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MYMUSICMASTERCLASS.COM DECEMBER 2020
 WHAT'S GOING ON?

You may be tired.

You may be burnt out.
You may have adrenal fatigue,
But this is NOT the right time to stop moving.

I sympathize with all of you.

I’m tired and the current state of the world is keeping us
all in high-alert, but we can’t quit now.

Instead of thinking of this pandemic and the

economy as a dark cloud with no end in sight,
take it month by month.

Let’s chip away at the problems we face in the short term,

so that the dark cloud starts to dissipate little by little.
Before you know it, we’ll be out of this mess and
those of us who have done this work will prosper!

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 YOU HAVE TO
BELIEVE IN THE
LONG TERM PLAN
YOU HAVE BUT YOU
NEED THE SHORT
TERM GOALS TO
MOTIVATE AND
INSPIRE YOU.

ROGER FEDERER

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 IT IS NOT THE
STRONGEST OR
THE MOST
INTELLIGENT
WHO WILL
SURVIVE BUT
THOSE WHO CAN
BEST MANAGE
CHANGE.

CHARLES DARWIN

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COMMITTING
TO CHANGE
LAST MONTH WE DISCUSSED HOW TO IDENTIFY
NEGATIVE BEHAVIORS THAT MAY BE HINDERING
YOUR DEVELOPMENT, HEALTH, ETC.
THE ARTICLE WAS ENTITLED “MAKING A CHANGE”.
THIS MONTH WE ARE GOING TO DISCUSS
HOW TO GET THESE CHANGES TO STICK SO THAT
THEY INTEGRATE INTO YOUR BEING.

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BE HONEST
First, we are going to go through the list we made
last month and make sure it’s completely honest
and complete. This list should be a little (or a lot)
uncomfortable to read, because you are stepping
outside your comfort zone and attempting to
make lasting change.

Your mind and body may offer a strong resistance

to this process, but you must understand that this
is normal and healthy. Again, the most important
thing is to be critically honest with yourself. You
need to identify what has held you back in the
past and what fears you have about the future.

This honesty and commitment to bettering

yourself will help ease this transition.

STEP BY STEP

The reason we made the list is because change

has to happen in steps. If you try to change
everything all at once, it will most likely be too
overwhelming and counterproductive.

Let’s forget about the big picture for a minute and

focus on smaller bits that you can control. Once
you have conquered these smaller pieces of the
puzzle, the big picture will manifest all by itself.

So, consider everything you wrote in the list a

specific task that you will need to accomplish.
Make a step-by-step plan and make sure to work
on these things every day.

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BACK IN THE HABIT
If you want to create lasting change, you will need
to form positive habits. Habits are things that you
do every day, things that become ingrained in your
daily routine.

Repetition of positive behaviors and the work you

put in daily will help ingrain these habits and
make them “the new normal”.

MAINTAIN

Once you’ve created these positive habits and

replaced the old negative ones, you need to keep
moving in the right direction so that you don’t fall
back into your slump. Think of yourself like a
mental health professional who needs to do
continuing education credits every year in order to
maintain licensure.

So, you will need to occasionally brush up on new

interventions and reinforcements to maintain your
positive habits - because as we all know, life has a
way of throwing curve balls. If you are not
continually putting in the work and something
unfortunate happens in your world, you may fall
back into your old, detrimental ways.

We have included a new worksheet to help you

chip away at these positive changes!

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 I HAVE LEARNED
OVER THE YEARS
THAT WHEN
ONE’S MIND IS
MADE UP, THIS
DIMINISHES
FEAR;
KNOWING WHAT
MUST BE DONE
DOES AWAY WITH
FEAR

ROSA PARKS
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 Conquering Fear

Last month I wrote an article entitled “Fear Not”, which focused on

identifying fears that hold back your musical potential. You should
have filled out the corresponding worksheet and if you didn’t, please
check out the back-issue before proceeding. OK, are you ready to
put these fears to bed? Let’s get to it…

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 BE PREPARED
Like I said in the last article, this is my main
method of dealing with performance
anxiety or fear. The more prepared I am,
the more comfortable I feel making music.

CONQUERING If I practice and cover everything necessary

for a gig, it gives me the confidence I need
to succeed.
FEAR
TRUST YOURSELF
Once you’ve prepared and practiced,
you must trust that you are capable of
getting the job done at a high level. You
need to center yourself and say, “I put in the
work and I’m ready to deliver”.

