Peter Martin 🎹
Peter Martin is an acclaimed jazz pianist and entrepreneur. Over the past 25 years he has performed at most of the major venues and jazz festivals on six continents, including twice at the White House for President Obama. He is the founder of Open Studio, pioneering in the field of online jazz education. Peter was recently featured in the New York Times for his ground breaking work
Appears in 1192 Episodes
What Are We Practicing?
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - today, they list their Mount Rushmore of jazz, as well the things they're sheddi...
How To Connect With Other Musicians During a Pandemic
During these socially distanced days, it's never been more important to find ways to connect with other people. Peter and Adam talk about some ways they've stayed in t...
STOP Doing These 10 Things in Your Solos
We're all guilty of at least one of these - today, Peter and Adam list 10 common mistakes to avoid during your solos.Have you checked out the latest course from Open S...
The Best New Practice Techniques We're Doing
Today on You'll Hear It, Peter and Adam talk about some brand new practice methods they've been trying out and how effective they are.Have you checked out the latest c...
What To Practice
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - today, they get the much-asked question of what the best things to work on durin...
Tips for Memorizing Melody and Changes
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - on this episode, they'll give some advice on memorizing melodies and changes for...
"Tenderly" Taste Advice
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - today, they answer the best way to play "Tenderly," essential jazz solos, and si...
What You Should Start Doing TODAY as an Improvisor
Want to know how to improve your playing right now? Peter and Adam fill you in on some things you can immediately start doing to play better.Interested in more music a...
4 Memory Hacks To Learn Standards
Before you get on the bandstand, it's important to have a few jazz standards under your belt. Today, Peter and Adam give you some hacks to help you memorize oft-called...
Tips for Playing What You Hear
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - on this episode, they’ll be discussing tricks to help you play what you hear, as...
Where Can I Learn Chords & Voicings?
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - today, they'll tell a listener where to go to learn chords and voicings (hint: i...
Set It and Forget It - Starting Tunes
It's another live edition of You'll Hear It where Peter and Adam take your questions - on this episode, they talk about how to set the groove of a tune and how to impr...
7 Tips To Help You FOCUS
It's never been easier than now to be surrounded by distractions - that's why Peter and Adam are here to focus on focusing today.Interested in more music advice? Go he...
How To Fix Boring Solos
There's nothing worse than a solo that puts the audience (or you!) to sleep. Today, Peter and Adam show you how to put some life into your solos.Interested in more mus...
Rhythm Context - What Is It and How to Practice It
Peter and Adam take You'll Hear It live to YouTube and answer some listener questions - on today's episode, they discuss practicing over rhythm context, why you should...
Practicing on 2-5-1 Progressions
Peter and Adam take You'll Hear It live to YouTube and answer some listener questions - on this edition, they field a question on the best way to practice over the eve...
How To Play Joe Henderson Tunes
Peter and Adam take You'll Hear It live to YouTube and answer some listener questions - today, they talk about the genius of Sonny Rollins as well as answer a listener...
Getting Inspired by Other Genres
Peter and Adam take You'll Hear It live to YouTube and answer some listener questions - today, they'll be discussing other genres of music besides jazz that they've le...
How to Improv Over Sus Chords
Peter and Adam take You'll Hear It live to YouTube and answer some listener questions - on this episode, they answer how to improvise over tunes like "Maiden Voyage," ...
The Posture of Practicing
Peter and Adam take You'll Hear It live to YouTube and answer some listener questions - today, they discuss the best way to sit at the piano, talk about how to end tun...
Should I Learn Piano?
Peter and Adam take a listener's question and extoll all the virtues of learning piano for anyone who doesn't play it as their primary instrument on today's episode.Li...
Who's the Kevin Bacon of Jazz?
On today's episode, Peter and Adam discuss who the most prolific jazz musicians are, as well as how many degrees of separation they themselves have from some jazz lege...
5 "Giant Steps" Hacks
Today, Peter and Adam tackle John Coltrane's masterpiece "Giant Steps" and give some helpful tips to make navigating this tune a little easier.5 Giant Steps Hacks:4 no...
Recent Reads: Peter & Adam's Book Club
Peter and Adam discuss some of the self-help books they've been diving into lately on this episode.Recent Reads:Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habit...
The Worst Blues Podcast Ever
We're all about giving a voice to many different viewpoints on the You'll Hear It podcast, and in the spirit of healthy debate, we respond to an op-ed sent in to us by...
Peter and Adam's Lightbulb Moments
On today's episode, Peter and Adam go over some moments in their musical history where an idea or concept finally clicked.Friday's Open Studio Live Events (All times i...
We Answer Your Most Pressing Questions
You asked and we answered - Peter and Adam take on even more listener questions today over a wide variety of topics (like what happened to Adam's beard?)Links From Thi...
Your Questions... Answered
Peter and Adam dust off the ol' Speakpipe today as they tackle 3 different listener questions. Wanna send a SpeakPipe of your own? Just go to https://youllhearit.com/p...
Play This, Not That (On the Blues)
It's another new mini-series from YHI: Play This, Not That. In the series premiere, Peter and Adam show you all the correct and incorrect things to play when soloing o...
Play Like a Great: Play Blues Like Oscar Peterson
In another edition of Play Like a Great, Peter and Adam break down the undisputed champ of heavyweight blues licks: Oscar Peterson.Links From This Episode:There's a br...
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