Dear musicians, Sax players face a couple of unique challenges on cruise ships such as having to double on flute and clarinet, packing their instruments so that they make it to the ship safely and more. Rob Pratt, a friend, client and saxophone player was nice enough to record a conversation with me about these [...]
There’re certain things a player obviously needs to know when playing music aboard a cruise ship. For showband musicians, sight-reading ability is a given. For saxophone players, so is minimal ability on doubles — clarinet and flute. When I first committed to join a ship, many veterans gave me pointers about how to do the [...]
Note: Robert Pratt joined the Cunard Queen Victoria on Nov. 17 and will occasionally post notes from his experiences onboard. He currently plays the alto chair in the Queen’s Room Orchestra, and he also blogs at his personal website, wordandsound.com. Once all the paperwork has been submitted and I’ve packed to join a new ship, [...]
