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Bret Primack, aka JazzVideoGuy, weighs in on a more global scale on the topic. As much as I want to lay this to rest (because if we keep repeating it, we may start to believe it), I feel he does…
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Music lessons build brainpower
And yet across the country, if not on L.A.’s Westside, music and other arts instruction are often whacked or cut disproportionately when budgets are squeezed. They’re seen as appropriate luxuries in good times, but otherwise superfluous and expendable, despite evidence…
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Music Improves Brain Function
For most people music is an enjoyable, although momentary, form of entertainment. But for those who seriously practiced a musical instrument when they were young, perhaps when they played in a school orchestra or even a rock band, the musical…
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Is jazz dead in Milwaukee….What do you think?
Perception is reality. If people are told, time and time again, that jazz is dead, then they will start to believe it. We, as Milwaukee musicians, have to stop saying “Jazz is dead” A great post by my friend Mike…
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Practice Tip: Accumulative Scale Technique
opening run in Maurice Whitney’s Introduction and Samba Have you ever seen a run like the one above and thought there was no way you could play it cleanly? So instead you just moved your fingers without even bothering looking…
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Is jazz dead in Milwaukee?
Big thanks to Jamie Breiwick for posting this on his blog, Milwaukee Jazz. Freelance journalist Michael Drew wrote “Is Jazz Dead?” for the current issue of Milwaukee Magazine. He spoke to Bonnie North on WUWM about the article. It’s great to…
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