What Is your Jazz

Listen to "What Is Your Jazz" on Spreaker. There used to be a time when anything with sound drove me insane. It must be a radio thing. Sitting in a production studio trying to craft a great feature and or commercial and the commotion outside the door bled onto the recording tape or digital device. I had to start over. Time I wasn't going to get back. On this podcast we travel into that area again by looking at noise as being a tool more than an interruption. During these days of social distancing and having to work from home with your spouse in one room and kids and animals in another there really isn't anything more bothersome than having to deal with an atmosphere you aren't used to. I invite you to pause. Go to YouTube and listen to Jazz. Learning to look beyond sound teaches your senses how to be less affected by the collaboration of all things in your moment of Now. Jazz isn't a concept. Its an exploration into a huge wilderness of opportunity. Look around you. Everything inside these Coronavirus days has gained the identity of a new texture. Business is done differently. Churches lead in ways that were once seen only as a lazy persons walk without having to step into a church. Now its the only connection. New games are being played on Zoom by family members you haven't see in awhile. The new Jazz. It's not the way you're used to. During my early years of Top 40 Radio I cringed at the idea of listening to anything outside of popularity. A totally out of control selfish way to accept music. One morning while daily writing in my journals I took note of every sound coming to life at 4:30 am. My birds, the shower, the owls outside, early departing airplane zooming over the house combined with traffic reporters in helicopters near the crowded highway. And in that moment of Now I realized it somehow fit together. I took the experience to music. First, I admit I don't listen to the lyrics of a song. I don't hear them. I'm completely tuned in to the bass guitar and drums then everything else associated. Vocals aren't present. Until you realize how important each word is to the process of the reach. It becomes your Jazz. If you ever have time, listen to what's beyond my thoughts on the podcast. You can hear my doves and Blue Crowned Conure. You can hear the occasional lawnmower or the mailman driving by the house. Jazz. The sound of the universe. If all you want is perfect silence you're truly missing out on the better connection. Trust me your listeners or clients aren't sitting in padded studios or offices expecting the perfect pitch. Being out of tune brings forward your artist self. Trust in the Jazz.