You'll Hear It: Full Album Deep Dives with Jazz Musicians - The Boyz Are Back in Town

Episode Date: November 21, 2019

Peter and Adam reunite in the Podcave (finally) and give an update on what they've been doing lately.There's a new course from Open Studio! Jazz Bassline Bass-ics is available now and features lessons from jazz legend Reuben Rogers all about how to play walking basslines. Go to https://www.openstudiojazz.com/jazz-bassline-bass-ics-walking for more info.'Tis the season for giving, and what better way to give than to help spread music to underprivileged kids? Pianos for People is a non-profit organization designed to help give children and families with limited resources access to pianos and other instruments. Learn how you can help here: https://pianosforpeople.orgWant every Open Studio course for free? That's right - over 300 hours and 1200 lessons can be yours with free lifetime access! All you have to do is enter Open Studio's 2019 Holiday Giveaway. Go to https://learn.openstudiojazz.com/giveaway/, or watch this video of Peter for more info: https://youtu.be/KsdhVXE5ovILike those You'll Hear It shirts Peter shows off on the podcast? Want some YHI swag of your own? Take a visit to our store! Just go to https://teespring.com/stores/open-studioLet us know what you think by leaving a ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ review, or head over to our YouTube channel.Interested in more jazz advice? Go here to browse our catalog of jazz lessons and courses available for purchase.Follow us on Facebook, Twitter & Instagram at:https://www.facebook.com/heyopenstudiohttps://twitter.com/heyopenstudiohttps://www.instagram.com/heyopenstudio See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Hey, Adam. Yeah. What? You don't realize how many times I've been saying that recently with no response. Well, I've heard. I've heard, but I'm here, man. Let's do this. What up?

I'm Adam Manus. And I'm Peter Martin. And you're listening to the You'll Hear It Podcast. Daily Jazz advice. Coming at you. Coming at you for the first time in like four weeks, dude. We're in the pod cave at the same time and the same place. Everything's lining up, man.

Everything's lining up. It's like the old days. I'm shocked that you remember the, whoa. You okay there? No, I'm so excited. I just spilled my coffee everywhere. Wait, didn't you have a lot. liquid in the laptop incident recently?

Let's not talk about it. I feel like it's about to happen again. But I told you, now you're doing good. You've just got off a plane like within what 12 hours or something from Japan? Yeah, I got off a plane about 24 hours ago. 24 hours. And that's a, you know, it's actually coming back is not as bad. It's a 10 hour flight from Tokyo to Dallas, 10 and a half hours. My friend. Yeah, Ryan, I need a, I need a napkin or something. This is not like a mild spill. This is actually everywhere. Oh, this is so dramatic on your, well, this is what I was telling you earlier. You feel like you're doing so good. The jet like hit you mid-afternoon. That's why I scheduled this mid-afternoon. I want to

take advantage of your intellect. No, I do feel okay because I slept a little bit on the plane and I slept great last night, but it is, you know how, I mean, you know jet lag more than thank you, better than, thank you. Better than Jeff is going to happen again. You know Jetlag better than anybody. It's like one of those things where it's like you feel okay. Yeah. But then little things like you put your coffee cup down and it just goes everywhere because you don't really have the fine motor control that you have. Now, luckily, I don't have any gigs till Thursday. Because sometimes you get off the plane and like you have to go straight somewhere to play something.

And that is, you know, maybe we could do a podcast episode on that. Yeah. Because that's, that can be challenging. Well, actually, I don't know if you know this. See, you're so off on your calendar, today is Thursday. Oh, my goodness. I do have a gig tonight. This is how that happens.

I'm coming from the future. But you know what? Honestly, if we're talking jet lag here, it's usually when I, I go from east to west, whether that's like home from Europe or to Asia from the United States, those are the worst. And for whatever reason, knock on wood, this trip to Japan, I stayed up the entire flight, 12 and a half hours from, yeah, 12 and a half hours from L.A. to Osaka. I stayed up the entire flight.

I watched three movies. I listened to a bunch of podcasts. I listened to like four records. Wow. I mean, it took like a long, it was a, it was boring AF. I got to be honest. I mean, it was really boring. But the first time ever I stood up for the entire flight,

got over there. We went out for some amazing yacotori the first night. Oh, I know. I got the pictures. The yacotori is where it's that man. How can we don't have any yacotori here in the States, at least not in St. Louis? First of all, you got to, because we don't say it correctly.

