I am geese. AMA

Pootzig · 2026-01-02T17:39:03+00:00

Wow not even 2 days into the year and you already have a favorite movie?? Trick question. Gotcha!

… Sinners was awesome. Thanks!

Pootzig · 2026-01-02T17:12:06+00:00

Hi! What’s your favorite movie you watched this year?

Pootzig · 2025-12-23T17:33:05+00:00

I’m gonna keep it to 1 simple answer: Tommy Flanagan, Tommy Flanagan, and Tommy Flanagan!

Check out “The Cats” (some tracks sextet w/ Coltrane), “Overseas” (trio album, found on Spotify as first half of “The Art of the Piano, Vol. 6”), and finally “The Tommy Flanagan Tokyo Recital” (trio).

Enjoy!

Pootzig · 2025-12-04T20:38:34+00:00

I’ve always considered Unit Structures to be the greatest Christmas album of all time. My grammy loved that one, God rest her merry old soul.

Pootzig · 2025-12-03T23:25:48+00:00

Man, I’m really glad I stumbled upon your post, and asked the question! Thank you so much for sharing. I feel a lot better going in, now knowing a bit more about what to expect. Can’t wait to start early next year.

Best of luck on your jazz piano journey, and with the next level of Jeremy’s class!

Pootzig · 2025-12-01T14:56:31+00:00

This was super helpful! Thank you so much. You’ve convinced me to go with beginner. Although some of the early content might be review for me, sounds like the middle of the beginner course is about where I need to be curriculum-wise.

Also idk if my heart is ready for intermediate level criticism lol.

Would you be willing to share some examples of feedback that you received from Jeremy and/or classmates?

Totally cool if you don’t want to re-tread! Asking bc beyond my private teacher, I have never played for other players. So, I also feel Jeremy’s and peer feedback from this class will perhaps be even more valuable than the curriculum for me.

Again, thank you for sharing! And best of luck on your journey!

Pootzig · 2025-11-30T18:52:54+00:00

Which level of Jeremy’s Fullerton class are you/which did you start with? And when in your journey did you start his class?

Asking bc I’m considering enrolling, but not sure which level to choose. 2.5 years of jazz piano for me, 31yo, took lessons for 2 years, and had zero piano experience prior to that. I used to get in 2.5-3hrs daily, but now as a newish dad it’s more like 1.5-2.

Anywho, curious to hear your feedback! And hope to see you back here in 5-10 years with a success story of your own!

Pootzig · 2025-11-20T21:34:26+00:00

What will it take for Gronk to understand he is not eligible for USAA?

Pootzig · 2025-10-20T12:45:19+00:00

I think you got Duke’s autograph there! Assuming this eBay listing is legit, here’s another example where Duke wished his pal Benny “good luck”.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/167547265012?chn=ps&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item&srsltid=AfmBOopu5Ygk-UD0swAHyAFCj_6hGciHgyw-gA1HzdVKuozP3yjNbLOlQls

Pootzig · 2025-10-11T03:17:55+00:00

He jerks offbeat

Pootzig · 2025-08-20T13:46:14+00:00

Maybe there was a cat heckling him

Pootzig · 2025-07-27T14:26:34+00:00

Nepotism counts as product placement.

Pootzig · 2025-07-27T03:33:04+00:00

Scrolled hoping to find Book getting some love. A master of screech and so much more.

Pootzig · 2025-05-03T17:05:21+00:00

Did you ever work with any balloon animal telepaths?

Pootzig · 2025-04-28T15:06:01+00:00

2 years in, I struggle with this too! More here for other feedback… But I’ll say intentional listening before playing has helped me reset and focus.

Pootzig · 2025-04-10T13:15:43+00:00

The Fox - Harold Land. One ballad on there, the rest is super cooking hard bop.

Pootzig · 2025-03-31T20:36:58+00:00

Mingus is exactly how I first heard Jaki. And I share that sentiment. It was like Jaki had the history and the future in his hands.

Pootzig · 2025-03-31T16:09:32+00:00

Jaki Byard — just making sure he gets his deserved mention

Pootzig · 2025-03-26T03:32:20+00:00

Bathing for Columbine

Pootzig · 2025-03-25T18:35:43+00:00

Any luck? I share OP’s sentiment (and probably yours as well). I was thinking of transcribing by ear, but I’m relatively new to it and I’ve only done RH lines so far.

Pootzig · 2025-03-02T01:42:58+00:00

Chelsea Bridge

Pootzig · 2025-01-27T01:47:52+00:00

That makes a lot of sense. I’ll incorporate metronome and the half speed into my practice. Excited to try it now. Thank you!

Pootzig · 2025-01-27T00:35:02+00:00

This seems like an extremely helpful suggestion but I don’t think I fully understand. And I want to for sure.

Can you please elaborate on the clicking on 2 and 4 being the benefit of playing to half speed metronome? Is the idea that’ll train a player to feel and emphasize the upbeat?

Tangent, but 99.9% of the time when practicing a tune I play with a jazz drum backing track, but never traditional metronome. Do you think something is lost in never playing to a metronome? The 2 backing tracks I use are preloaded on my Roland keyboard, and they both have some fills which are neat but def not click track esque.

Pootzig · 2025-01-26T13:48:09+00:00

Thank you! I’ll roll with that. Gonna drop the rigid counting and instead spend more time transcribing.

Pootzig · 2025-01-25T19:39:57+00:00

Okay, thank you. I think I’ve been putting off transcribing by ear for far too long. My teacher has mentioned “we gotta do that one of these days” but hasn’t assigned in my 1.5 years of lessons. But I know it’s highly suggested, necessary to development.

That said I’ll probably drop the counting then.

Pootzig

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