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My final this year in improv class is simple. Students will play Have You Met Miss Jones in 4 keys. Head, Solo, Head. Sounds like it could be simple. But for them it proves to be very difficult.

They have to play in time, and they play solo and they have to make the changes. Those three things in combination are apparently difficult. Well no apparently. Those are difficult things to pull off. Keeping everything in time, and making your line sound like the tune and doing it all yourself with no help.

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I'm always checking myself. Especially with all the different opinions here on the site. Gary has really helped me chill out about practicing. I still DO practice a lot, but i'm not as freaked about it. I'm someone who put in 8 hours a day on average for about 20 years. And personally I think most young musicians should be practicing and playing ALL THE TIME.

No matter what I read or hear about transcribing, I just love doing it. It's fun and I play along with someone whom I really admire for a few days and have a good time.

Check out these 2 versions of playing solo! Very interesting to me because they are very very different in there approach. Ted's is always a laid back approach and he has some great dampening technique down that he uses quite effortlessly. Patrice is a great classical player that does a great job crossing over into jazz. He's got some serious chops happening and his approach is really great.

I dug so much listening to both these guys back to back. They're both really worth studying and listening and watching.

Great stuff guys!

Here is Part 2 of the Intros lesson series.

Hello Everyone,

The tune for this week will be Woody n You. Maybe it would be nice if we would try to do a version in a latin feel.

For those of you who are able to, try to make a duet yourself. So record one part and then add a second part all on your own.

I can also make a play along version, but let's first all study the tune a little and if someone needs help or wants a play along, I can make one during the week, ok?

Hope you guys will join in!

TJ

P.S. At the moment I'm doing these

Here are a bunch of lessons already up on the site based on the tune, My Romance.
These items are supplemental to our TOTM studies.