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NewJazz Youtube Channel (LinearLineman is this you?)
@LinearLineman , the way he talks sounds familiar. I like his (your?) easygoing style
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Not impressed by this guy, tho I like his personality. First, I don’t agree with his bird symphony analogy. Birds don’t alter their songs, so they are not improvising. Put a bunch of birds together and you get random aggregations of samples. It’s not unexpected... it never is anything more than what you think a bunch of birds sound like.
Also, who is this guy? Eleven plus minutes and I don’t even know what instrument he plays. Finally, he really says nothing but be yourself. But, very nice demeanor. And, obviously, not me.
Here are three examples of how I come off as the video teacher, Honest Mike. Made tongue in cheek, in Greece, five years ago....
I agree on the bird song details Mike. Birds repeat and are predictable in their note choices. But I get his message when they are assembled into an ensemble a randomness emerges unlike a human ensemble that only occasionally improvises.
I watched one of his piano improvising videos and he breaks some complicated sounds into some basic hand formations and clusters, sequences and introduces variations in an 11 minute lessen that would take months to fully investigate and the results have a Keith Jarette sound that’s decidedly jazz flavored and less cliched that the usual jazz lessons based on standards. Definitely closer to nature jazz than piano bar stylings. Anything that helps provided a framework for creativity is a good thing. I’m sure he has an audience fir his approach to open the doors to exploration of sounds.
My apologies, Mike, in case you find the image I had of you in my head to be offensive. This image was influenced by your posts about creativity - stuff about chi, awareness, presence, etc.
This is actually the first video of the "bus driver" Oliver that I saw, posted on another forum. The "walk in the woods and listen to the birds" video was posted as a response on that forum to our own "who is this guy" question.
Despite the title, it's not just a bunch of licks without explanation, actually.
@GovernorSilver, no problems, mate. I like the guy. If @McD thinks he has something to offer in other videos I’m all for it.
... I just listened to his video. He’s a sweet guy. I wish he didn’t feel he had to use a delay/reverb and he needn’t criticize his playing at half speed. I actually preferred listening to the slow version.
My beef with this approach is the “watch this, now you do it” method. Also, when he used the phrase “jazz tool kit” he lost me. It’s the difference between a jazz simulacrum and demonstrating what is at the heart of things. I understand folks want to play jazzy stuff right away and not everyone needs to go so deep. The “They laughed when I sat down to play the piano” has a weird implication for me, tho.
Jazz is so deeply felt by so many that, although it is not race based, it can be an appropriative art form.
“I love jazz” can often be similar to “I have a lot of black friends”, tho not so serious. But to true jazz fanatics listening is almost like playing. There’s a participation that is all encompassing and genuine. Maybe this is what turns me off about Oliver’s approach. It’s chummy but misses the mark for genuineness and originality. He wants to help people with tricky playing.
Just my personal approach and opinion, however.
In the Keyboard Corner forum, listening was also brought up as a concern by an advanced/pro level player on the equivalent discussion thread on this video. I don't know yet if Oliver mentions listening at any point of the video as I've been using it as a refresher on when to move the hand and on what finger while playing arpeggios, and so haven't gotten past the Level 1 yet.
The reception was more enthusiastic from beginner and intermediate level players such as myself.
There used to be a guy on that forum who thought Mike Longo was the only teacher worth studying with. Hope he's doing ok. He hasn't posted for more than 2 years now and was said to be of advanced age.
I think his videos on technique are very good. Would they be suitable for an advanced player? Probably not, but as an intermediate player I find useful things in them and I think he's a great teacher. The handgrip stuff was fantastic. The kind of very basic stuff that just doesn't get taught much. Similarly if you're trying to improve hand independence and rhythm, the exercises he provides are extremely useful.
I'll check out Oliver's handgrip lesson(s). I saw a free improv video of his that mentions handgrip but it seemed to assume the viewer had already watched an earlier lesson.