Nick Finzer is a fantastic musician living in New York who runs the awesome record label, Outisde In Music. Nick is a very active player on the New York scene and beyond. Nick has a lot of great insight into everything from playing music to producing records and everything in between. Nick is not just a trombonist, but someone who is a creative force for putting more art into the world. I really enjoyed speaking with Nick and he was able to shed a lot of light on some topics that I know you … [Read more...]
Interview: Nick Finzer
Motivation Monday: The Obstacle Is The Way
This week is about a great book I finished recently that changed the way I look at everything. Esepecially when it comes to music. Enjoy! Grab this great book while supporting the podcast! 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 95: Perfecting The Turnaround On The Blues
Last week we talked about using the VI chord in measure 8 of the blues. This week we are talking about another spot we can use this chord to give us some forward motion into the next chorus and make our solos more compelling. As we get more advanced as players, we like to add more and more to the progression because we can handle it. This is one of the last additions I make with my students because it's tough and requires some quick thinking. Enjoy the episode and don't forget to download the … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Intimidation Factor
Are you sometimes too intimidated to actually take your instrument out of the practice room?? Don't be..... 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 94: Using The VI Chord On The Blues
This week we are going to talk about an important chord in the blues progression that you may not be using. We use the VI chord to create forward motion in the blues and add another layer of complexity to our lines and solos as a whole. This episode will double as an introduction to the VI chord on the blues and, if you're already using it, might shed light on how to approach this important part of the progression. Enjoy the episode and don't forget to grab the PDF from our Patreon site! WANT … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Learning Tunes Continued…
This week we take a look at a great email that one of our listeners, Bob, sent over and we continue the discussion on the best way to learn tunes! 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 93: Understanding Chord Symbols Part 2
This week we delve a little bit further into the dominant chord and what various chord symbols mean. Last week we dealt with the basic versions of these chords and this week we'll get into some of the more complicated extensions and all of the implied scales and extensions that go along with them. We tackle diminished dominant and altered this week. Enjoy the show and make sure that you send me any questions you might have! WANT THE PDF THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS EPISODE?? Head over to … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Secrets To Learning Tunes
This week is all about some strategies I use to learn and retain tunes. This is an essential part of being a competent jazz musician. You're expected to know many tunes! 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 92: Understanding Chord Symbols Part 1
This week we are covering a topic that I think will help many people out there. Sometimes reading chord symbols is a very confusing thing. What do the extensions mean? What notes are available over certain chords? These are all questions I hear almost everyday in my teaching career and now we have an episode that will, hopefully, clear some things up for you. We are starting this series with the most common chord symbol in jazz, the dominant chord. There are so many ways of notating this chord … [Read more...]
Motivation Monday: Don’t Ignore Greatness!
This is going to be a controversial episode, I'm certain of it. We talk sports and how it relates to other pursuits such as music. Enjoy! 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...]
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