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So you've probably heard the advice before that learning material in All 12 Keys is a great idea, whether it be for the sake of playing jazz or any other style of music. You've probably heard this conventional wisdom before and wondered to yourself is it really worth my practice time to learn things in All 12 Keys, or is it really just this frustrating process that doesn't really have a lot of net benefit? Well, in today's podcast episode, we're going to talk all about playing in All 12 Keys, the pros and the cons, as well as some tips for going about learning material in All 12 Keys. In this episode:1. Pros of practicing in all 12 keys include developing instrument mastery and a fuller understanding of improvisation. 2. Practicing in all 12 keys expands options and allows playing in different keys.3. It enhances musical versatility and adaptability.4. Transposing music into different keys improves ear training and tonal recognition.5. It aids in understanding music theory and chord-scale relationships.6. Practicing in all 12 keys improves overall technical proficiency.7. It stimulates creativity and fosters new musical ideas in each key.8. Practicing in all 12 keys builds confidence for diverse musical situations.9. It inspires and opens up new musical possibilities.10. It deepens musical fluency and facilitates effective communication with other musicians.11. Transposing music into different keys promotes a deeper understanding of harmony.12. It cultivates a connection and appreciation for various musical genres and styles.13. Cons may involve the amount of work and transposing required, but the benefits outweigh the drawbacks.Important Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

One of the most important things that you can do is listen to jazz music, and that seems so simple, but literally you are practicing when you listen to jazz music. You will become a better jazz musician, simply by putting on your headphones or putting them on the speakers and just listening to how this music actually sounds. So today I'm gonna talk about 25 jazz albums that every jazz musician absolutely needs to know, absolutely needs to listen to. In this episode:1. Listening to jazz is essential for becoming a great jazz musician.2. Being aware of different styles and artists in jazz is important for personal growth and inspiration.3. Jazz albums can have a transformative effect on a musician's playing. #1: Louis Armstrong's "Complete Hot Five and Hot Seven Sessions" #2: Duke Ellington's "Live at Newport" #3: Count Basie's "The Complete Deca Recordings"#4: Benny Goodman's "The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert"#5: Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie's "Quintet Jazz at Massey Hall"#6: "Charlie Parker with Strings" - Charlie Parker#7: Sonny Rollins' "Saxophone Colossus" #8: John Coltrane's "Blue Train" #9: Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers' "Moanin'"#10: "Sonny Side Up" by Dizzy Gillespie #11: "Boss Tenors" by Gene Ammons and Sonny Stitt #12: "Soul Station" by Hank Mobley #13: Wes Montgomery's "Boss Guitar" #14. "Kind of Blue" by Miles Davis#15: "Time Out" by Dave Brubeck#16:  "Mingus Ah Um" by Charles Mingus #17: "The Shape of Jazz to Come" by Ornette Coleman#18: "Giant Steps" by John Coltrane #19:  "A Love Supreme" by John Coltrane #20: "The Blues in the Abstract Truth" by Oliver Nelson #21:  "Bitches Brew" by Miles Davis #22:  "Head Hunters" by Herbie Hancock #23:  "Heavy Weather" by Weather Report#24:  "Bright Size Life" by Pat Metheny#25:  "Deep Song" by Kurt RosenwinkelImportant Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!

The movie Whiplash came out in 2014 and it's about this young jazz drummer named Andrew Nyman, who is determined to succeed as a jazz musician, and he's driven by his demanding music teacher, Terrence Fletcher, who can be best described as a harsh, ruthless yet highly respected instructor who really has abusive teaching methods.And Andrew the drummer, a student at college, can best be described as an overly ambitious young musician who is completely obsessed with improving and, of course, fulfilling his desire to be a great musician. And when this movie first came out and I watched it I absolutely hated it. I hated it because to me it seemed like this completely wrong view of what it's like to be an aspiring musician or what it's like to be instructed by great jazz musicians.Is it really this abusive, horrifying, stressful, deprecating experience? And for me, I just absolutely hated the notion that this could possibly be true. Or let's go to another movie that depicts jazz, La La Land, where Ryan Gosling plays a character, where he's this musician trying to make it, a jazz musician trying to make it in Los Angeles, and his personality type is that of a very narrow, single-minded, focused, overly obsessed musician who has to "sell out" by starting to play in a jazz fusion band in order to prove to his girlfriend that he actually can make a living in the music. So really, even though I actually liked some of the depictions of jazz within this movie and what it's like to be a musician, I still hated the fact that it seems like the characters are just absolutely swarmed in this dark cloud that is raining on them with self-loathing, with obsession, with all of this negativity. And then I realized why I hate it so much. And it's not because, unfortunately, that it's entirely untrue, as I originally had felt when I first washed Whiplash. Sure, absolutely very exaggerated examples of a problem that can exist. But nevertheless, there's always a little bit of truth in things that you find so repulsive. There's always something in there that's actually correct. So in today's episode, I want to talk about the dark side of jazz musician culture and what can be done about it and how you should be thinking about improving as a musician, and the way that you want to enjoy playing this music. In this episode:1. Questioning the kind of jazz community one wants to be part of and the relationship with music.2. Exploring the dark side of jazz musician culture, starting with the perception of superiority.3. The negative effects of perceiving jazz as superior to other music styles.4. The unhealthy mindset of considering oneself a superior musician.5. The importance of avoiding the perception of superiority and embracing a more inclusive view of music.6. The dark side of the "practice until your fingers bleed" mentality and its negative impact.7. Advocating for practicing smarter, not harder, and surrounding oneself with musicians who share this mindset.8. The detrimental "school of hard knocks" mentality and abusive teaching styles in jazz education.9. Encouraging a more supportive and nurturing approach to teaching and collaboration in the jazz community.Important Links:Free Guide to learning standards by ear: Learn Jazz Standards the Smart WayLJS Inner Circle MembershipListen to the Learn Jazz Standards PodcastLearn Jazz Standards Inner Circle: Get 50% off your first month!