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So , i have written some tunes for my Jazz trio ( think Gilad Hekselman , Bill Evans , Brad Mehldau , Christian MCbride . etc ) but i have some questions regarding the way that i should “ teach “ my tunes to the other musicians in the trio . I think there is something not organic or musical in...

I have, although i think there are better options, i have many teachers that went there, and they all say that to study in NY is better than Berklee

Well i really don't care for the diploma / paper whatever, i think it is nice to have, but by far it's not my priority ! What i want is to live in the heart of the jazz community in the world, to be inspired and surrounded by amazing musicians, whether they are colleagues, teachers or simply...

Hi there, i am a bass player from Portugal and i am 18 years old, i will try to enter the New School of Jazz in NY ( maybe also MSM ) and , as you know, both are CRAZY EXPENSIVE ( both tuition but also the price of rent , food and such ) I’m in search for scholarships , grants, and all around...

So, i have started a band with 8 of my friends, a very Snarky Puppy’ish thing, trumpet, saxophones and such, but i have a problem. I am the main composer but reading so many interviews i learned that Michael League ( band leader and composer of Snarky Puppy ) demos his compositions and then...

So, in about a month or two i am going to play with some friends in the street, some jazz tunes and such, but i have a problem. Me and the guitarrist are going to use amps (30 and 10 watts respetively) and we don't have any power plug nearby . What do you think could be the solution to this...

So in one year and a half i'm going to study music (performance bass ) in a university .... I am very ambitious so i want a Reeeeaaally good school to learn and be at the top of the musicians food chain ... In your opinion, what are the best music universities in Europe ? List as many as you...

Hey!! What exercises do you recommend to better internalize odd time signatures, that can be done without the bass, i mean "feeling " the time signatures, instead of continuously "counting" the beats ... I dont know if i explained myself properly but i think you get the idea :)

To elaborate, i'm not asking about 5 string fretless and 4 string fretted and 8 string fretless ... let's just include all of that on the "bass guitar" section. But i was wondering that the Moog Sub-Phatty is a kind of bass also, so is the u-Bass (ukulele bass).. The only ones that i can think...

Do you use Band-in-a-Box to practice your walking lines ? I'm really getting advance in them and i want some exercises like strange chord progressions (i dunno if that's gonna help, maybe you can answer that). So what do you recommend ?

My teacher gives us harmony lesson, and so far i have been the best in the class, but i want to be at the next level, understanding more complex stuff

Im going to make a test the next year to enter a music school (to complete my last year in highschool, before music college) and i really want to better my "harmony game" . Do you know of any online resources with lessons and exercises?

So i'm planning on moving out of the country to Amsterdam to the Conservatorium van Amsterdam, but one of my main problems is housing on budget. So i'm curious, have any of you had simillar experiences, and how did you handle it ?

My teacher assigned me a homework for vacations, which is to transcribe a solo that uses the rhythm changes ... But i am having trouble finding a good one, i'm looking for a melodic solo, not an overcomplicated one *cof *cof Charlie Parker *cof *cof. So can you help me ?

What do you think are the coolest applications that music/sound has in the world.. To give an example there are already researches being done to study the possibility to kill cancer cells using certain frequencies, or another example the effect that certain music has on the brain. What more do...