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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

How Do I Perform Solo?

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

🗓️ 26 June 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to another episode where Brent answers your jazz and music questions five days a week. Today, we have an intriguing question from Ken Bryan from York, Pennsylvania, about resources and advice for a jazz guitarist aiming to perform solo at venues like bars, restaurants, and parties. Brent discusses this topic, sharing his personal experience and offering valuable tips for anyone looking to enhance their solo performance skills. Brent emphasizes the importance of finding a solo guitar ...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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0:17.3

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

0:21.7

single month.

0:23.1

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

0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.

0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:52.8

Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, what's going on? I'm Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

0:55.2

Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast.

0:59.5

I'm here answering your jazz and music questions five days a week to help you have more fun than ever playing music and to shorten the learning curve in your jazz journey.

1:08.4

Today, we have another great question from Ken, Bryan. Let's give this one a listen.

1:13.7

Hi, Brent. This is Ken Bryan from York, Pennsylvania. Do you have any resources on your

1:19.6

inner circle website or advice in general for a jazz guitarist who wishes to play in a performance setting as a solo performer,

1:31.8

such as a bar, restaurant, party, etc. Thank you.

1:37.0

That's a great question. I can share a little bit about some resources in our inner circle.

1:41.2

A little bit at the end here, but I love to give some advice here in general

1:44.5

about playing solo. And I suppose this applies for guitar and piano. And you could also learn something

1:51.2

too if you're a horn player or whatnot as well about doing this as well. Because I think some of

1:56.3

these things still kind of apply no matter what. But of course, most of the time when we're talking about

2:01.1

people playing solo performances, I think oftentimes it's the guitar players and the piano players.

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