Chad LB vs Donna Schwartz – Which Is The Better Online Course?

Online improvisation courses are everywhere these days. Ads for these courses often pop up in your feed in places like Facebook. But how do these courses compare? They

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Can YOU Learn With Online Lessons?

I wish I had $100 dollars for every time I've had the conversation: I'm playing out somewhere - at a gig at a jazz club, or playing in

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Why You Need To OWN The Pentatonic Scale

We've all heard how important it is to practice our scales and chords. But there is one thing for sure: the pentatonic scale is foundational to improvisation. You

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Why Every Wind Player Needs To Learn Piano

Not properly learning to play piano when I was a kid is one of those things my father told me I would regret someday. And it turns out

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Not All Practice Makes Perfect

In the "members section" of the site, I link to a video where I describe something called "muscle memory," and how, for good or for bad, when you

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Music Is A Language And Phrases Are The Vocabulary

Years ago, I took some lessons from a guy named Steve Woods. He was a music professor at a community college in the metropolitan Detroit area. And even

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Ten Things I’ve Learned From Jamey Aabersold

If you've been playing jazz or blues for any length of time, you're probably familiar with Jamey Aebersold.Jamey is the father of the playalong CDFor those of you who don’t know

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Learn To Play By Ear

As a wind instrumentalist, you'll often be in a situation where you may be given an opportunity to play with a group. If you don't already have the

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