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1. Wyzant Wyzant helps students find teachers in almost any subject, music being just one (you can also find a music history or theory teacher through Wyzant too). Find a Music Tutor (affiliate link) at Wyzant. 2. Lesson Face Lesson Face connects students with teachers online for through video conferences on the Lesson Face dashboard. …
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For most aspiring, young musicians, the goal is to eventually go on to a career in performance. The unfortunate reality is that many do not. So what’s one way to help increase your chances of becoming an outstanding performer? Listen. Pure and simple. If you’re serious about performing, listen to as much music as you …
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It’s officially summer (especially here in California where the temperature is already over 100 degrees!) and the year is halfway through. We’ve enjoyed 2013 quite a bit and we hope you have too! So far this year we have a number of popular articles on Teen Jazz – thanks to you! – and we’d like …
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We’ve decided to start a new series on Teen Jazz where we answer specific questions that have been submitted by our readers. If you have a question about music, performance or the music business, please feel free to post them in the comments! HOW DOES YOUR SITE WORK? Teen Jazz is a community and resource …
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This past year I made a commitment to practicing for an average of 60 minutes a day. As of today, I’m six months into the project and I have yet to miss a day (knock on wood). I’ve learned a few things about practicing along the way and I wanted to share them with you. …
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This article is a guest post written Rheuben Allen. Why is it important for young people to study music? To put it simply, there are a number reasons music is an important part of a young person’s life and in this article I will touch on just a few. Music helps develop motor skills & …
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This year I made it a goal to practice at least 45 minutes every single day. To paraphrase Wynton Marsalis, it’s better to practice 30 minutes everyday than it is to practice for several hours once every few days and so I decide to practice on a regular basis rather than inconsistent chunks. Join me …
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Jam sessions can be a lot of fun and a great learning experience, but there is a certain etiquette that one should follow if they plan on being invited up on stage more than once. HERE ARE A FEW JAM SESSION “RULES:” 1. Most jam sessions have a sign up sheet to make sure that …
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This post is a variation of an article that originally appeared on Shannon Kennedy’s foreign language blog. I believe it was Wynton Marsalis who once said something along the lines of “practicing 30 minutes everyday is better than practicing 3.5 hours every few days.” Like most things we strive to improve upon, a little bit …
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In our second Teen Jazz Radio Podcast, I spoke about 6 ways to become a better musician. And in this post, I’d like to offer you ten more. As much as I would like to take credit for this clever idea, I cannot. This poster is a variation of one available created by Brian Clark …
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