Willow’s latest release Lightbulb Life has been in my headphones for the last few days. It’s a sound window into an exotic location, an insight into a city and its people through Willow’s ears.
Tag Archives: Saxophone
Q&A with Zac Hurren – 2009 NJA Finalist
When i was a tiny little fella I used to crawl into my mum’s wardrobe and explore. I was always intrigued by an old case hidden away in there. Eventually i dragged it out, looked inside and was immediately enchanted by its form and odor. One day mum caught me checking it out and told [...]
Q&A with Jacam Manricks – 2009 NJA Finalist
Jacam Manricks, saxophone, currently living in New York When did you start playing saxophone and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I started playing alto saxophone when I was 10. My Grandfather was an alto saxophone and clarinetist and although I never meet him [...]
Q&A with Phil Noy – 2009 NJA Finalist
Phil Noy, from Melbourne When did you start playing saxophone and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I started Playing saxophone around the age of 12 when my brother, whilst under the spell of the incredibly fashionable and hip ‘Commodore 64′ computer,left his saxophone [...]
Q&A with Willow Neilson – 2009 NJA Finalist
Willow Neilson, saxophone, currently living in Shanghai When did you start playing saxophone and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I started playing the saxophone when I was 14. I hassled my father to buy me one for many years until an instrument came [...]
Q&A with James Sandon – 2009 NJA Finalist
James Sandon, saxophone, Perth When did you start playing saxophone and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I started playing the saxophone at the age of six. Both my parents are musicians so growing up in a house full of instruments I guess it [...]
Q&A with Tim Wilson – 2009 NJA Finalist
Tim Wilson, from Melbourne When did you start playing saxophone and why? For example, was there a ‘moment’ when it came to you as a calling or vocation? I started playing saxophone when I was about 13 after having done a couple of years on the clarinet. As a kid I grew up listening to [...]
