The Only 3 Big Things You Need to Be Practicing as a Jazz Musician

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

🗓️ 16 July 2018

⏱️ 29 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Welcome to episode 124 of the LJS Podcast where today we are talking about the Big 3 things you need to be practicing in order to improve as a jazz musician. This episode piggybacks off of last week's episode where we talked about focused, goal-oriented practicing. Learn what to practice so you don't get overwhelmed and how to do it. Listen in! Important Links: LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Standards Inner Ci...

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

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.
0:36.6	So if you listen to last episode 123, you know that we need
0:40.7	to have focused, goal-oriented practicing in order to improve, and not just to improve
0:45.9	a jazz musicians, but to improve quickly. But, so what exactly are we supposed to practice,
0:51.7	right? Like, what things are we supposed to do in order to improve
0:54.7	quickly and efficiently? Well, that's exactly what we're going to be going over in today's
0:59.1	episode coming right up. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips,
1:06.8	interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host. He's a jazz
1:13.5	musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra. All right. Hey, what's up, everybody? If you don't
1:20.0	know who I am, I am Brent, the jazz musician behind LearnJasstandards.com, which is a blog, a podcast,
1:25.8	and videos all geared towards helping you become a better
1:29.6	jazz musician. Now, hey, listen, we've been going over in this month of July talking about
1:36.5	practicing, specifically goal-oriented, focused practicing. And I talked in the last episode,
1:43.3	like I just said about this and five really
1:46.7	big results that can come from this kind of practicing. This is super important stuff. And as I've
1:52.0	said before, as a teacher, it is far more important, far more effective if I teach my students
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.