MOVE THE
SPOTLIGHT
While performing, shift the focus
off of yourself and listen to the other
bandmembers (if applicable).
Also, concentrate on the audience to which
you’re playing - whether in person,
virtually or listeners of an album. Think of
the big picture and try to entertain the
crowd. That will take the pressure off of
whatever inner monologue you have
going on.

BE POSITIVE
Try not to focus on the negative. Thinking
about what could go wrong will often make
you stumble. Instead, try to focus on the
good stuff. For instance, the fact that you
are able to make music that people enjoy,
etc. I know that this is easier said than
done, but there are methods of redirecting
your thoughts (visualization, meditation,
etc.) that can be very beneficial. If you
find negative thoughts sabotaging your
performances, research what methods can
help turn your inner critic off!
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DAILY PRACTICE
Practice controlled breathing, meditation or
other techniques to help you relax and
redirect your thoughts. For best results,
CONQUERING
practice your chosen technique daily,
regardless of your agenda. This will help
strengthen your relaxation skills for when
FEAR
you need them most.

BE YOU
Be yourself and don’t be afraid to show your
personality - nobody is quite like you.
Embrace that and realize that whatever you
do, that’s your personal stamp. You are
unique and no mistakes can take that away
from you.

DON'T FEAR
MISTAKES
Everybody makes mistakes but the most
confident musicians just hide it better. The
best way to hide a mistake is to stay focused
on the present. Once you “mess up”, drop it
instantly from your mind and concentrate
on the present musical situation. By
focusing on what is happening “right now”,
you won’t get caught in a distracting cycle of
regret and inner dialogue which will often
lead to other mistakes. Just gloss
over it and resolve whatever “mistake” you
made musically. Turn it into a happy
accident and it might even add a cool vibe
to the music.

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 CONQUERING FEAR
LOOK THE PART
Present as your best self. You’re a
performer and if you look your best,
you’ll definitely feel good too. If you feel
good, you’ll typically play well. This is a
positive chain of events, plus the audience
wants to be entertained. YOU ARE HUMAN
Accept the fact that you will probably feel
some form of anxiety when performing
and that is normal. If you work with your
anxiety instead of against it, you’ll be able
to focus and make some great music.
Don’t fight the stress, flow with it!

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 Getting the
Most Out of
Your Audio
PART II

Last month we talked about getting a basic If you simply want to record a rough demo,
recording rig together and how to attain something free like GarageBand might be
good results on a budget. So, let’s say that fine for you. It may also function as a
you recorded yourself in some capacity and gateway into a more feature-rich DAW down
you have basic tracks. What now? the road.

Well, if you want to mix the tracks yourself, Often people learn how to use GarageBand
you should get some kind of DAW. You and eventually start to make some pretty
will be able to either drag tracks into the good sounding productions. At some point
DAW for mixing or you can record new they hit a wall due to limitations and they
tracks right into the software. So, what’s a buy a more professional DAW. This is fine
DAW? due to the fact that many of these programs
work in a similar way, so your time spent
DAW stands for Digital Audio Workstation learning GarageBand will not be in vain.
and there are many options like Pro Tools,
Logic, Reaper, FL Studio, Cubase, Ableton, Don’t get me wrong, every one of these
GarageBand, etc. Many of these programs programs differs in myriad ways, but if
are very similar in features and often people you understand how DAWs work in general,
choose a DAW based on compatibility with you will be able to figure out the nuances of
friends, colleagues, operating systems, etc. any new software much quicker. If you have
That being said, GarageBand has less features a specific musical style that you want to
due to it being free with every Macintosh produce, you may also be swayed to learn a
computer and Ableton Live has specific certain DAW.
features (and a unique layout) that differs
from the crowd. Depending on what you For instance, Ableton is very popular in the
are recording/producing, you may steer Hip Hop, EDM and Live DJ world because
towards a specific DAW. So, what should you of its layout and features.
choose?

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 Getting the Most Out of Your Audio PART II

So what about compatibility?

