Leveling Up Your Jazz Improvisation by Thinking Slow (feat. Nick Mainella)

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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🗓️ 15 July 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Welcome to episode 176 of the LJS Podcast where today our special guest Nick Mainella from the 10 Minute Jazz Lesson Podcast discusses how we can improve our jazz improv by thinking slow. To be a great jazz improviser you need to think fast and effectively, and in order to do that, you need to start by doing the opposite. Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way View Show Notes Learn Jazz Standards Inner ...

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0:00.0	This episode is sponsored by the Learned Jazz Standards Inner Circle.
0:03.8	If your goal is to level up your jazz playing this year and feel confident improvising over
0:08.5	jazz standards, the inner circle has everything you need and more.
0:13.0	With monthly jazz standards studies, a library of powerful courses, and a vibrant community
0:17.3	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.
0:36.8	Have you ever felt stuck in your jazz playing? Like, you've gone to this certain level, but you're really not sure how to get to the next one above that, and the next one above that, and above that. Maybe it's a particular jazz standard you're working on right now, and you're not really able to play the chord changes the way you want. It's not the way you've been hearing it on the recordings. Or maybe it's just at too fast of a tempo. You're not able to play the chord changes the way you want. It's not the way you've been hearing it on the
0:54.1	recordings. Or maybe it's just at too fast of a tempo. You're not able to create great musical
0:59.2	ideas at that speed. Whatever it happens to be for you and you're playing right now, it could
1:04.9	be that you just need to rethink how you approach the practice room and the things that you
1:09.6	actually do.
1:14.6	It could just be a shift of mindset that will really help you.
1:18.7	And to help us with that today is a special guest, Nick Manila, from the 10-minute Jazz Listen podcast, who's going to lay down the value, help us get over these hurdles, and we are
1:23.9	going to absolutely crush this thing today.
1:27.4	Let's do this.
1:29.6	Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.
1:39.1	And now your host.
1:40.5	He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.
1:45.6	What's up, everybody? Brent here from LearnJest Standards.com, which is a blog, a podcast,
1:51.1	and videos, all geared towards helping you become better jazz musician.
1:55.8	And that is exactly what we're going to help you do today with the help of our special guest,
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