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ESSENTIAL TERMINOLOGY 2 PDF DOWNLOAD
Live from Vinales, Cuba
YouTube Playlist: Jazz Foundation
What is stop time, exactly? What is the difference between “to groove” and “a groove?” Can someone please explain, “double time feel?” In this video we’ll explore the definitions and the true musical essence behind them – how they are […]
Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Just One Question (J1Q)
ABOUT PHIL MATTSON
Phil Mattson has been one of the most influential conductors and music educators in vocal jazz and choral music for the past 30 years. Phil was my first, and original mentor (since age 17), and I am happy to […]
Live from Havana, Cuba
YouTube Playlist: Jazz Fundamentals
Since starting the MichMusic Now video series in April 2018, many questions have come in from different sources: YouTube, the MichMusic.com contact page, general email, and the MichMusic Network Facebook group. Thought it would be fun to grab a few of these questions and […]
Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Solo Singers
CREATING A MOOD BUBBLE PDF DOWNLOAD
To create, maintain during a song, and entice an audience to join you in a mood bubble (a framework/atmosphere/vibe/context/perspective,) is a great thing. This makes for magical performances.
In this video Mich sings a few different versions of a […]
Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Jazz Foundation
HOW TO FIX CRAPPY INTERNET LEAD SHEETS PDF DOWNLOAD
If you’re writing your own leads sheets, and sometimes you get to the gig and they don’t sound ‘right,’ or, the piano player has his/her pencil out and is sketching in corrections: YOU NEED TO […]
Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Lucid Listening
LUCID LISTENING: SOLO SINGERS KURT ELLING PDF DOWNLOAD
The LUCID LISTENING: SOLO SINGERS KURT ELLING PDF DOWNLOAD is designed to be used in conjunction with the video. Please download and feel free to use it yourself, in your class, your ensemble or share it! […]
Live from Tokyo, Japan
YouTube Playlist: Vocal Groups
JAZZ CHOIR: TRANSITIONING INTO PERFORMANCE MODE PDF DOWNLOAD
Now is the time! After so many hours spent in rehearsal, getting all the notes correct, the chords lined up and tuned, mastering your endings – it’s time to perform! It’s a transitional time to shift into a […]
Live from Los Angeles, California
YouTube Playlist: Jazz Piano
HOW TO CREATE A RUBATO PIANO INTRO PDF DOWNLOAD
Creating an intro at the piano – piece of cake! The intro can be as simple as playing a V7 chord and rolling or arpeggiating the notes before the song begins. Or, an intro could […]
Live from Tokyo, Japan
YouTube Playlist: Jazz Foundation
I was recently in Tokyo for some teaching and workshops for the Jazz Vocal Society of Japan (JVSJ) and had the idea to try an unrehearsed session on rhythmic feel and 8th notes with my friend, Kai Kitamura. An awesome Vocal Percussionist (as you […]