The first thing to understand here is that you DO NOT need to have the same DAW as a collaborator,
in order to send or receive files. Let’s say that a friend wants you to play guitar on a song. They will
typically just send you an audio file (Wav, MP3, Aiff, etc.) that they exported from their DAW. You will
not get a project file or any multitrack setup. You will usually only get 1 audio file or a few stems,
which are groups of exported tracks which make a whole mix when combined. At this point you will
line up the tracks you were given to the beginning of your sequence in your DAW and record your
guitar part. Once you are done recording, you want to make sure to export your soloed track from
the same starting point as the ones you were given. Bam, process complete!

That being said, there are some instances when you are collaborating at a deeper level and it’s
important to have the entire project file. This is when you would need to share the same DAW as your
collaborator. This is a more detailed process since you will also need to be using the exact same
plugins and often the same version of the software. Plus, you will both need copies of the entire audio
folder so that your software can reference the same files.

OK, time to put it all together. So, let’s say that you recorded 6 tracks on your Zoom H6 which we
spoke about in last month’s article. You decided not to record it directly into your DAW because you
were at a session and the portable H6 was more convenient. Anyway, you are now home and have
these 6 tracks on your Zoom. You can either connect the H6 to your computer (via USB) or take out
the memory card (and insert it into your computer) and drag the files into a folder (on your
computer). Now create a project in your DAW and add 6 tracks, import the files and you’re ready to
start mixing.

Since this is such a large topic, we will have to tackle some basic mixing next time, but I hope this
helps get you on the right path. And if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out!

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 FEATURED CATS MONO
NEON
Many of the elite musicians we film at My
Music Masterclass talk about how they like to
practice new things to stay current.  Many also
say that they are always checking out the
young cats to see what new sounds are
becoming part of the musical landscape. 

NITAI
HERSHKOVITS

JAZZMEIA
HORN
Mono Neon
He is known for his presence on
YouTube playing bass guitar as
well as for being one of the last
people to work with Prince.

This is important work for musicians because Nitai Hershkovits

although there are only 12 notes in western Pianist and composer Nitai
Hershkovits has been described
music, techniques and sounds evolve.  So if you as a “genuine prodigy” by BBC
want to continue working in the scene and music. He is a charismatic
performer with an incredibly
remaining relevant across generations, you strong voice and musical vision.
must stay aware of what’s trending in music.  Jazzmeia Horn
In this section we feature artists who in our She won the Thelonious Monk
Institute International Jazz
opinion are doing some really cool stuff!  Here Competition in 2015, and has
are this month’s picks… been compared to
Betty Carter, Sarah Vaughan,
and Nancy Wilson.

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 FEELING SORRY
FOR YOURSELF,
AND YOUR PRESENT
CONDITION IS NOT
ONLY A WASTE OF
ENERGY BUT THE
WORST HABIT YOU
COULD POSSIBLY
HAVE.

DALE CARNEGIE

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 As musicians we are well aware of cycles as they
happen all the time in music, but when do we

STOP
stop? For instance, if we are playing a two-chord
cycle for a long time, it’s natural for us to want to
change it up.

This is very normal and healthy. So, why is it that

THE
we don’t often recognize and stop
negative/unproductive cycles in our daily lives?

As humans we are programmed to reach for

devices that we have used historically, well past

INSANITY
the point of effectiveness. For instance, if I drink
coffee every morning and instead of giving me
that jolt of energy it used to it starts to make me
feel anxious and queasy, why am I continuing this
morning cycle?

Or if I’ve been practicing the same routine every Well, anyone will tell you that breaking negative
day for a year and I don’t feel as though I’ve gotten cycles takes work and it’s not easy. The process is
any better, why have I not made a change? Or if I difficult but rewarding, and the first step is
play the same licks over and over again when
awareness. People often get caught in cycles because
soloing, why have I not pushed myself to leave my
they don’t take the time to question why they are
cycle of safety and better access my creativity?
enacting behaviors. In essence, many of us are
simply on auto-pilot letting the world pass us by
while we cycle repeatedly in this endless loop of
seemingly involuntary behaviors.
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 STOP THE INSANITY

So, how do we remedy this situation? Once you identify the problem you can make
Like I said, we need to be aware and the first step is meaningful changes. Maybe you need some new
to question our automatic reactions and habits. If material to work on or you need to shut off your
you feel stuck and uninspired in your practice, phone. Whatever the case, you have to constantly
analyze these sessions more closely. Do you have the check in with yourself to make sure everything is
same routine either leading up to or during your running smoothly and efficiently. Once you start to
sessions? Are you bored, anxious, distracted? Be question why you are doing certain things
honest a take a deep look at what is holding you up. automatically, you’ll begin to discover more
productive ways to approach your life.

