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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

3 Things Every Jazz Musician Should Practice

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 4 April 2016

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 4 of the LJS Podcast where today we will be talking about 3 Things Every Jazz Musician Should Be Practicing. In this episode, we go over three things to practice that are proven to be very effective in improving jazz soloing and jazz playing in general. If these are not a part of your practice routine now, you are going to want to pencil them in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn ...

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This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.

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With monthly jazz standards studies, a library of powerful courses, and a vibrant community

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of like-minded musicians, you're guaranteed to improve your playing every

0:21.7

single month. Podcast listeners can get 50% off their first month when you go to LJSinterCircle.com.

0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.

0:47.1

Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. Hey, everybody's episode. Hey, everybody. My name is Brent, and you're listening to LJS podcast episode number four, where today we're going to be talking about

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three things that every jazz musician should practice. I'm going to go through that in much

1:01.0

more detail in a second, but before I do, I just want to let you know that all the music on today's

1:06.7

show is by Camden Hughes, our founder of Learned Jazz Standards, and it's from his new album

1:12.7

introspective. So if you like his music and even if you want to maybe purchase his album,

1:18.7

go ahead and go to camdenhues.com and you can find his music there. And if you're listening to the show

1:25.1

on the website, you'll be able to find the link to that in our show notes.

1:31.0

And one more little item of business before we get started.

1:34.8

If you find value in our podcast and you get something out of it, consider putting value back in it.

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We are dedicated to running this podcast ad-free in order to pay for the

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production of this podcast. We are relying solely on you, our listeners, to help us produce this

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podcast. So if you enjoy what we're doing, if you're getting value out of the information in this

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podcast, we encourage

2:01.9

you to donate. You can donate. If you're listening to this on the website, there's a donate button

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right under the player. And if you're not, you can go to learn jazz standards.com slash support

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