That's the first problem. Oh, gosh. Okay. So, but anyway, I slept that first night, and I woke up, like, ready to go fresh of the daisy. That's never, ever happened. No jet lag on the way over. So I was super grateful for that because,

because I wasn't throwing that at you, Ryan. I was just throwing that with you. I'm super grateful for that because we had gigs the next night. Like our first gig was the next night and I was, usually it takes me a couple days. And the rest of the band was struggling, but I was like, whatever, guys, I'm good. You pro, I'll take a solo.

So how was the tour? That's what I wanted to ask you about. Tour was awesome, man. It was with our mutual friend Brian Owens. I was pretty much recreating what you had played on the record. It was you and John Cowhard playing keys on this record. Right. And it's a very, like, you know, Brian's a great soul singer is what he's known for,

but he made this record with you guys and a bunch of heavyweights down in Memphis that it's just coming out now. But it's really loose and open, and everybody's dripping out. Oh, my. No, but the feel that you guys that you and John create is just this amazing, lush, you know, background for him. And so, you know, we tried to recreate it with just the trio. It was me, Bob DeBuon bass, Rob Woody on drums. Nice, St. Louis. Nice little St. Louis set up there.

For sure. Yeah, yeah. We had a great time, and it was really fun to play that music. And just the crowds in Japan were amazing. You know, packed houses and super excited throngs of Japanese folks coming to the shows. And we had a great time, man. We ate our way through Osaka. We ate our way through Tokyo.

It was quite the trip. Well, did you get a chance? I don't know if you've seen this. A lot of has happened since you've been gone. I know, man. We were the number four podcast in the music commentary. category in Japan as I had I had a couple of people say you know you'll hear it to me on the way out of the shows it was really really nice yeah that's fun yeah yeah that's good so well I'm especially

proud of that um you know we're number one in Poland I don't know how that happened because we don't do any well Poland is a jazz country it is so I can understand that and they speak English very well they do but I'm especially and then Norway we're number three Italy number three but Japan and Italy I'm really proud of because there's not a lot of English spoken and I don't know if you've noticed is our English is not of the highest caliber. I think our jazz advice is. Our actual uses of the language could leave something to be desired.

Yeah, we speak English pretty good. Party good. Right, right, that's right. So, all right, well, great. So we had some exciting things on the podcast. First, there was the, I had to write it down this time. But we've been getting such great feedback on the, how does that work?

Oh, yeah. Series that you did, what, three weeks ago? The solo theory series I did while you were out in Europe. up. Yeah. Those were fun to make. Yeah. For sure. And the one I kept calling it, what is that? But that's kind of another way to look at it, too. Yeah, you were dad titling, though, with the entire time. You know, the

dad titles where he's like, hey, did you guys see that movie? What is it? Ticktonic. It's about some boat that sank. Ticktonic. Tick-tick-tac. Tick-tac. It's about to sink. Yeah, it's with Leslie DeCorpo or some actor. I don't know. So that's dad titling? I didn't know about that. Yeah, mom speak or dad titling. Yeah, just a little bit off. Got it. Yeah. You go

to the Whole Foods. Oh, Whole Foods. Yeah. Good stuff. So the last three days, we had a very interesting discussion. I had a very interesting discussion.

I wish you'd been here because you could have really added some insight. I got as much as I could from Rick Beato. I know. I listened to on the plane, man. It was great. Yeah, this kind of fell in our lap because, you know,

I knew of Rick Beato, of course. But I think you knew of him. I was a little bit ashamed to say, even during the interview, I didn't really know who he was until recently. Actually, you remember when we, we might have done an episode about the whole Katie Perry lawsuit with Flame and the same connection with the Wash You guy and everything. But at one point I kind of told Rick, I was like that I kind of admitted to him on air, of course,

because I have no shame. I have no shame in my game. You got to be honest, man. You got to be honest. You don't have to be, but I am because I'm not organized enough not to be. But I let him know that that was actually the first time I was, I think I'd seen him. In that, during that thing? Well, he did a video.

about like kind of a reaction and analysis of the first judgment, I guess, in L.A., like in July or August. It was this past summer. You know, about how Flame, who was the artist from St. Louis, that supposedly Katie Perry stole this thing from it, and he got an award

on that. It was a St. Louis attorney and a St. Louis, quote-unquote, expert witness that we both may have a little connection with. But the thing about it was, I told Rick, after we talked about it, after I watched this video again, I was like, dude, you should have been the expert witness. Like, he really, have you seen this breakdown on, on, on, like, the two songs?

He's basically like, I can't believe I'm dedicating this much time to this garbage, but let me break it down. He doesn't say that. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. But, I mean, he breaks it down. He even kind of talks about, like, jazz musicians have been doing the Sharp 7 and so that's nothing you can copyright. Oh, no. So I saw the Adam Neely one, but I haven't seen Rick's.