We’ve included a worksheet to help tackle your cycles, so start writing!

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THANA
ALEXA

What have you been listening to

5 QUESTIONS

recently?
Since the beginning of the pandemic I’ve been
listening to a lot of Soul and Motown. Somehow I
just needed something groovy and grounding to
get me through this weird time. Aretha. TONS of
Aretha. Sly, Stevie, Earth Wind & Fire, Etta
James, Curtis Mayfield, etc… For downtime I
always enjoy listening to Chet Baker, Meshell
Ndegocello’s Bitter album,

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Pat Metheny’s solo records “What It’s All About” and
“One Quiet Night”. I recently discovered this Portuguese
singer through Antonio (Sanchez) named Maro (she’s
on his new record) and I’ve been digging her record “it’s
OK”. Very chill and beautifully produced. That also led
me to discover another record she’s on called
“Movimento” which is gorgeous. When the pandemic
first hit I was also listening to Emma Frank’s “Come
Back” album, which is beautifully produced and
performed by all and is something you can really relax
to. Also… The Köln Concert… Always and forever.
What are 5 of your favorite albums of all time and what
is so special about them?
I think it’s important to list these albums in the order that
they came into my life, because it explains a lot about the way I hear,
perform, write and feel music…

Jagged Little Pill (Alanis Morisette)

Aside from being an amazing record with GREAT songs and lyrics, this
was the first record I ever heard that exposed me to music written by a
woman who expressed herself freely. A woman who let out her anger,
who sang about sex, used profanity in her lyrics, sang about the darker
sides of relationships, about parents’ desires for their kids to be perfect,
about drugs, and expressed exactly who she was at that moment
through her music… It was revolutionary for me. It was a new kind of
music that made me feel like it was ok to be ALL the things a woman is
and to express ALL the feelings we have without caring about whether
the world approved of it or not.
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My Greatest Songs (Etta James)
When I was 13 years old I moved with my family to Croatia from NYC
(where I was born). The first year was a HUGE culture shock for me as I
didn’t speak the language, didn’t have any friends, didn’t know all of my
extended family and to top it off I was at an unbelievably awkward age.
Feeling lost in translation made me turn to music… I had played violin
from the time I was 4 years old, which was always my safe haven, but not
speaking the language prevented me from enrolling in a music school.
Somehow singing in English was the best way I felt I could express
myself and I found solace in blues and soul. When I heard this record of
Etta’s it blew open this bluesy, soulful, “don’t take no shit” energy within
me that got me through a lot of difficult years. Singing along to this
record quite literally helped my find my voice… my inner voice. The
strength in my soul, which could be expressed through my voice. When I
would belt out the lyrics of these songs I felt free, supported, and
powerful.

Live at Filmore West (Aretha Franklin)

Give me Aretha any time of day, any day of the week and for any mood I’m
in. Her’s is an instrument that seeps into the depths of your belly and makes
you feel the soul within. I love her studio albums, but the intensity of this
particular live record permeates my soul… every. single. time. When I first
listened to it as a high school student I could have NEVER known that
Bernard Purdie (Aretha's drummer for many years and the drummer on this
record) would become my mentor in college! I took Purdie’s R&B ensemble
at the New School for Jazz and Contemporary Music every single semester
while I was there. It was Purdie who asked me to do my first vocal
arrangements for the background vocals and then later to write and
arrange my own tunes for the ensemble. At the end of my time at New
School we even went into the studio to record some of my original music
with some other students playing in the band (and Bernard on drums!!). He
even played a tune on my senior recital, which was an unforgettable
experience. The pocket that man creates is UN-REAL. The biggest lesson I
ever learned from him was, “You gotta say what you mean and mean what
you say… and when you make a mistake, MEAN IT!!!”
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Ella Live in Berlin 1961 (Ella Fitzgerald)
Any vocalist that wants to be a jazz singer goes through the school of
Ella Fitzgerald. Period. And this record is what opened my ears to vocal
improv and using the voice like a horn! I recently re-visited this record
in great detail as I did a year’s worth of tribute concerts for centennial
of Ella’s life and I may have learned even more on this go around than
ever before. Ella had a scat style that was all her own and she paved
the way for every single jazz singer who came after her… she wrote the
book. Learning and performing Ella's epic solo on “How High the
Moon” for these centennial celebration concerts were some of the
highlights of my performing life to date!

