Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Today, we're talking about the classic ballad, "Misty" by Errol Garner. We'll take a look at the chords so we can figure out how to most efficiently learn it and find out what harmonic secrets we can discover in the process.In this episode:1. Intro2. Misty - short demo3. The best way to learn the melody4. Identifying the key5. Relating key centers6. Relating the melody to the chord changes7. Identifying backdoor dominants8. Identifying secondary dominants9. Understanding the form10. Learning the B section11. The hardest part to memorize in Misty12. The last part of the A section  Important Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipListen 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!

Giant Steps by John Coltrane is often known as a right of passage for jazz musicians because it is notoriously one of the most difficult jazz standards to learn and improvise over. Truly it is a complicated song. So, in today's episode, I'm actually gonna talk about why actually going into the trouble of working on and practicing and learning Giant Steps is actually gonna help you play all other jazz standards a lot better.In this episode:1. Reasons why you need to study Giant Steps2. Learn the Coltrane changes3. Understand the underlying modulations within the tune      4. How to navigate V-I chord progressions in different keys 5. How to use altered licks for V-I ideas                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Important 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!

Welcome to episode 369In this episode:1. Why my friend is no longer passionate about jazz2. Why there is nothing for you to do if you are no longer excited about jazz3. A few caveats to consider4. How jazz transformed my friend's playing foreverImportant Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way LJS Inner Circle MembershipLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

I'm gonna show you 5 jazz licks to have you sound like a pro and unveil some of the secrets that jazz musicians are using in their solos.In this episode:1. Intro2. Lick #1: What musicians would do over top of V-I chord progressions3. Lick #2: Over I-IV-iii-vi chord progressions4. Lick #3: Over a ii-V chord progression5. Lick #4: Over another ii-V chord progression with a different approach6. Lick #5: Over I-vi-ii-V chord progressionImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet our Amazon Best Selling bookLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

Alright, Magalie, can you say hello to the podcast listeners today? Oh, don't grab the microphone, it's expensive. Can you say, "Hi, podcast listeners!" (Baby mumbled) Yeah, hi! Okay, let's get on to the show now.Have you ever heard this saying before that insanity is doing the same thing, over and over and over again and expecting different results, right? You've heard that before.Well, I have to think about that in terms of friction. Like, what friction are we experiencing in our jazz playing, in our musicianship that we keep leaning into, that we keep just accepting? And instead of reducing that friction, we just keep doing the same thing over and over and over again but yet are expecting our jazz playing and our musicianship to improve.Well, today, I'm gonna be talking about that. How to avoid friction in your playing, your jazz improvement, and what you can do to start recognizing it.In this episode:1. A story about friction for a New York City musician2. Listen, identify, and be mindful of friction points in your playing3. Establish a strategy to address the friction instead of allowing it to continueImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart Way Learn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

This is a $600 jazz guitar and this is a $6000 jazz guitar. Today, I'm discussing which one I personally like the most as well as the age-old question, "Does having an expensive instrument help you play music better?". You might be surprised. In this episode: 1. Intro2. My $600 jazz guitar - brand and specs3. My $6000 jazz guitar - brand and specs4. Sound demo - $600 jazz guitar5. Sound demo - $6000 jazz guitar6. Sound comparison - my opinion7. Which one do I like better? What Georgia has on her mind.8. Do expensive instruments worth it?9. Do you need an expensive instrument to become a great jazz musician or to             improve quicker? Pros and Cons10. Quote by Victor Baker about musicianship and instrumentImportant 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!

Have you ever looked back on something that you've done and gone, "If I only knew what I know now, I would have done that thing a little bit differently"? Well, I was thinking about that the other day about my jazz playing. If I know what I know now, would I do something completely different or have a different approach to learning jazz than I did when I first started learning it?Well, in today's episode that's exactly when I'm gonna do. I'm gonna build a time machine. I'm gonna go back, and I'm going to redo the way that I learned jazz and I'm gonna take you along for the ride with me.In this episode:1. Learn one jazz standard a month2. Learn the blues in all 12 keys3. Practice no more than 2 hours a day, 5 times a week4. Focus on chord tones and resolve to them5. Learn one chorus of a solo each month6. Practice soloing unaccompanied7. Play live once a weekImportant 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!

After learning a jazz standard you may find it difficult to recall the chord changes in the long term, especially if you're learning a lot of them. So, I'm gonna share with you how I memorize chords to jazz standards so I don't forget them.In this episode:1. Intro2. #1: Reading A Chord Chart3. #2: Learning the Chords by Ear4. Learn this first before learning chord changes5. The first basic thing I look for6. The second thing I look for7. The absolute key to memorizing chords8. How to relate chords to a tonal center9. Identifying cadences10. How to organize the tune11. The important questions 12.  Relating the melody to the different chords13. Review of the cadences14.  Recap of chord analysis15. SummaryImportant Links:LJS Inner Circle MembershipFree Guide to learn standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastGet our Amazon Best Selling bookLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

Okay, so this is a jazz podcast, so obviously we talk a lot about jazz education: how do you play jazz, how do you get better at jazz, and of course, what jazz should you listen to and really digest in order to become a better jazz musician. However, I do not only listen to jazz music. I actually enjoy listening to an array of different styles of music and in some cases, I choose to listen to other styles of music over jazz. That being said, I often find that these other styles of music influence the way I play jazz as well.So, today I'm gonna go over some of the non-jazz music that I listen to and how it's influenced me. Main Points:1. Music I listened to before jazz2. Classic Rock and Early 2,000's rock influences3. Dream Theater and prog rock/metal4. How the music I was listening to led me to jazz5. Elliot Smith5. Singer-songwritersImportant 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!

In today's episode, we're gonna do a little thought experiment that will help us get in the mindset that we need to be, to play melodies and solos creatively and at the top of our game, to take a boring expression of a melody and truly turn it into something that is riveting for the audience and riveting for ourselves.Main Points:1. Playing a melody by the book vs. the way a pro jazz musician would play it2. Example of a "basic" melody3. The "Bluenote Thought Experiment"4. Example of a pro-sounding jazz melodyImportant 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!