Right. I'll go check it out. It's similar. It's from a little different, like, it's a really good analysis. I mean, he truly could have, like, if he had been the expert witness in that case, it would have gone the other way, I think. Well, I think almost if anybody else would have been the expert witness.

That was just crazy. Are we putting air quotes on expert? We're not even doing that anymore. That's exactly right. So another, some other exciting things. We released a course by Ruben Rogers. I know that's not on your talking points, but we did release a jazz.

Ruben Rogers is always on my talking points. Man, he's such a cool cat. Yeah, he is. I mean, he really is. With a K. With a K. He's the definition of a cool cat. Yeah.

He released a course that we produced called Jazz Baseline Basics, just like literally the basics of how to create great baselines. And he breaks it down so specifically. We've got a great reaction from it so far. So we're stoked to have Rubin's very first solo course. Did you know that?

I did know that. He's on two other courses of ours. This is his first solo one. Right. Stoked about it. Yeah, I mean, he's a kind of regular at Open Studio, and he's done, like, on the rhythm section fundamentals, he did some sort of deep dives,

you know, on particular lessons into the bass's role. But yeah, this is his first time. It took a little bit of nudging. I don't think he'd mind us putting that out on the YouTube's and the podcast. He's so humble, man. He's like, well, I don't know if anybody wants to hear what Ruben Rogers has to say about bass lines. You kidding me? I was like, I want to know.

I don't even play bass. It was awesome. And I have it from good authority from like an expert professional bass player that even though it's a very like sort of basic course. Beginner, he's like, yeah, man, I learned some stuff watching it. Right. Back to the fundamentals. Those are always key. That's right.

So we have a lot of exciting stuff coming up next week, but I just want to see, did we catch up on everything that we missed out on between your comings and my goings and my comings and your going? Before I left for Tokyo, we played a gig for one of our favorite organizations. Not just in St. Louis, but anywhere called Pianos for People. Pianos for People. Check out Piano.

We're going to put a link below for you to learn about this wonderful organization. Pianos for People.org. They hook families. who need a piano but can't afford a piano up with an actual acoustic upright piano. They put them in homes. They refurbish these uprights and then they deliver them for free. Not only that, but they give them then free piano lessons if they want them. This was the vision of our dear friend Tom Townsend.

Yes, R.P. Tom. It's so important to continue on Tom's vision for this, really just helping kids find music, Pianos for People.org. Check it out. Yeah, and I think that, you know, this is a St. based, you know, charitable organization nonprofit. But I really can see this model. First of all, I think this is happening in some other places. I think I've heard of it.

I could certainly see this going more. I mean, it's something near and dear to our hearts, but it's not, yeah, it's about panels, but it's about, I love this concept of, like, salvaging something that there's an abundance of. I mean, like, if we were to put the Kranick and Bach on Craigslist right now, we would have to put a negative number attached to it or to get someone to people. Yeah, it's so true. Right. But, you know, okay, maybe the Kranach and Bach is beyond its years. But there's all, I mean, there's such an abundance of pianos all around the world, but definitely in the U.S. and Canada and Europe. I mean, everywhere. Basements and churches and schools and everywhere that they don't want anymore.

That they don't want, but there's, like we forget, there are people that, I mean, music is power. This is a powerful. I think it's the, I mean, look, we're preaching to the choir. No, of course, you're listening to this podcast. Yeah. But, you know, I was thinking about, and we were on the same show, my band, the 442s kicked off the show and you closed the show. Right. But we didn't actually get to run into each other. Right. Two ships passing in the night. It was your first day back from being gone.

It was my last day before leaving. Right. But anyway, I was thinking that night about, you know, I've done some work with master classes over at Pianos for People and worked with the kids over there. Yeah. And we know that from personal experience, like our young friend Royce Martin,

who's at the Berkeley College of Music right now, started out with Pianos for People when he was 15. and really... He's right there. That's right. They're looking at him on the website. Young Star Rising. And they hooked him up with us

so that we can mentor him and he's just a terrific musician. But even the kids who, they're not going to be Royces, they're not going to go to music school, they're not going to be professional musicians. It gives them this community to be a part of centered around

learning the piano, which we know how important that is for every other aspect of your life. It can just really teach you so many life lessons. So shout out to pianos for people. Absolutely. It's a renewal of the music,

of the physical. physically manifested with these pianos coming back to life and kids and families, it's beautiful. So, yeah, that was fun. You guys sounded amazing. The 442s. I know a lot of our listeners have heard

because we featured the music here and you have a new member, a couple new members, a lot of exciting things happening. Oh, yeah, it was your first time here in the new lineup. It was, yeah, very exciting, very exciting. Cool.

