With Melax Music, saxophonist and composer Stefan Karl Schmid has founded a publishing house whose mission is to release recordings, sheet music, and instructional material, as well as to distribute them physically and digitally. By maintaining the independence and direct involvement of the artists, Melax Music guarantees uncompromising and independent releases, always focusing on content and artistic aspects that benefit the viewer.

Cologne-based German-Icelandic Stefan Karl Schmid is active nationally and internationally as a saxophonist and composer in the field of Jazz and Improvised Music. He studied in Nuremberg, Cologne and New York. Schmid leads his own projects (Schmid's Huhn, Pyjama, Subway Jazz Orchestra), is a sought-after sideman (Shannon Barnett Quartet, Reza Askari ROAR) and has been featured on over 30 recordings to date. As a professor for jazz saxophone and ensemble he teaches at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Mannheim.

For more information please visit: www.stefankarlschmid.net

Micro-Studies #003 - Modern Sound Studies for Saxophone (pdf)

Micro-Studies #002 - Getting Inspired by Warne Marsh (pdf)

Micro-Studies #001 - Practice Cycles for Secondary Dominants (pdf)