Almost every player plays the same shit at every tempo... so if you’re significantly slowing everything down. Just find a slower song....

1) What you should work on in the practice room 2) The fingering of that lick or passage (even in F# maj) 3) What constitutes a balanced...

If you somehow ended up under a rock, John Coltrane recorded a song called "Giant Steps" on an album of the same name: He had a fantastic...

I think everyone has an experience where were learning a song, got the double chorus at the end, and said "I got this" and moved on. Then...

I was listening to that album "Charlie Parker: One Night At Birdland" Other than the stacked line-up, it's probably the live bebop album...

I promise that no one on the bandstand or in audience that's gonna move your career forward is thinking, "That cat sounds great for not...

A friend who is does a lot of IT programming once told me in reference to cloud backups: "There is no cloud, just someone else's...

Although we all know it's true, it never hurts to hear it again. Remember that if something sounds rough at 40 BPM, it may sound flashier...

When doing low-key pick-up gigs or jam sessions there are good opportunities to try out new ideas to grow. But in light of there being...

This doesn't mean neglect your favorite composer or compositions. But especially as a performer, figure out which soloists, orchestras,...

...Also transcribe your heroes being otherworldly, obviously. But let’s talk about all those non-face-melting licks you can find...

It’s a good joke among my friend that I don’t follow sports. My better known friends know that I’m actually pretty fluent in late 90s and...