Good Morning Blues – A fresh start

After writing many songs in different styles, I realize the big weight I carried on my shoulders trying to fit into a system I wasn’t made for. I’m back with a brand-new collaboration in a genre I haven’t tried yet.

Jazz. Yes, you listened right: Jazz. It’s been a parallel universe, because the emotion, culture, music theory and instrumentation of various genre of jazz have been completely unknown for me. I often thought I had to learn 15 years of music theory to understand the magic of 7b5 chords and modal shifts, so I shied away.

I never ever expected to work on something jazzy, but some days ago, I came up with a melody I was not able to harmonize with every technique I learned from pop, rock and electro. It’s on a scale I never heard before, major and minor chords didn’t work, a blues progression didn’t work and when I tried to understand the music theory behind harmonization of that weird scale, my head just burst. I’m happy that I found people, who tried to find a practical way how to approach and solve my problem without digging too deep into theory. Andrew Russell took my melody and created an awesome jazz piano trio arrangement around it. After listening, I found myself on the piano and added more tracks without thinking about scale and chords. Our result it on YouTube now:

Am I a jazzer? Definitely not. There is too much to learn, but I have a start. I may listen to musicians I never heard before, I may try to understand the nomenclature of chords I never used before, do something with swing and shuffle beats, and more importantly: Improvisation and Jam. I will never be a good pianist, but I think that extending your knowledge and musical background can help a lot in any genre.

I’m taking a short social media hiatus to focus on songwriting and organizing my projects. 2022 will be another year full of great music. I’m still not able to produce and listen to electronic dance music, but I’m opening myself up for whatever. Be prepared for completely different songs every month. I’ll respond to your requests on SoundCloud, YouTube and Instagram as soon as possible.