ZiggyPastorius
Sep 19, 2008, 08:55 PM
So, basically, I finished the first part of my application to Berklee College of Music in Boston yesterday, and when I pay the $150 next Wednesday and turn it in, I can start on section two, which is seven pages of questions, plus an essay. Fun.
Anyways, part of the application process at Berklee is an audition on your principal instrument. I'm an electric bass player, going into Jazz, and I finally sucked it up and decided I'm going to play Continuum, by Jaco Pastorius as one of my audition songs to demonstrate my technical skills. Now, I need a jazz piece which I can use to show my ability to:
a) Walk a bass line
b) "Be a bass player," essentially showing I have a solid grasp on rhythm, tempo, and just being the foundation of a jazz song,
and c) Improvisation/soloing.
I need these in one song, so I need a good jazz song that is challenging, with some good chord progressions, and then a good solo section. If anyone has any idea, that'd be really awesome.
That's really the essence of my question. I'll also have to demonstrate my theory knowledge and such, but I have 0 worries about that.
Anyways, part of the application process at Berklee is an audition on your principal instrument. I'm an electric bass player, going into Jazz, and I finally sucked it up and decided I'm going to play Continuum, by Jaco Pastorius as one of my audition songs to demonstrate my technical skills. Now, I need a jazz piece which I can use to show my ability to:
a) Walk a bass line
b) "Be a bass player," essentially showing I have a solid grasp on rhythm, tempo, and just being the foundation of a jazz song,
and c) Improvisation/soloing.
I need these in one song, so I need a good jazz song that is challenging, with some good chord progressions, and then a good solo section. If anyone has any idea, that'd be really awesome.
That's really the essence of my question. I'll also have to demonstrate my theory knowledge and such, but I have 0 worries about that.
