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1. Play as much as you can. Go out and play or stay in and do it. No substitute for practice and experience. If you want to be a better musician, then spend the time to work on it! 2. Listen. Take advantage of opportunities to hear other musicians perform. Whether it’s a live concert …
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Since 2004 we’ve interviewed a number of musicians on Teen Jazz and they’ve offered a ton of great tips for the aspiring musician on everything from practice to having the right mentality and approach to a career in the entertainment industry. Each of these tips can be found in the various interviews around the site …
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This past week David Hooper at MusicMarketing.com put out a podcast answering the question of how to balance the creative and business aspects of a music career. It was, in fact, a question that I submitted when he called for questions on his Facebook page, and I think he offers some pretty great tips as …
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Parisian harmonica player Yvonnick Prené recently released his debut album as a solo artist (March 2013) and in just over a month, the album has already earned considerable success and recognition amongst jazz fans and critics. Jour de Fête, Prené’s début release, is a collection of seven original compositions and four jazz covers. It features …
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With an already well-established reputation as an excellent clinician, educator, sideman, student and performer at the young age of 23, saxophonist Adam Larson has successfully added the titles artist, composer and recording artist to his resume with the release of his debut album Simple Beauty. Larson’s debut effort was released January 2013 and has already …
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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 article is part of a series of repair articles written Rheuben Allen. There are two important reasons to keep your instrument in good working order. The first is so that it will be in good shape for your performances and the second is far more important. It is so that your horn will have …
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With 25 years of experience and eleven records under his belt [For Lover’s Only (1990), Keep It Right Here (1993), Forbidden Fruit (1994), Body Rhythm (1996), Pleasure (1997), Another Side Of Midnight (1999), Next To You (2000), In Deep (2002), Players Club (2004), Dressed To Chill (2006), and Secrets (2009)], Marion Meadows has established himself …
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This is a guest post by Cyrene Jagger. Life is like dancing. If we have a big floor, many people will dance. Some will get angry when the rhythm changes. But life is changing all the time.” ~ Miguel Angel Ruiz Things certainly have changed in the music industry in the past 10 years. With …
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Genre: Music Guide, Method Book Page Count: 105 Pages The Guitar Simplified, in the words of Neil Santos is “everything you ever wanted to know about music theory and guitar but were afraid to ask.” The book was published by Scale Trainer in 2012, and it serves as a beautifully illustrated guide to the guitar …
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