Ep. 19 - Jeff Schneider

Hello everyone,

This is Mirko Guerrini, and I welcome you to the Jazz Transcription Clinic, a monthly interviews podcast where we talk with accomplished jazz doctors about their lives, careers and personal transcription secrets. 

On this episode of the Jazz Transcription Clinic Podcast, Mirko Guerrini interviews the guest jazz doctor: Jeff Schneider.

Listen to Jeff's answers to the questions below: 
00:00 Introduction
03:41 Why do you transcribe?
11:03 What do you expect to learn from a transcription?
12:31 How do you choose solos? 
25:10 What is your transcribing methodology?
35:39 Do you write it down?
41:39 How do you incorporate transcriptions into your playing?
43:04 How do you practise the solos?
48:47 Who was the most difficult one to transcribe?
51:50 What is your favourite solo that you transcribed? 

Jeff Schneider is a DownBeat Magazine award winner, three-time recipient of the ASCAP Young Jazz Composer Award, YouTuber with over 250,000 subscribers, and music educator with thousands of students all over the world. Jeff’s music is featured in films and advertisements by NASA, BET Networks, CNN, Google, Ferrari and many more.

🎹 You can check Jeff Schneider's music and projects here:
https://jeffschneidermusic.com/
https://www.youtube.com/jeffschneidermusic

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