New Saxophone Player Design

Posted by: gretchen on February 22, 2007 |

Saxophone Player Shirt

Before I start a new drawing, I try to look for images to help me determine the pose or the details of objects I want to use in the design. Typically, I try to Google action photos of real women. That’s an easy task when you can think of a famous name to search for, but in the case of the saxophone player, I have to admit I couldn’t think of any famous women saxophone players. Hmmm….shame on me and I was a music major in college.

Not wanting to be ignorant of this field, I decided to see what I could find to help me with this drawing. A quick Google search for “female saxophone player” gave me names like Jane Ira Bloom, Claire Daly, Karolina Strassmayer, Laura Dreyer, Mary Fettig, Vi Redd, Jessica Jones, Ingrid Laubrock, Barbara Thompson, Christine Jensen, Anat Cohen, Virginia Mayhew, Matana Roberts, Frøy Aagre, Bodil Niska, Candy Dulfer, Ivy Benson, Jessica Lurie, Kathy Stobart, Karolina Strassmeyer, Sandy Evans, Fiona Burnett, Tia Fuller, Sarah Manning, Tinika Postma, Kristen Strom, Shannon Kennedy and Mindi Abair. *whew* There sure are a lot of women playing the saxophone out there!

So here she is… (by popular request I might add) the Girls Can’t WHAT? saxophone player. She is available in both light and dark skin tones on a variety of gift items and apparel in the Girls Can’t WHAT? shop.

Saxophone Player Design

And I couldn’t resist looking for some of these artists on Youtube: Check out this fantastic video from Candy Dulfer:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXv0jiWKLSA]

Comments

32 Responses to “New Saxophone Player Design”

  1. Paula The Surf Mom on February 22nd, 2007 9:58 pm
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    Very cute

  2. gretchen on February 22nd, 2007 11:26 pm
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    Thanks! :) I have a surfer girl on deck. It will probably be ready in the next week or so… ;)

  3. Lisa on February 23rd, 2007 7:39 pm
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    Awesome!! THANKS! I will be ordering one soon…just have to wait until I have the money…

  4. gretchen on February 23rd, 2007 11:07 pm
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    Cool - glad you like it! :)

  5. Rita on February 27th, 2007 1:35 pm
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    *-*

    OMG

    that is so amazing!

    I would have one of those if I could. o/

    you need to make you merchandising able in europe. xD

  6. gretchen on February 27th, 2007 1:39 pm
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    Hey Rita - my products are set up through cafepress and they do deliver to Europe. I have had many International sales including to European nations. Check the “shipping and returns” links at the bottom of the shopping pages. :)

  7. Colin Negrych on April 11th, 2007 12:19 am
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    Hi. You can find a video of Anat Cohen playing tenor on “Nature Boy” (and more) with Waverly Seven live at the Jazz Standard in NYC on YouTube. Enjoy!

  8. Alana on July 5th, 2007 10:06 pm
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    I going 2 play the sax and just loved what the shirt says!

  9. Bell on August 30th, 2007 4:27 am
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    I love this , i play the sax n that rocks!!!:P

  10. Jessica on October 14th, 2007 10:28 am
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    Hey… I love the saxophone design…. I play Alto myself, and I have heard my section leader (a male) tell me that Girls can’t play… so It really hits home with me… I love that design

  11. Shannon Kennedy on November 11th, 2007 3:29 am
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    Hey - my name is Shannon Kennedy, I am one of the female saxophone players you mentioned. I think that your saxophone player shirt is a pretty cool idea. I love the design.

  12. gretchen on November 12th, 2007 12:03 pm
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    Glad you like it. I’ll be working on more instrumentalists soon. :D

  13. Keeley Reinhardt on November 29th, 2007 3:47 am
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    Hi, my name is Keeley Reinhardt and I play Sax and I am in Year 6. I just passed my Grade 3 exam with an A. I think that the new top you have designed is AWESOME!:)

    P.S I play alto sax and baritone sax!!!!

