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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

How to Get Un-Stuck In Your Jazz Playing (5 Steps)

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

🗓️ 6 December 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 306 where today I talk about a 5-step process to help you get "un-stuck" in your jazz playing. Most of us completely resonate with the experience of being stuck on a musical plateau. It can be frustrating and feel like there's not a way out. But in this episode, you'll get a sure-fire process for moving forward. I find that a lot of musicians that come to me for help are feeling stuck in their jazz playing. They are on the dreaded musical plateau, in the desert, and they...

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0:00.0

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0:21.7

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0:29.5

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0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:36.7

I find that a lot of musicians that come to me for help

0:39.3

are feeling stuck in their jazz playing. They're on that dreaded musical plateau, and they're in

0:46.9

the desert, they can't see the end, and they're not sure how to get to the next level in their

0:51.9

jazz playing. And this can be very frustrating experience,

0:55.1

feeling like your solos aren't up to snuff, that your baselines are never getting better,

0:59.0

that your comping's never getting better, that you're still falling back into old habits

1:03.2

that are constantly holding you back from your musical potential. Well, in today's episode,

1:08.2

I'm going to help you break through and get unstuck in your jazz playing.

1:11.6

I'm going to give you a five-step process that if you follow these five steps, I can pretty

1:16.1

much guarantee you're going to start making some progress and moving forward, getting unstuck in

1:21.6

your jazz playing.

1:22.3

So let's do this thing.

1:24.4

Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.

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