The Pros and Cons of Practicing In All 12 Keys
So you've probably heard the advice before that learning material in All 12 Keys is a great idea, whether it be for the sake of playing jazz or any other style of music. You've probably heard this c...
10 Juli 202336min
25 Jazz Albums Every Jazz Musician Needs to Know
One of the most important things that you can do is listen to jazz music, and that seems so simple, but literally you are practicing when you listen to jazz music. You will become a better jazz musi...
3 Juli 202349min
The Dark Side of Jazz Musician Culture
The movie Whiplash came out in 2014 and it's about this young jazz drummer named Andrew Nyman, who is determined to succeed as a jazz musician, and he's driven by his demanding music teacher, Terrence...
26 Juni 202342min
Jazz Teacher vs. Jazz Coach - Which One Do You Need?
Have you ever played sports on a team before? Perhaps while you were growing up, and if you've ever done that before, you probably had a coach. Now, I know for a fact that you have gone to school be...
19 Juni 202331min
3 Melodic Minor Scale Jazz Improv Hacks
The melodic minor scale is one of those scales that can be used to explain what we call "chord scale theory" in jazz improvisation. It's essentially like the mixture of a minor scale and a major scal...
12 Juni 202326min
About My Bad Relationship With Music...
Hey, I've got a question for you. What's your relationship with music like? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it perhaps a little bit of both? Well, on today's episode, I'm gonna get a little bit vulnerable...
5 Juni 202331min
Taking Musical Shots to Increase Your Success Rate
"You miss 100% of the shots that you don't take". Have you ever heard that old Wayne Gretzky quote? That's the greatest hockey player that ever lived. Or was it Michael Scott from The Office? I get...
29 Maj 202319min
The 1% Mindset For High Achieving Musicians
Hey. Do you ever feel frustrated by your musical progress because you don't feel like you're improving quickly enough? Or do you feel overwhelmed because there are a lot of different things when it co...
22 Maj 202325min
