For transcribing, I would recommend to anyone: become fluent in solfege (do re mi's and such). It can serve as a sort of lingua franca between the notes in your ears and the notes in your brain.
you said that you'd meet talented peers, do you believe in talent, if so, to what extent do you? Or was it just a way to squash a long sentence about peers into a word? Fantabulous content as always ❤️❤️
I want to go to music school a lot but I’m already doing a politics degree however I really don’t feel that much passion for it. Tbh I’m a bit worried about how my friends/family would react if I dropped out. And I haven’t even been playing that long! Anyway, thanks for the advice Brian, your videos are always very well thought out and entertaining.
It’s not really about the difficulty. It’s just that jazz music necessitates communication in real time/adjusting/reacting to what you’re hearing. It’s just not possible to play in real time with another musician unless you have really fast internet and aren’t too many miles apart from one another.
Could you make a list of bad habits for composition? I’m a novice, but I really want to get into composition. I’m mostly into electronic stuff but have a ton of love for all forms of composition. As for playing, I can only really play electric guitar and bass (originally a classical bassist through school), but I can read music and know an intermediate level of theory.
Good question! I’ll mull it over... but, the main bad habit is putting off for tomorrow what you could do today. I think composing has to be somewhat habitual.
Fake Books were originally illegal and unapproved collections of lead sheets, and a lot of those lead sheets were transcriptions which were full of mistakes. Hence “fake” book. And the name just stuck, even though most fake books today adhere to copyright laws.
