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Following my writings about the photography podcasts PhotoWalkthrough, Camera Position and Happy Shooting, it is time to broaden my horizons and introduce the first music podcast. Of course, that does not mean that there are no more photography podcasts to be introduced. Stay tuned!
When I talk about music podcasts, there are basically two interpretations: podcasts about listening to music or those aimed at people who make music. I will just combine the two for now. It is not a contradiction anyway.
The title Learn Jazz Piano is quite self-explanatory about who the podcast is aimed at. Learning jazz piano is much harder than you might think. How do you go about it? Do you buy a book? Or sheet music? I did both, and I am sure I will be reporting on it. The only problem is that playing jazz does not work from sheet music, as the two contradict each other. And the difficulty with books is realising what is printed into music. So, learning jazz without sitting in front of the instrument does not work, apart from the theoretical basics. It makes sense, then, that Paul Abrahams should choose an auditory medium.
Each podcast has its own topic, which sounds incredibly dry on paper: turnarounds, diminished scales, substitutions… But it is incredible! Sit down at your piano. Or keyboard. Put the podcast on your ears. Each episode lasts about half an hour. When you have finished it, you will:
- have understood the dry theoretical facts,
- have improvised together with Paul Abraham, feel like playing some more (I’ve actually always done it so far),
- expand your repertoire to practice,
- one day… well, we don’t know yet.