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| PIANOMANJDUBB -- 02/03/2004, 19:48:22 -- #572 | |
| I have a big jazz audition a week from today and i need help. What pieces would you guys suggest that would impress a hard to impress jazz band leader/teacher? also, any suggestions, tips, or advice would be much appreciated. Thanks in advance. | |
| albetan -- 02/03/2004, 20:08:03 -- #573 | |
Show to your teachers that you are sure in what you are doing. Think so: Teachers may play better a piece... but they can't say that i am playing it in a bad way. That thought helped me a lot in my beginnings. Don't ask for other guys what to play. Select pieces in what you feel rhythm and play melody surely and do a nice improvistion. Good luck and have success in your audition. | |
| Rick -- 02/04/2004, 06:11:48 -- #578 | |
| Id say it may not be the material that will do the trick, more HOW you play it. Sure, its tempting to think that playing a Kenny Wheeler or Richie Bierach tune might impress them, but unless youve really got it nailed down with those styles, its best to play something you know you can play well. As for loads of other information on auditions, check past posts in the forum, theres tonnes of stuff in there from around December time, as I posted somethings asking about auditions as I had one around that time | |
| Scot -- 02/04/2004, 11:11:03 -- #600 | |
| What Rick means is check the posts in the old forum. You can browse it if you go to the main http://www.learnjazzpiano.com home page. As for what they are looking for, well I can tell you that. The judges want to hear that you KNOW YOUR TUNE. It could be Twinkle Twinkle LIttle Star, but if you play it like you own it, you'll impress them. The other thing is confidence. You have to go up there and show them your stuff. Don't worry about what they want to hear once you get on the piano! Go up there and play the way YOU want it to sound. If you do that, your strength as a painist will come out, your confidence in the music will come out, and that my friend will impress the judges/audition people. It's not what you play, it's how you play it. And if you have an audition a week from today, man, today is NOT the time to pick up a new tune! Just work up one that you are already really good at. Picking up a new tune now does not give you enough time to internalize it, you know? It takes a long time before you OWN a tune. Oh yeah- don't use music. Good luck! | |
| 7 -- 02/05/2004, 11:56:48 -- #677 | |
You sure have been writing some inspired posts lately Scot! 7 | |
| albetan -- 02/03/2004, 20:08:03 -- #573 | |
Show to your teachers that you are sure in what you are doing. Think so: Teachers may play better a piece... but they can't say that i am playing it in a bad way. That thought helped me a lot in my beginnings. Don't ask for other guys what to play. Select pieces in what you feel rhythm and play melody surely and do a nice improvistion. Good luck and have success in your audition. | |
| Rick -- 02/04/2004, 06:11:48 -- #578 | |
| Id say it may not be the material that will do the trick, more HOW you play it. Sure, its tempting to think that playing a Kenny Wheeler or Richie Bierach tune might impress them, but unless youve really got it nailed down with those styles, its best to play something you know you can play well. As for loads of other information on auditions, check past posts in the forum, theres tonnes of stuff in there from around December time, as I posted somethings asking about auditions as I had one around that time | |
| Scot -- 02/04/2004, 11:11:03 -- #600 | |
| What Rick means is check the posts in the old forum. You can browse it if you go to the main http://www.learnjazzpiano.com home page. As for what they are looking for, well I can tell you that. The judges want to hear that you KNOW YOUR TUNE. It could be Twinkle Twinkle LIttle Star, but if you play it like you own it, you'll impress them. The other thing is confidence. You have to go up there and show them your stuff. Don't worry about what they want to hear once you get on the piano! Go up there and play the way YOU want it to sound. If you do that, your strength as a painist will come out, your confidence in the music will come out, and that my friend will impress the judges/audition people. It's not what you play, it's how you play it. And if you have an audition a week from today, man, today is NOT the time to pick up a new tune! Just work up one that you are already really good at. Picking up a new tune now does not give you enough time to internalize it, you know? It takes a long time before you OWN a tune. Oh yeah- don't use music. Good luck! | |
| 7 -- 02/05/2004, 11:56:48 -- #677 | |
You sure have been writing some inspired posts lately Scot! 7 | |
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