Songs in the Key of Life (Stevie Wonder)

The most incredible thing about Songs in the Key of Life is how relevant
and current the lyrics of the songs are almost 45 years after it was first
released. It is a bible of truth. It’s also filled with some of the best
harmonic, rhythmic, grooving goodness ever. It’s a feel good, but
reflective and deeply moving record. When Stevie did the Songs in the
Key of Life tour back in 2014 Antonio and I were at the very first show at
MSG. It was an extremely emotional experience getting to hear Stevie for
the first time, but to also listen to him speak… he told the audience how
his mother had told him years ago that this album would impact
generations of people… people of all ages, races, religions, ethnicities…
and she was right. He dedicated “Summer Soft” that evening to
saxophonist Jimmy Greene and his wife Nelba (who were in the
audience) as a tribute to their daughter who had been killed in the
Sandy Hook shooting in 2012. It was a very emotional night that I’ll never
forget.
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The Way Up (PMG)
This record changed the way I think about music and the arc of a
composition. I think it’s one of the most incredible pieces of music ever
written. It is epic, yet subtle, structured, yet free, and is a piece of music I
can get completely lost in no matter how many times I’ve listened to it. I
must know every single second of this record, but I continually learn from
it with each listen. There’s always something new to discover. The
compositional elements of this record have been the most influential on
the way I write my own music.

The Köln Concert (Keith Jarrett)

This album holds a very special place in my heart because it reminds me
of the beautifully intense beginning of my relationship with Antonio. As
we were discovering each other we were also learning about our shared
love for music. The experience we had listening to this record for the first
time together was extremely powerful and it opened our bond through
music, which is something that has come to define our relationship.
Aside from the personal memories that it brings to mind, appreciating it
from a strictly musical perspective is equally powerful and moving. This
piece of music is a lesson in improvisation and free association. A
complete surrendering to the here and now. I recently listened to a
podcast about the day of the Köln Concert, how Keith almost didn’t play,
how the piano was out of tune, how the 16 year old girl who organized
the entire concert stood in the pouring rain outside of Keith’s car
begging him to come back in the venue to do the show and how she
also convinced him to let the recording engineers stay to record it even
though there were so many issues with the piano… It’s a lesson that
teaches us great art just HAS to be made, no matter what the
circumstances are. The will of art and expression always seems to come
out when it’s good and ready to do so and can be completely
unexpected. I think this is a good lesson for all artists in the midst of this
pandemic, loss of work, and inability to perform in the ways we’re
accustomed to.

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What are you currently working on in the practice room?
As the future of touring remains uncertain and will most likely be even
more complicated and expensive to do when we return to some form of
normalcy, I’ve started to develop a solo show with my looping and effects.
I came out with a record in late March and wasn’t able to tour the music
at all. During quarantine I did a few solo livestream performances that
forced me to arrange and orchestrate some of the tunes from my record
for solo voice, loops, effects and keys. It’s a work in progress (because as it
turns out I write some pretty freaking difficult music haha!), but it has
given me something exciting to work on that I know I will benefit from
come next year. This is a slightly different kind of practicing than
improvisation or scales, BUT the electronics thing requires a lot of time
and practice to make it sound and look effective. I’ve got my hands full
with that!

Another project I’m working on is recording and producing a new record

with my trio SONICA (myself, Nicole Zuraitis & Julia Adamy). We had
started recording in my home studio last year and then when the
pandemic hit everything got put on hold. Now we’re continuing to
record remotely and will hopefully release something next year. I’m
excited because it’s my first time engineering a record (not just singing,
composing and producing)… A totally different hat to wear!

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What younger or up-and-coming musicians are you
digging right now?

I’m really loving this Mexican singer named Silvana Estrada. She’s got one
of those voices… so unique, so special, so her own thing. She comes from
Veracruz, Mexico, which has a very deep musical tradition and she blends
it with jazz and folk. Her music is gorgeous. I’ve also discovered this
Portuguese singer named Maro (who I mentioned above). She’s got a very
smooth, warm voice and her records are very well produced.

