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There are basically two steps to being good at anything.

Practice
Repeat step one

The trick is practicing right and concentrating on the details. Once you master the small things, the big picture comes into focus on it's own.

I've been composing and playing jazz piano professionally since 1989. Music has given me a lifetime of experiences and opportunities to enjoy life. I'm poor as dirt, but I enjoy my life!

My first jazz piano mentor was Marc Seales, the jazz piano professor at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington. He's a good "real world" teacher in that he teaches you to teach yourself - the way it is in real life. He is also one of the top monster players in the world. His blues and gospel background comes out in his bop playing.

I highly recommend the UW jazz program. Look for Marc's recordings- he is a monster player with a blues and gospel background.

One of Marc's philosophies has been a reason why I've enjoyed any sort of success at all: take care of business first then there is time for play.

23 articles with 5 comments, latest comment 07/14/2021 by Scot Ranney.

Articles in Scot's Studio from category scot's news

Piano for Adoption Scam

by Scot Ranney on 03/08/2022 - 0 comments

Piano for Adoption, Free Baby Grand, Free Piano, it's all a scam.

BEWARE: FREE BABY GRAND PIANO SCAM

by Scot Ranney on 02/23/2021 - 0 comments

There is an email going around from a "woman" who wants to give away her "late husband's" Yamaha G2 baby grand piano to a good home for "free." All you have to do is pay shipping. THIS IS A SCAM.

LearnJazzPiano.com File Downloads News

by Scot Ranney on 02/06/2019 - 0 comments

There were some abuses of the system so we had to shut down file downloads for now.

One Hour of Relaxing Piano Music

by Scot Ranney on 02/28/2018 - 0 comments

Relax, study, meditate, or just chill out and enjoy an hour of standards and originals played by Scot Ranney.

Piano, Health, and Diet, the Paleo Way

by Scot Ranney on 02/02/2016 - 0 comments

Piano is a physical instrument and many of the great pianists in history and today say the same thing: great pianists need to be in great shape. The easiest way to start increasing our quality of health and physical/mental strength is by making sure we eat foods that are right for our bodies. I've been following the Paleo diet for the last five years and the last five years have been the most productive years of my life.

R.I.P: Buddy Catlett, Extraordinary Bass Player and Human

by Scot Ranney on 11/13/2014 - 1 comment 11/13/2014

Buddy Catlett was a master jazz bassist from the swing era who was a mainstay in Seattle for decades and played regularly with virtually every big name from the 20th century you can come up with. His recent passing brought back some memories of playing with him. In particular, it reminded me of when he changed my life on my first gig, and when we had a good laugh on the last gig. May Buddy rest in peace, he sure earned it.

Updating LJP and Cosmic Awareness

by Scot Ranney on 09/17/2014 - 0 comments

It took six months of work, including a couple months off, for the new LearnJazzPiano.com system to be ready for prime time. It wasn't until Scot moved to Hong Kong did he muster the motivation necessary to get into the project. The following is a brief rundown of what took place to change the old system to the new.

Jazz Piano Notebook Series

Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 1 - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 1 of this educational jazz piano book contains 15 jazz piano exercises, tricks, and other interesting jazz piano techniques, voicings, grooves, and ideas Scot Ranney enjoys playing.

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Scot Ranney's Jazz Piano Notebook, Volume 2 - jazz piano tricks of the trade you can use today

"Latinesque"

Volume 2 has 14 jazz piano exercises and tricks of the trade, and quite a bit of it is Calypso jazz piano related material, including some Monty Alexander and Michel Camilo style grooves. Jazz piano education is through the ears, but books like this can help.

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Tim Richards' Jazz Piano Notebook - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 3 contains 12 jazz piano exercises and explorations by the acclaimed jazz piano educator, pianist, author, and recording artist Tim Richards.

Tim wrote the well known "Exploring Jazz Piano" and "Improvising Blues Piano" books and has several others to his name.

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Jeff Brent's Jazz Piano Notebook - jazz piano tricks of the trade

Volume 4 is by Jeff Brent, a jazz pianist, composer, teacher, and author of "Modalogy" and other acclaimed jazz theory and education books. In this book Jeff shares detailed analysis of transcriptions of live performances. He covers everything from the shape of the songs to the tricks and licks he uses in improvised lines to the ideas behind his lush chord voicings.

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