Practicing with a Plan and Crushing Musical Weaknesses (feat Bob Petix)

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

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Welcome to episode 203 of the LJS Podcast where today I talk with special guest and LJS community member, Bob Petix about his journey as a jazz bassist. He talks about getting started playing bass in his late 40's and how he has developed his musicianship since then. We talk about what's working for him in the practice room and some of the key things that have stimulated his musical improvement. One of the biggest themes for Learn Jazz Standards this year 2020 is community. This is really ...

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0:29.5	That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.
0:36.9	One of the biggest themes for Learn Jazz
0:38.5	Standards this year in 2020 is community. This is really the year of community where we're
0:43.7	building community and we're learning from each other as a community because I do believe that
0:48.4	this is the best way that we can truly learn is from each other. And so one thing I'm being doing
0:53.0	a lot more often on this
0:54.2	podcast is have guests that are listeners of the podcast who are members of my online jazz
1:00.5	courses so that we can listen and find out what's working well for them in their practice room,
1:06.0	what's working well, the things that are making the highest impact in their jazz playing at the moment,
1:11.8	and in general, getting to know them in their stories. Because I do believe that we can learn
1:16.3	so much from each other's stories, so much from each other's experiences as jazz musicians.
1:21.6	And this will help us all learn and grow together. So I have Bob Peddicks on the show today,
1:26.8	who is an attorney, who is a
1:28.4	bass player from Jackson, Wyoming, who is going to share with us today. And we're going to learn a lot
1:34.2	from him. Let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips,
1:42.6	interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz
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