How to Practice Without Your Instrument

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

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🗓️ 14 February 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In this episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast, Brent tackles a common concern voiced by inner circle member Keith about preparing for gigs or recording sessions when away from one's instrument. Offering practical advice and insights, he discusses the importance of staying connected with music even when not physically practicing. Brent emphasizes the importance of staying connected with music through active listening as a form of practice, offering practical tips to internalize m...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.
0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. Hey, my friends, what's up? It's Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards. Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast. Happy to be answering your jazz and music-related questions five days a week. Help you have more fun than ever playing jazz and shorten the learning curve here on this jazz journey. Have another great question asked by one of our inner circle members
1:13.2	this week from Keith. Keith has, have you ever been in a situation where you're going to a recording
1:21.1	session or a gig, but you don't have access to practice your instrument for several days. How do you practice for an
1:29.8	upcoming gig or recording session if you don't have access to your instrument? Great question.
1:36.7	And I happen to remember talking to Keith at one of our monthly live Q&As that we do in our
1:42.7	inner circle membership. And I kind of understand a bit more of the
1:46.3	context of this question, which is Keith in particular had a recording project that he was doing
1:51.9	and, you know, playing, playing, recording an album, essentially. And he was feeling a lot of
1:58.3	anxiety because he did not have access to his instrument.
2:02.2	And he was just worried that, you know, he wasn't going to show up prepared and ready for the
2:07.3	recording session. So I know that all of us kind of fall into this at some point in time where
2:13.5	maybe we just have general anxiety over not playing our instrument, or we do actually
2:20.8	have a performance or something coming up that we want to be prepared for, but maybe work is
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