“Practice, practice, practice.” Ask any professional about the keys to success in music and you’ll usually get this answer. Of course, this is correct, but incomplete.
Success requires a combination of at least five factors separate elements:
Practice (learning by accurate repetition) is vital to get your skills up to a level where you can participate [...]
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The following is the first in a series. These are excerpts from a featured interview that I did with Jazz Improv Magazine in 2005. - daniel w. jacobs
INTERVIEW:
JAZZ IMPROV: How has working in the music business affected your life?
DAN JACOBS: To begin, I read something by a famous producer that clarified this area for me. [...]
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The following is the second in a series. These are excerpts from a featured interview that I did with Jazz Improv Magazine in 2005. - daniel w. jacobs
INTERVIEW:
JAZZ IMPROV: How has your playing and overall perspective grown as a result of the two jazz albums you’ve recorded, “Jazz Standard Time” and “Blue After Hours?”
DAN JACOBS: [...]
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The following is the third in a series. These are excerpts from a featured interview that I did with Jazz Improv Magazine in 2005. - daniel w. jacobs
INTERVIEW:
JAZZ IMPROV: How do you stay balanced-as an artist, as an individual given the many distractions that surround us and the stress?
DAN JACOBS: I have learned to trust [...]
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