How are you staying sane in this quarantine and do you

have any tips for other musicians currently in isolation?
It’s been very hard, to be completely honest. I’ve done a number of
livestream performances, which can be a fun experience if you’re able
to see the live commenting from the audience members, but the
technical problems that can arise give me so much anxiety that
sometimes I’m extremely exhausted and stressed out before I even sing
a single note. I really miss the therapeutic and meditational aspect of
performing live in front of people and truly being in the moment.
There’s something about performing that you just cannot replicate
when you’re alone in your room practicing or singing to your screen.
There’s an energy that ONLY exists in live performance. When I perform
live I feel like I’m in therapy… I live in that moment of music for the
duration of the performance and cannot think about anything other
than what I’m doing. It’s very therapeutic and it’s a sort of “cleanse" that
I was used to experiencing on a daily basis when I was on the road.

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Now, so many months later, I feel an accumulation of energy and
tension that hasn’t been properly released, and I can feel how it takes a
toll on my emotional state. It’s also been difficult to feel particularly
creative and motivated during this pandemic because no one is sure
what we’re working towards anymore… A tour? A show? A recording? As
artists we’re very influenced and inspired by outside stimuli, but since
there’s been very little outside stimuli over the course of these many
months that compositional muse inside of me seems a bit dried out…
The only advice I can give to others is the advice I’m trying to give
myself on a daily basis…. NOT to feel guilty about the fact that I don’t
feel inspired to compose, even though it’s difficult. I think it’s important
to not be too hard on ourselves right now. We’ve never experienced
anything like this in our lifetimes and we need time to process it and
grieve what we’ve lost this year. It’s important to stay positive and try to
heal through our love of music.

Since my creative spark (in the compositional sense) didn’t seem to be too active
during the quarantine, I ended up using my creative brain in another way, which
actually ended up opened a lot of new doors for me. At the beginning of the
lockdown I started the Live From Our Living Rooms initiative with two musician
friends (Owen Broder and Sirintip) to raise money for struggling musicians
impacted by the pandemic.

Between April and July we successfully put on 3 online series (one of which we
partnered up with the DC Jazz Festival to present) all in order to raise money for
struggling musicians. Over the course of the 3 series we’ve managed to raise over
$140,000 with which we’ve been able to give relief grants to musicians in need as
well as to pay artist that we contracted to participate in our last series. We gave out
the last round of grants on November 1 and will be taking a break for the rest of the
year to plan out what our next steps will be in 2021.

Thana's album "ONA" was nominated for a GRAMMY as BEST JAZZ VOCAL
ALBUM days after we interviewed her for this section. CONGRATS, THANA!!
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IT'S
GETTING
HOT IN
HERE!

We recently did a super cool podcast episode with Walt Weiskopf and his stories
about his career with Steely Dan, Frank Sinatra, Buddy Rich and others are
inspiring and compelling. There is a lot of musical wisdom in that episode! That
being said, it was something Walt said at the very end of the podcast that
spawned this article. Walt has been practicing the jazz standard “Hot House” in
12 keys and it’s been a real challenge for him. For those of you who don’t know,
“Hot House” is a bebop standard with a very tricky melody and it is a contrafact
to “What Is This Thing Called Love?”. Taking a melody like this through 12 keys is
amazing practice for your ear, technique, vocabulary and more. And as Walt
pointed out, even he is still working on this stuff!
SO, HERE’S YOUR CHALLENGE
FOR THE MONTH.

Learn the melody and harmony of “Hot House”. Be able to improvise freely
over it.
If you’ve mastered step 1, slowly start introducing new keys. Don’t move
onto the next key until you’re mastered the previous one.

Be patient. This is not a race and this is a super difficult challenge.

If it takes you a year, that’s all good!
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CONCLUSION
We know that the world is still in
complete disarray, but we sincerely
hope you all find some peace and get
some rest over the holidays. Try to be
grateful for what you have and try to
give back to others. Also, we’d love to
hear from you, so please email us with
any questions or topic ideas you might
have. If we use your topic or question in
the issue, we’ll give you a $10 gift card
for MyMusicMasterclass.com. WooHoo!

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