Open Studio Reviews

"This is exactly the type of teaching I was looking for. Well explained and have not found any typos in the PDFs to date. Finally a method to all this jazz madness. Will consider becoming a member before the year is out. "

"One of the best platforms for studying music online, Open Studio is an integral part of my practice routine. "

"Peter and Adam are superb instructors. They are expert players and know how to teach. They truly want the students to achieve great jazz playing. There is so much material it\u2019s hard to get to it all!"

"I thought I should start with Jazz Piano Jump-Start. I know all the material, but somewhat abstractly \u2014 i.e., I don\u2019t have it all down in my fingers. This course is enabling me to catch up on some basics I\u2019m missing. It\u2019s brilliantly done, and fun. I\u2019m definitely a fan."

So many amazing courses that will cater for all levels of jazz piano. This review is specifically for Peter Martin’s “Jazz Piano Method.” Intermediate/ Advanced level. Peter is a world class performer, and breaks down a jazz standard each week, in detail. He offers fantastic advice and suggestions re voicings, soloing, ways to approach the melody, and recordings to check out. Each ore recorded video is used with Sound Slice, a great tool that allows you to slow down, loop any part of the video. Notation of Peter’s playing is on the screen, which you can also loop via sound slice. Camera angle showing his hands from above, is great. If you’re wanting to take your solo jazz piano playing in a new direction, I would highly recommend “The Jazz Piano Method.”

"Hi there!\r\nI'm very happy that I found Open Studio. It's an amazing resource for great jazz education at highest professional standards.\r\nI'm a professional composer and bass player, but I wanted to switch to piano as my main instrument, and it's a long road, but I know I'm in the right path with Open Studio.\r\nNow for the feedback:\r\nAdam, the Pentatonics Course is amazing, it has really opened my eyes. But, there's something I would have wished: In the guided practice sessions, let's say \"Take the Coltrane\") you make the walking and the comping, but you don't play yourself an example of the exercises as you would practice them. I think it would be a great help that you play it once. \r\nThank you very much, you are making and incredible work for jazz education and for musicians who want to take the next step.\r\nI'm definitely going to get the Piano Access Pass.\r\nBest regards.\r\nGustavo Guardiola\r\n"

"I'm a lapsed pianist, have a digital piano that I go on occasionally, but decided after seeing the youtube sessions that I wanted more.\nAdam and Peter's Jump Start Jazz really takes it from square one, but in an interesting way. Sure you have to practice scales, there's no shortcut to that, they aren't promising a secret.\nAdam's patience in the scales, ear training, etude and free play make it feel, as close as you can with a recording, like you have a teacher with you. The soundslice display of the score is really useful too. \nI signed up for the Piano Subscription, which is around \u00a328 per month. Compared to what I spend on other things (usually and now in lockdown) I think that's reasonable, and actually buying in to the course gives me more of a reason to actually practice rather than put it off because I'm busy or tired.\nThe dynamic of Peter and Adam is great too and cheers me up whenever I watch....#WouldRecommend"