Downbeat Review - Aimee Nolte’s voice is beautiful, sonorous and reflective on her latest album Looking For The Answers, The singer arranged and produced every track on the album, lending a consistent aesthetic and laid-back vibe to most of the cuts here. What separates Nolte from other vocalists and composers is the poetry and storytelling quality of her compositions, with lyrics reminescent of Joni Mitchell - just minus Mitchell playfulness. “Save Me One Last Time” speaks to the bandleadeader’s seriousness as a lyricists when the theme of lost love is addressed: “If I keep on falling, I’ll be lost forever/ Save me one last time.” [ 
Why Does Practicing Feel So...Vulnerable
As musicians, we have our own unique struggles when it comes to practicing our craft. Not wanting anyone to hear you practice is normal. At least for me it is.
Forget The Form! Solo Over The Tag!
https://nebula.tv/aimeenolte See this video on Nebula for free (and get the pdf) and then sign up if the spirit moves you! Using examples from Miles Davis's and Dizzy Gillespie's bands, I talk about what it's like to solo over "a tag" and actually solo over one for over 11 minutes on the piano. 1-6-2-5, 3-6-2-5, and other variations are such an integral part of the jazz vocabulary!
What it MEANS to “TAKE A SOLO?”
Using famous solos by Eddie Van Halen, Mark Knopfler, George Harrison, and Slash, we look at what it takes to actually "take a solo." What goes on behind the solo, what is in the mind of the performer - the chords, the form of the song, and the confines and freedoms that go into soloing.
Can You Recognize The Blues?
How is your knowledge of the blues? Do you think you can recognize these obscure blueses - and can I fool you with a couple that aren't anywhere close to being blueses? We'll talk form, music theory, style, meter and have a bunch of fun while we play this game or sorts.
Chances are - The first song you wrote sounded like this
Ami G and F are like magic for some reason. Those chords tend to be some of the first that people discover when they start exploring the piano and they are the building blocks for some of the greatest songs ever written and of songs YET to be written!
How Dizzy Taught Me To Play Fast
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Let's look at this killer sixteenth note blues lick that I transcribed from Dizzy Gillespie and how I went about teaching myself to use it everywhere possible as I work on my jazz improv.
The Future of Jazz
Ad-free content and new classes each week! https://nebulaclasses.com/aimeenolte Hang out with me and explore the world of the summer jazz camp - and more specifically, the Hilton Head Jazz camp in South Carolina where we will hear and see the inner workings of jazz education up close!
The App That Is Changing The Way I Improvise
Download MelodEar here: http://melodear-app.com/melodear and start a new way of hearing harmony, a new way of approaching melody, a new way of practicing and a new method of ear training.