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The LJS Podcast is the podcast where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories and advice for becoming a better jazz musician! Hosting the show is the jazz musician behind learnjazzstandards.com, author, and entrepreneur Brent Vaartstra, who’s one goal is to answer any question about playing jazz music you may have. Jazz can be a challenging music to learn and play, but it doesn’t have to be so hard. Each episode features a specific musical challenge that jazz students may come across, where it is discussed and answered. Special jazz guests frequent the show, sharing their expertise on an array of different musical subject matter. Listeners are invited to call in with their jazz questions to the podcast hotline, where it could get answered on a future LJS Podcast episode. Join thousands of other listeners getting free jazz education every week!
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Folge vom 19.09.202240 Jazz Standards to Know (Broken Down by Category)Today, on the podcast, I'm talking about 40 jazz standards that you should know and I'm gonna break them down by categories so that you can see which categories you need to fill in some more jazz standards on.In this episode:1. Start-Up Standards2. Advanced Essentials3. Ballads4. Bossa Novas 5. Bebop6. Blues7. Brent's top 6Important Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!
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Folge vom 16.09.2022Quick Win: 10 Biggest Lies About Playing JazzHave you been told any of these 10 mistruths about jazz? If so, you may have started believing things that are ultimately not helping you improve as a jazz player.In this episode:1. Mistruth #1: If you can hear it, then you can play it.2. Mistruth #2: You don't need to know theory in order to play jazz.3. Mistruth #3: You need to know a lot of music theory in order to play jazz. 4. Mistruth #4: You need to have amazing techniques in order to play jazz.5. Mistruth #5: Learn jazz solos and you'll improvise better.6. Mistruth #6: Great musicians don't plan out their solos.7. Mistruth #7: In order to get good at playing jazz, you need to practice a lot.8. Mistruth #8: You should never learn jazz from sheet music.9. Mistruth #9: Master something that you're practicing before moving on to the next thing.10. Mistruth #10: You need to know a lot of jazz standards in order to play with other musicians. Important Links and Resources:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet our Amazon Best Selling bookLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!
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Folge vom 12.09.2022The Practicing Snowball for Multiplying Your Musical ResultsToday, on the podcast, I"m gonna be talking about an important concept that I call, "The Practicing Snowball"."The Practicing Snowball" is something that's going to leave you feeling super encouraged, I believe, by the end of this episode. And it's going to show you how the compounding effects of your practice really come into play from looking at this from a variety of different angles. In this episode:1. The Practicing Snowball and what it is2. The many different skills you didn't know you were practicing3. How the Practicing Snowball mindset shift will motivate youImportant Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!
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Folge vom 09.09.2022Quick Win: Jazz Improvisation For Beginners (How to Get Started)If you've ever felt overwhelmed at jazz improvisation and unsure of where to get started, today I'm going to show you exactly how it works, make it simple so you get headed in the right direction.In this episode:1. How to start improvising over 2-5-12. The most basic notes you can play3. The modes of each chord4. The most important notes5. The actual scale used by jazz musicians6. How jazz musicians actually play the chromatic and major scale7. How a jazz musician might resolve to a chord tone8. How jazz musicians approach chord tones to create melodiesImportant Links and Resources:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Listen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet our Amazon Best Selling bookLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!