Composing Jazz Solos Using Target Notes (Over There Will Never Be Another You)
Welcome to episode 169 of the LJS Podcast where we conclude "Jazz Standards Month." This lesson goes over composing target notes over the jazz standard There Will Never Be Another You and then using t...
27 Touko 201931min
Making Rhythms the Foundation of Your Jazz Solos (Someday My Prince Will Come Study)
Welcome to episode 168 of the LJS Podcast where we continue "Jazz Standards Month." Oftentimes in jazz education, we place an emphasis on harmonic and melodic elements. We typically don't place enoug...
20 Touko 201923min
Making Pentatonic Scales Musical Over Just Friends (Analysis and Improv Lesson)
Welcome to episode 167 of the LJS Podcast where we continue "Jazz Standards Month." My subscribers often wonder what scales to play over jazz standards to help them improvise. However, scales are ra...
13 Touko 201932min
Simplifying Jazz Standards to Make Them Easy (Tune Up Analysis)
Welcome to episode 166 of the LJS Podcast where we kick off "Jazz Standards Month." This month we are exploring jazz standards and digging into different concepts to see how we can learn, understand...
6 Touko 201931min
Improvising Over the LJS Podcast Theme Song (feat. Listener Improvisations)
Welcome to episode 165 of the LJS Podcast where today we have a fun show where we discuss how to improvise over the LJS Podcast theme song. It's an episode mixed with a bit of education, and just pl...
29 Huhti 201921min
Warming Up the Body and Mind for Killer Musical Performances (feat. Michael Lake)
Welcome to episode 164 of the LJS Podcast where today we have on special guest trombonist, author, and educator Michael Lake to talk about warming up the body and mind for musical performance. Warmi...
22 Huhti 201936min
5 Things to Do When You Feel Un-Motivated to Practice
Welcome to episode 163 of the LJS Podcast where today we talk about what to do when you feel unmotivated to practice. Sometimes we are burnt out, sometimes we just don't want to and don't have a good...
15 Huhti 201926min
Developing an Engaging Story Line for Your Jazz Solos (feat. Aimee Nolte)
Welcome to episode 162 of the LJS Podcast where today we have on special guest Aimee Nolte on the show to share with us how to develop an engaging solo that tells a story. Aimee thinks the biggest m...
8 Huhti 201937min
