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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 18.06.2022Quick Win: The Best Ear Training For JazzYou've probably been told that playing jazz requires great ears. Well, how do you actually train your ears for jazz improvisation? I'm gonna give you 10 things you can do!CHAPTERS:1. Intro2. What are the Ear Training Fundamentals?3. The Best way for becoming a Jazz Improviser4. What is Applied Ear Training?5. The 10 Different Ideas For Applied Ear Training6. #1: Learn the Melodies of Jazz Standards by Ear7. #2: Learning A Solo Lick or Etude by Ear8. #3: Take A Lick Into Different Keys9. #4: Play A Piece of Music or a Lick in a Different Position10. #5: Singing and then Playing11 #6: Composing Your Own Solos12. #7: Memorizing Music13. #8: Learn Jazz Standards and Understand the Chord Progressions14. #9: Play Along with Jazz Records15. #10 Improvise "free"Important Links: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 bookSee you in the next video!Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!
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Folge vom 13.06.2022From the Vault: How to Beat the Brain Game for Musical Freedom (feat. Matt Vaartstra)We're doing a from-the-vault episode today. We're going back in time where I had my very own brother on the show to talk about performance and how to beat the brain game that goes on when we're playing music and trying to get better. Looking forward to bringing this one back and bringing it back to life.In this episode:1. The power of mindset over musical performance.2. How to train a positive mindset with a Self-Talk Script.3. Using the “Three D’s” to cut off your negative thoughts.-Detect-Disrupt-Dispute4. Honing in on musical personal records vs. competition.5. Fixed vs. Growth Mindsets.6. How to measure your personal progress.***Important Links***LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!
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Folge vom 10.06.2022Quick Win: How to Play Changes In Your Jazz SolosThe best jazz musicians in the world can play a solo, unaccompanied and you know exactly the tune they were playing.You can do that, too.CHAPTERS:1. Intro2. The secret to playing chord changes3. A great jazz-blues solo4. Targeting Chord tones5. What are guide tones in a chord?6. What is motivic development?7. Tension and ResolutionImportant Links: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 06.06.2022Frameworks for Ingraining Jazz RecordingsListening to jazz is one of the best ways that you can improve your jazz playing without even touching your instrument and actually retain material so that it becomes exponentially easier to play when you actually do pick up your instrument. So I wanna talk about some plans for listening to jazz if your intention is to retain and ingrain musical information.In this episode:1. Why listening can be a game-changer for your jazz playing2. Framework for internalizing a jazz album3. Frameworks for internalizing a jazz standard***Important Links***LJS Inner Circle Membership Free Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!