The Big Question: What Is Swing?

You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians

Peter Martin

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🗓️ 1 January 2020

⏱️ 24 minutes

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On the first episode of 2020, Peter and Adam take a SpeakPipe on one of the most commonly asked questions: what is swing? Wanna send a SpeakPipe of your own? Sign up for You'll Hear It Premium and get access to the SpeakPipe hotline. Just go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/yhiThere's a whole Open Studio course on how to swing - Art of Swing with Reuben Rogers and Ulysses Owens, Jr. Learn tipping techniques on drums and bass from these two masters as they show you the proper technique to get a strong swing every time. For more info, go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/art-of-swingAre you going to the JEN Conference? If so, stop by and say hi to us! From January 7 - 10, Peter and Adam will be doing special live You'll Hear It's, giving away special prizes, and answering any jazz or music questions you want to ask them. Just look for the Open Studio booth (Booth 718) and get your daily jazz advice in person.Support the You'll Hear It podcast by signing up for You'll Hear It Premium! You'll get access to exclusive bonus episodes, the YHI archive of past episodes, giveaways, and much more! Go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/yhi for more info.Let us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel.Interested in more jazz advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram at:https://www.facebook.com/heyopenstudiohttps://twitter.com/heyopenstudiohttps://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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0:00.0	Hey, Peter.
0:00.6	Hey.
0:01.0	Is this swinging?
0:02.5	Chich-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-ch-chch-chchchchchchchchch-chchchchin.
0:10.9	Yeah, it's swinging like a rusty fence. I'm Edamannis.
0:30.9	And I'm Peter Martin.
0:31.6	You're listening to the You'll Hear at Podcast for some reason.
0:34.0	Daily music advice coming to you in a brand new decade. January 1, 2020, assuming
0:40.1	we're all still here. We are still here. We're projecting in the future. This is not like the
0:44.9	millennium. You remember when we went from 99 to 2000? I remember the Willinium. The Willingium.
0:50.7	What was that? It was Will Smith's album. That's right. Willinium. He was ahead of his time. So the Millennium, there was a big fear that we were not going to be here, but all the computer systems and podcasting equipment was going to shut down. First of all, there was no podcasting equipment in Y2K. Y2K. See, you don't know about it. You read that on Wikipedia. No, I know about it. I was around. I was around, man. I was 20 years old. 20. Yeah, okay. Come on. Did you play a gig that night on the millennium? Millennium. I mean, the millennium. What was it? You know what? Why 2K? I want to say I did. I want to say, it was a big gig night. It was a big gig night. I want to say... Dopee, as I recall. I was playing at that time with this really awesome parliament funkadelic tribute band, which
1:33.4	is really fun, man.
1:34.5	Like, to play all that music, it was a big band.
1:37.8	And we played a bunch of great parties, and that was an especially wild night, I feel.
1:44.9	Keep talking.
1:45.7	I'm just kidding.
1:45.9	That was really great.
1:46.8	Best part about that band is somehow the lead singer whose whole vibe was George
1:51.7	Clinton in Parliament Funkadelic.
1:53.1	He somehow got us into this warehouse down by the river here in downtown St. Louis.
1:59.7	Take me to the river. And I hope I'm not selling him out here. But he got here in downtown St. Louis. Take me to the river.
2:01.6	And I hope I'm not selling him out here.
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