In this blog post, I hope to clarify some misconceptions about the subject of improvisation. Since defining one’s terms is the trench in which clarity lives
Author: Brian Jump
Brian Jump is a guitarist, teacher, and audio engineer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He teaches commercial music and technology at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Tone is Everything
Playing guitar well lives and dies in the trench of your tone. Capturing the right sound is more than adjusting the knobs on your amp,
Advice for the Gigging Musician
Introduction In this post, I’ve compiled a list of advice for the gigging musician. It’s divided into three categories: (1) equipment and gear, (2) repertoire
Improvising and Meditating
I think of improvising as an intellectual challenge that is analogous to meditating. When I’m reading the chords of a song, or watching the hand
Harmonic Improvisation
To solo harmonically is to make melodic decisions based on chords changes. The experience of soloing in this way is similar to the experience of
Breaking a String on Stage
Introduction Everyone is happy, the band sounds great, you’re playing fly lick after fly lick, your band-mates are amped up about the impending chorus, the
