Just watched the infamous Berklee faculty jam video and Iā¦
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Just watched the infamous Berklee faculty jam video and I realize it has a lot to teach us...
At first watch its laughable but it represents such an important lesson in music, especially to aspiring musicians.
Each of the musicians in the video have spent so much time individually studying and learning their instruments, diving into their favorite artists and sounds. The problem is, it seems that all their egos have caused them to shut off to the music around them and they are trying to each force their dominance and skill over the music. This is a common problem in jazz specifically, and you can notice it at jam sessions when there are a lot of musicians playing at once.
We should all be striving to make the music sound good, and not just adding our own splashes of color, or it just turns murky. At the end, we are left with a terrible performance. You don't need to study for years and years to make good music, you just need to listen. The most important thing about music is not the individual but coming together as a whole unit to make a good sound. That's what jazz is, listening and interaction, not a sound battle.
I think rhythm section players understand this more as they are providing the layer for the melody to lay on.
#music #audio
At first watch its laughable but it represents such an important lesson in music, especially to aspiring musicians.
Each of the musicians in the video have spent so much time individually studying and learning their instruments, diving into their favorite artists and sounds. The problem is, it seems that all their egos have caused them to shut off to the music around them and they are trying to each force their dominance and skill over the music. This is a common problem in jazz specifically, and you can notice it at jam sessions when there are a lot of musicians playing at once.
We should all be striving to make the music sound good, and not just adding our own splashes of color, or it just turns murky. At the end, we are left with a terrible performance. You don't need to study for years and years to make good music, you just need to listen. The most important thing about music is not the individual but coming together as a whole unit to make a good sound. That's what jazz is, listening and interaction, not a sound battle.
I think rhythm section players understand this more as they are providing the layer for the melody to lay on.
#music #audio
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