Good stuff. So we have, we'll just sort of, let's just sort of tease out. This was cool to catch up and, but next week, because today's Thursday. Yeah. So a week from today is,

a holiday in the U.S. that we kind of, I don't know, I kind of have mixed feelings about, to be honest. I'm a little unpatriotic in some ways. Oh, it's my favorite holiday. It's your favorite holiday. I mean, for me, it's like, I love giving thanks.

It's Thanksgiving, first of all. And since, you know, we're number two in Norway, number one. We've got to explain it. It's a holiday based around food and being grateful. What's not to love? I don't want to get too political.

Yeah, of course. But, you know, there's that little part. Certainly. Asteris. But we can make it our own from this point forward. Let's make it our own. Let's improve upon it. No, but we have Thanksgiving. And like traditionally with the Open Studio community, the day after Thanksgiving, we have some very big promotions and deals kicking off the Black Friday and kind of holiday season.

And that's another thing that we're a little bit, I'm a little bit against the whole shopping frenzy. But people really seem to enjoy it. And we love spreading the love with these courses. So we're going to have all new promotions, all new deals, and it's going to be huge. And for you'll hear it listeners, it's going to be exclusive. We can't even talk about it today. We're not going to talk about it today, but we do have a very special. offer only for you'll hear it.

Do you know what it is? I do know what it is, but I'm not going to say it right now. I feel like one of us at any moment now, it just blurt it out. Don't say it. Well, and it's exciting because this year it's going to be exclusive and special just for the you'll hear it listeners. We have something great for everybody.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, but we've never done that before, so we're excited about that. Yeah, and in the meantime, in fact, the best way to kind of be alerted about this, even if you're on our mailing list and everything, is to go, we have a big giveaway. Am I calling it the right thing? Yeah, it's a giveaway.

That's correct. It's a sweepstakes, right? Nope. It's a giveaway. It's don't say sweepsticks. It's a giveaway. We have a giveaway we're doing. This is the first time we've ever done this. And it's really quite awesome. And if you go to, just go to Open Studio Jazz.com and scroll down, you'll see it right there on our homepage. But, you know, first prize is the ultimate Open Studio access, all courses forever. We are literally giving people keys to the building. That's right. Do you have keys to the building? I have a key. Oh, you have a key. They're getting keys.

It deactivates after midnight, to be honest. They're getting keys to every single lesson. And we set something up on one-on-one Skype level. with Peter Martin or Adam Manus. Or, I love the or. Yeah, why, or? Did they have a choice? They do have a choice. I have a feeling. Dealer's choice.

I don't know which one most people could. It's going to be Peter Manus. Someone's going to ask for Peter Manus or Adam Martin. No, but I kind of said on the video, I said if they want to do it with both of us, that's cool, too. Oh, that'd be cool. Yeah. And then a bunch of swag and stuff.

So anyway, go to OpenCitoJaz.com. You don't have to buy anything. It's a giveaway. It's valued at $10,000. It's actually going to be worth a lot more. We're even going to have some extra surprises. There's second prize, third prize. And what's cool is like there's a bunch of ways you can join.

I mean, there's a bunch of ways you can get extra entries. And I think the main one is like, is it $3,000? No, $5,000. This is crazy. Okay, now I understand why a bunch of people did this. Okay, if you send in a video of you playing a motion and motion, our theme song. Yeah, yeah, yeah. What you're going to hear in just a few seconds, send in a video of you playing it,

you will get 5,000 entries into this giveaway. It's like, it's waited. Like the lottery, like you'd get 5,000 tickets. Exactly. If you just give your email address and sign up, you get one. Hold on. Okay. It doesn't apply.

You got to read the five employees. No employees. And like I said in the video, look, you can do inequality level. We just have to recognize. You know, we're going to give you an A for an effort. Well, we're actually going to give you 5,000 entries for an effort. And then the other one that's kind of big 4,000 entries is transcribe a jazz piano method lesson and send it in.

That's only for fourth. We've only gotten one of those so far. Well, what's double is you get 4,000 entries and you get the knowledge of transcribing jazz piano lessons. Priceless. Priceless, exactly right. But there's a bunch of other ways. Rating and review, right? Rating and review.

Oh, actually, look at that. Visit our nonprofit partner Pianos for People. That'll get you 50 just for visiting that website, 50 entries. Just for visiting the website? Just for visiting the website. Oh, that's awesome. And so we've already had like hundreds of people sign up, but you could really wait yourself, and we're excited about this. And we're going to even be throwing in some extra stuff.

That's so cool. And it's a giveaway. You know, no purchase necessary. That's so great, man. So check that out. OpenCadioJazz.com. And until tomorrow, do hear it.