One of the most hated roles in our society! It's time to become the dreaded AUDITOR! Would you like to support the creators of this podcast? If so, please head over to our Patreon page and show your love by donating $3 or more each month. You get incredible benefits and this keeps the podcast coming at you regularly. Thanks so much! … [Read more...]
Episode 158: Gary Alesbrook on Joy Spring
This week features one of my favorite Trumpet/Flugelhorn players from Bristol, UK, Gary Alesbrook. Gary plays an amazing version of Clifford Brown's Joy Spring on his Instagram page and we are using that as the basis for this episode. This one is a bit different from our usual lick of the month series. Instead of looking very closely at a lick or piece of vocabulary, we will be talking about some of the larger issues and concepts that make Gary's playing so amazing. Don't fret though, the full … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: What Started You Down This Path?
Our third and final installment of questions from Andrew asks the question of what motivated us initially. Would you like to support the creators of this podcast? If so, please head over to our Patreon page and show your love by donating $3 or more each month. You get incredible benefits and this keeps the podcast coming at you regularly. Thanks so much! … [Read more...]
Episode 157: SUS Chord Tricks Part 2
This week continues our look at simple, actionable devices that we can use over sus chords. Last week we talked about pentatonics you can use over over these chords. This week, is all about triadic material that you can easily insert over these types of chords. The first device is so simple you can start using it right away. The second may be a little bit tougher, but I promise you will have it down in no time. Enjoy the episode and remember to support us on Patreon if you enjoy this … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Practicing When You Don’t Want To
This is the second in our three part series on everything that has to do with motivation and practicing. Would you like to support the creators of this podcast? If so, please head over to our Patreon page and show your love by donating $3 or more each month. You get incredible benefits and this keeps the podcast coming at you regularly. Thanks so much! … [Read more...]
Episode 156: SUS Chord Tricks
The inspiration for this week's show came from a student of mine that was having trouble with sus chords. She wasn't sure what to do when she saw a sus chord and what was appropriate as far as melodic devices. So, this week, I'm giving all of you the exact same material that I gave her. We investigate a couple of pentatonic scales that work very nicely over sus chords and the differences in sound between them. Enjoy! WANT THE PDF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to our Patreon … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Why Practice?
The next three MM episodes will feature questions from one of our long time listeners, Andrew. They are based on a project he has to do for a class he is in on motivation. Hope you enjoy and tune in the next two weeks for more of these topics! Would you like to support the creators of this podcast? If so, please head over to our Patreon page and show your love by donating $3 or more each month. You get incredible benefits and this keeps the podcast coming at you regularly. Thanks so much! … [Read more...]
Episode 155: Tune of the Month: Confirmation
Confirmation is one of those tunes that is very scary to look at. There's a good reason for this as Confirmation is usually played at extremely fast tempos and has a ton of changes! But don't fret, we are here to simplify some of the most difficult parts and give you a way to approach them with sequences. Sequential playing is an important aspect of playing bebop and tunes like Confirmation. It does a couple of important things: Gives you good sounding material that helps you learn the texture … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Notation
This week is all about doing something by hand that is typically done by computers these days. Would you like to support the creators of this podcast? If so, please head over to our Patreon page and show your love by donating $3 or more each month. You get incredible benefits and this keeps the podcast coming at you regularly. Thanks so much! … [Read more...]
Episode 154: Coltrane’s Triads
This week continues our lick of the month series with a great piece of vocabulary and concept from the master, John Coltrane. Triads are such a great device when it comes to improvising and in this episode, Coltrane shows us how to masterfully use triads in a very interesting way. We also come up with an exercise based on Trane's line that we can use to get better at our instrument and develop some new things to say in our solos. Please enjoy and make sure you visit the Patreon link below to get … [Read more...]
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