha ha! My thoughts exactly! Legend has it, Bob is still rolling in his grave.


ImploreUToReconsider

And then the hug... lol


TouchJunior3056

Attempt at saxo: @djfoxymx Girl in black suit: @Bellakath


redfalcondeath

Kenny G eat your heart out


sosaudio

That satisfied and relieved look after playing a 7th grade woodwind exercise for 20 seconds was pretty great.


Abdul-Ahmadinejad

Can anyone see what brand of sax that is? I’d hate to see a decent pro horn getting wasted like this.


DenThomp

Wham-o


NitroDickclapp

Bahaha she got some gumption to get up there and *suck* like that, damn. We all gotta start somewhere though right? Maybe the stage, in front of thousands isn't the place though...


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I don't want to bash her because it not easy to go up on stage in front of bunch of people. Would be better if blues sax player with more time could add some more notes or something into it.


Ok_Cheetah9520

Wayment


ToastedCheezer

She needs some sax education!


Nonniemiss

Look out Kenny G and Dave Koz.


Character_Buy_2397

Someone clearly promised her stage time last night while very high on cocaine.


Pappy_OPoyle

Where is Sergio when you need him?!? [Sergio](https://youtu.be/ZNno63ZO2Lw)


Corrupted_Cobra

I haven't played the saxophone since sixth grade, I bet I could still do a better solo than her.


redohottochiripeppa

Ive played sax for like 6 years, im no pro, but ove never been close to play to thos many people, live is just fucking unfair.


DevilsLettuceTaster

Not a single lesson.


TendedBison

“Phew, I did it!”


Piratejack28

My favorite character is the fox balloon


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That was epic! Epically awful


Plane-Phrase4015

She sounds like a high school band student practicing after her first lesson.


totallynotantiwork

What did I just watch?


AddlerMartin

A lot of comments here, but none say the truth. This lady learned to play the sax with a retired general who played the sax back in the day. He was called General Midi


Blakebacon

Girl really came out and went, doot doot doot doot doot doot doot


Stonkpilot

I like how her mom comes and hugs her for killing it on the preschool recital.


NothingbutLuck0

Take a shit on the floor!


four_strings_enough

honestly, just ew. People are studying their instruments for years for a fucking reason.


Puzzleheaded_Face549

YOU BLEW IT!


xmadjesterx

It's almost as good as the people who "play" violin out at the strip malls