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Name: Open Studio
Address: 3333 Washington Ave., St. Louis, Missouri
Rating: 4.81

4.8 Rating 2,718 Reviews

96 %

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4.8

Based on 2,718 reviews

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Open Studio - Jazz Lesson from Jazz Legends
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Open Studio provides jazz education from today's leaders in jazz in an easy to use and interactive viewing environment.

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“I felt so bad using all the free stuff on You Tube. Thats why i signed up. But boy! The Content is amazing and it's been a while that i made so much progress the last few years. Keep it up and wish you guys all the best on your teaching journey. Lot of Love Andi from Switzerland”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I joined Open Studio to try the bass lessons. I play electric. Although almost all lessons are for upright, I have great use of the material.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I started taking piano lessons as a kid in the Canadian "Royal Conservatory" system, which is classically oriented and gave me a great deal of value. I never became the greatest player in the world, but have been able to play well enough to accompany singing students I've taught privately and at the college level. In addition to classical, I've loved jazz and pop my whole life, (I have a major Steely Dan fetish!) But, can really only play that stuff with sheet music in front of me. I've always been jealous of the improvisers. Throughout the pandemic I started listening to Adam and Peter's podcast as a way to see if I might pick up some jazz piano tips. I'm also a bit of a theory nerd, so I enjoy all the jazz theory talk. That led me to buying the chords practic pack. But, after 1 lesson I decided I needed to back up one more step to really get the whole "root, shell, pretty" of voicings thing into my fingers. So, I got Jazz Chords For Beginners. I've only been at it for a week, but I love it! I love Adam's enthusiasm, and easy-going approach, and the exercises are great. I've been going slowly through the I, ii, and V chords in 5 note voicings, playing them chromatically and through the circle of fourths. I've slowed way down, and spent a lot of time really looking at where my fingers are and feeling the shapes. For the first time I'm developing a physical sense of what my hands do in all 12 keys. I've always had a horrible habit of leaving out flats and sharps in different keys, even though I know intellectually that I'm supposed to play them. I'm already feeling even more confident when I'm reading music, and starting to feel more comfortable with my ii-V-Is through the circle of fourths. I'm enjoying going slowly, playing 3 notes in my left hand/2 notes in my right, then reversing it with 2 notes in the left and 3 in the right. I'm also playing in different rhythms to keep it fun, and really listening to the chord qualities as another failsafe against doing dumb things like mistakenly playing major 7ths in dominant and minor chords, etc. I'm not going to rush to the next step until I've got these ones under my fingers. Then, on to the diminished, half-diminished, and minor 6ths! I'm imagining that the 4 note rootless and left handed-rootless chords will come a bit faster after getting the 5 note voicings more securely. But, I'm not in a rush. I'm just having fun. I do look forward being able to put some of this stuff to use on standards that I love in the future. What's fun is that I can actually see that it will be possible! For variety, I'm playing through my collection of Steely Dan transcriptions, and find that even as I read the sheet music, many of the juicy altered chords they use make that much more sense to me on a physical, kinesthetic level. My 60th birthday is at the end of June, and as a special gift, I'm going to go in on a Casio Privia PX-S7000 with my Mom and Sister, who want to spoil me, but not quite enough to pay the whole shot themselves! Assuming I like how much it sounds as I love how it looks, I'm looking forward to going into the store and having some things I can play off the top of my head to take it through its paces. So, this is a lovely new learning phase for me that I'm feeling very jazzed about. (See what I did there?) :-) Thanks for the great instruction and for helping me wire some new synapses in my musical brain! Rigzin P.S. Thanks for putting me on to SoundSlice, too! I now use it as an amazing teaching tool for a choir I conduct. My students love it, and so do I! You guys put me on to that one too.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“So far, so good! I've just started with the basic lessons as a kind of review of what I already know, and yet I've already learned some interesting things. What I would slightly tweak is the fact that sometimes it takes quite a bit to match the lesson to the related materials, for example the backing tracks. In my opinion, instead of having the materials in some kind of pool, it would be much more practical to have them "glued" to the lesson :-), so you have the tools to practice right there, without having to look for them elsewhere, or far down the page. Warm regards!! Ricardo”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Obviously the best Jazz course I have ever seen, and I have seen a bunch. However, I find Adam's lessons much more useful in terms of pace, depth and the way of presentation. No doubt Peter is a more experienced professional, and there are indeed gems in some of the videos (especially the YouTube series), but maybe Peter has been a pro for too long and has lost the empathy for level 1-3 beginners. Some of the courses, even though with "beginner" in the title, and starts with super-rudimentary interval, major/minor chord building, soon skips to a lot of improv and tips that are not very practiceable and progressive. I myself might be a strange combination, but let me elaborate. I'm not in the music business but I take piano and keyboard series, most of the early times I self-learn, and it's been like that for ~10 years (I'm 36 now). As an adult I learn the theory of things super fast, I'm perfectly aware of the scales, chord qualities, modes, shell voicing, blues form, etc., because I've read like 50 jazz books and followed pretty much every piano / jazz tutor on YouTube. The thing is, knowing something by brain is so different than creating flow of notes confidently by hands. Living in an env without much communications amongst musicians I don't have the privilege to learn by imitation and conversation, so even my technique is probably medium level and I can play ok with clear instructions, it haunts me badly when I sit with only chord progressions and has to come up good patterns just in time. I find Adam's pentatonics series very enjoyable, practicing those patterns