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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 06.05.2022Quick Win: Instantly Improve Your Jazz Solos (3 Strategies)If your jazz solos feel like they're missing that secret sauce that pro-level jazz musicians have, then you could be missing out on one of these strategies.In this episode:1. Intro 2. Example/Demo 3. 1st Strategy 4. 2nd Strategy 5. 3rd Strategy 6. Video recommendationImportant 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 02.05.20226 Lessons We’ve Learned from Our Jazz Community (2 Year Anniversary Special)Welcome to episode 346 where, in celebration of the 2-year anniversary of our Inner Circle membership, we're sharing 6 lessons we've learned from our jazz community. Joining us is a member of team LJS, Brett Pontecorvo, and we dive into things most successful members are doing to improve their playing within the community. Today, we have a special edition of our LJS Podcast because we are celebrating the 2-year anniversary this month of our LJS Inner Circle membership and we're gonna share 6 lessons, 6 important things that we've learned from our jazz community, specifically our most successful members. So, whether you're a member or a non-member of the Inner Circle, you're gonna learn a lot about how to become a jazz musician, the most effective way through the community in this episode and we have a special guest to join us.In this episode:1. Simplicity Scales 2. Sharing Frequently Stimulates Forward Motion 3. Those Who Give Often Receive More 4. A Willingness to “Fail” brings Freedom 5. Celebrating Small Wins Matter 6. Collaboration Creates MotivationImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree 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 25.04.2022Finding The ONE Thing That Will Accelerate Your Jazz SkillsWelcome to episode 345 where today I talk about finding your ONE thing that if you accomplish this, will make playing jazz so much easier, and even make other things you would practice unnecessary. I talk about this concept and then share ONE thing from members of our Inner Circle.My friends, what is the one thing that you can do this month for your jazz playing that if you accomplish this one thing, will make everything else exponentially easier or no longer even necessary? That's what I wanna talk about today. What is that one thing for you that you can do in your jazz playing?In this episode:1. The ONE thing concept 2. Why establishing a ONE thing can help you as a musician 3. Examples of our members sharing their ONE thingsImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree 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 22.04.2022Quick Win: The Most Important Scales for Jazz StandardsSo what are the most important scales that will help you improvise over jazz standards?In this episode:1. Intro 2. The 5 Qualities of 7th Chords Song Sample: Stella By Starlight 3. The Minor 7th (b5) Modes 4. The Dominant 7th Altered Scale Ideas 5. The Minor 7th Mode 6. The Dominant 7th 7. Mixolydian Mode 8. The Other Scale Choices 9. The Fully Diminished 7th Chord in Have You Met Miss JonesImportant 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!