  14. gretchen on November 29th, 2007 8:56 am
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    Cool - thanks! :)>-

  15. natalie on November 29th, 2007 5:47 pm
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    ok ok ok, how can i get it. play it love it and adore it. i have to have that shirt. plz tell me how much it is and how we can buy it. then my mom will by it. by the way i am only twelve and i just started playing the sax!
    bye

  16. gretchen on November 29th, 2007 5:50 pm
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    Thanks Natalie! Just click on the design image and it will take you to the shop. ;)

  17. Rachel on January 14th, 2008 9:41 pm
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    I’m fifteen and I’ve been playing tenor sax since I was twelve. I am in two school bands (concert and jazz) and I heart this!
    Thanks :)

  18. Alexandria on February 4th, 2008 2:52 pm
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    Great site!
    I’m 18, been playing alto/tenor sax for 5 years, self taught and I do alot of shows and travel in Canada. They call me Saxygurl.
    Currently studying music in college and hoping to get a scholarship in Berkely, New York.
    I’m glad I found this site, I’ll sign up!
    ;)

    www/myspace.com/saxygurl8

    -Saxygurl

  19. Gabriella on February 11th, 2008 2:05 pm
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    It’s just perfect! I’m a girl who wants to play the sax, and one of my reasons is there are just a few girls who play saxophone, and I really want to be one of them! So I loved this T-shirt! One day I’ll be a “female saxophone player” too, I mean, I hope…

  20. gretchen on February 11th, 2008 9:58 pm
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    You don’t need to say “I hope”… Keep saying “I will”. ;)

  21. wendy on February 26th, 2008 7:59 pm
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    Ive been playing the saxophone for almost five years in school. As an 8th grader i auditioned for the highschool advanced concert band, and made it! I played with the pep band, auditioned for and made the jazz band, I am also in the marching band and this summer i will be traveling around europe to play with another jazz band!(I am the only female sax player)Im even taking a jazz combo course at a near by college…with college students!i love playing the saxophone and I love your t-shirt design!

  22. gretchen on February 26th, 2008 8:07 pm
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    Thanks Wendy! Glad you enjoy it. I played a little myself when I was in high school. ;)

  23. courtney on February 27th, 2008 6:00 pm
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    i m in 6th grade and i hav been playing alto 4 about a yr now and i ♥♥♥ it!

  24. Zoe on February 29th, 2008 11:21 pm
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    I love this Design it is so amazing the first time i saw it which was like yesterday i fell in love with it! I was in my tech tools class and looking for pics. of saxophones and I saw this Design wish was perfect timing because that same day the other 2 sax’s (both boys)were not being vary nice to me and they aren’t really ever vary nice to me but I saw this Design and I fell in love with it it was just what i needed thanks!it amazing

    sax rooks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  25. bob saget on April 3rd, 2008 10:32 pm
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    i play… i’m a guy… still looks good on me though

  26. Cristina on April 15th, 2008 7:57 pm
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    OMG I love this one! I’m 13 years old and I’ve been playing alto sax for 4 years and I’m first chair! right now we’re playing a blues brothers revue and I have a solo in soul finger. this is awesome and so tru- GIRLS ROK! 8D

  27. Leela on May 14th, 2008 3:51 pm
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    Hey! I play sax, too. My best-friend and I have played for 2 1/2 years now. School got us started

  28. sarah on May 29th, 2008 4:42 pm
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    well hi i am sarah and i love how if said girls cant what i i say tht i love something i maen that i love it i like love how so said i love it like OMG :) i love this so muck that i am going to give onr to everyone that i know…. i love it like i wont to go and like OMG so if i give it so someone they will keep it because like they love me (not) not everyone :(
    so like ya byebye send me back

    sara i love you all that is my line :):):):):):):):):):):):)

    byebye

  29. Whitness on May 30th, 2008 9:04 pm
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    Love it.
    I need to buy these for my sax section girls for next year.
    And thus, I will. Yay for neat shirts!

  30. Deanna on June 17th, 2008 6:29 pm
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    Gretchen, you are a nerd. You’re really ugly, and just to let you know, nobody in their right mind would wear ugly clothes like that. (Or, at least, no one in my hometown of South Hampton would.) Get some fashion sense, some plastic surgery, a haircut, and a straight iron, and then I might (just might) like you. ;)

    ? Deanna ?

  31. gretchen on June 18th, 2008 2:05 pm
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    Wow - thanks for the pick-me-up. 8-|

  32. Anonymous on June 22nd, 2008 8:10 pm
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    Wow I totally could have used this inspiration years ago!! It makes me sad to think I stopped playing the Saxophone because it was dominated by boys, and I always felt like an outcast. But I found this site now and I’m so happy–I’m just going to look to the future! Really, girls can do whatever they want!! Thanks so much Gretchen for being so brave and bold and standing up for all of us girls out there! You rock!!!!!!

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