makes me feel closer to the feel of improv and they do sound good. However, scanning through all the lessons I find there is still a missing link for people like me. If I'm allowed to speak for my kind of people. I don't really need anything rudimentary so it's not like every lesson has to start with definitions of major/minor/tonality/blues scale/form/pentatonics/altered scale/etc., but I desperately need for some ingredients to start improv, probably step by step. First with ingredients of choice of notes (pentatonics) and probably some rhythms (which Adam had some in the Rhythm course), then with the palettes do some GPS that mix and match the combos of the ingredients. I really love the "call and response" style GPS because I don't have other musicians to practice with, so I imagined that Adam would do some comping and improv, 8 measures, then for the student. The same thing goes for comping, in a reversely way. I know everything is created on the spot but there are definitely patterns that can get us a real kickstart. Also it would be nice to dissect famous standards performances that use certain patterns to put more confidence in students. This way, together with some ideas for how students could explore and push the envelope little by little, then it would be very nice. With all that said, your courses and videos are the closest to what I really loved to learn with. If you need my inputs on build new courses, please do make contact, I'm more than happy to help!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Great, really enjoying it”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Those that are studying at Open Studio are most certainly getting their money's-worth...and more !! From Peter Martin to Adam Maness, and, and, and, you can't go wrong...Open Studio Hosts a Top-Notch, Professional Group of Teachers, versed in all areas of the field...especially if you want to up-your-game in the Jazz World, but most certainly not limited to just Jazz! You couldn't be in better hands. . .”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Open Studio is an awesome platform for musicians who love jazz, it's really inspiring to practice everyday with all the teachers and have direct feedback from really world class musicians!! I'm so proud of being an OS pro member for many years and love all the content they are constantly sharing and the commitment to offer the best for us. The support from everyone at the community is great! OS has definitely made me fall in love with practice, thank you!!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Open Studio is a music learner's school, playground, and best of all, community. This is where people who love making music come together, whatever their skill level.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I love it! It has really revolutionized my playing and my understanding of music and has lifted my ears to be able to transcribe the music I love!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Open Studio is great for studying music; all styles and instruments!!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Absolutely incredible 360 degree jazz education, with a wonderful and supportive community that turbocharges the experience. I look forward to every session, and end up a better player (or listener) every time. Ten stars. Or more.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Open Studio has been a game changer for me. It gives me a structure to follow the lessons on Open Studio Pro live or at my own pace later if I can't make the time or day. As a Double bassist I am of course a fan of Mr Deboo but also watch the Masterclass series with Reuben Rogers. In addition the ear training, transcribing lessons and Bass specific course's are an added bonus.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I wrotea review a few weeks ago.I ha ve been a member of over a year, not recently. fredweinrauch, piano player”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I think this is one of the best learning tools available for the novice to the pro I subscribed to hone my bass skills upright/ electric and got more bang for the buck the piano tutorials are excellent highly recommended for anyone wanting to improve their overall musicianship.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I am a member of Open Studio Pro, which also gives me access to Open Studio's content. The entire platform is super-welcoming, and calibrated to meet you where you are. Some content is free, other content you can pay for just as you need it, and other membership levels give you broader access. The content is structured both to improve overall musicians in jazz and also to help you focus on the challenges of particular instruments. So, on the content/platform questions, OS provides a ton of great content of just the type you need, when you need it. But the truly unique characteristic of the platform is the combination of the super-friendly and gifted instructors and the community. Making music is not an acquisition of data, it's an internalization of language and culture. The culture of OS is second to none. If you want to work with and be supported by musicians actually doing music with you and for you, I couldn't recommend OS more highly. It's setting the standard.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I signed up for the Bass Pro offering because you get excellent tutoring from Bob DeBoo as well as courses by some of the greats. Ron Carter and Christian McBride to name two. The learning interface is simple to use and there is really good content for all levels of bassist!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“I like Open Studio, but I find most of the classes to be over my head. I always feel like the explanations of the material are not adequate for me.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Open Studio is the best music and jazz educational program that I have found on the internet for an incredibly affordable fee. It has helped me improve my performance skills immensely. I highly recommend it to people of all ages, skill levels and nationalities. It would cost you thousands of dollars to get the same amount of information anywhere else.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“As long as i can afford it is fine Chris Parks class is excellent because he makes you play all the time and forces you to be in time. Jeremys class is great except you have to ask him and he will listen to you play which helps a great deal. He needs pdfs Adams facebook site is excellent because he has ideas that will help you with hand coordination. ADAM wants us to use his beginner course online which is fine BUT he should a practice routine I think people need to LISTEN TO ALL the instruments. Find out what the timing is . That will improve our ear”

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Posted 2 years ago

Open Studio is rated 4.8 based on 2,718 reviews