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Introduction
The first term at the Guildhall as a jazz student has been intense as expected, I have studied and researched new important topics and cleared some doubts about things that already knew. The course gave me the opportunity to meet other players at the same stage of development and took away the fear about discussing particular subjects that would be less appropriate in a professional situation.
There are many activities that are making me a better player and I find very useful, but the two main modules that I enjoy the most and I spend time working at home are Improvisation and Rhythm, a separate note goes to Small Band groups that are always different in experience and content.

Personal Experience
The last time I was on a music course it was in 2008 and my main inspiration has always been playing in different environments mainly with original music, this land me playing with players from around the world and visiting different countries.
I have gained some years of experience by playing, but something was missing, I wanted to get away a little from the reality of being a working musician and going back to study something that I never really explored fully. I always studied by myself, music is an endless journey, but I needed help and I wanted to surround myself with the right people and so I decided to audition at the school.
Rhythm classes made me realise how important is to get back to fundamentals and that I really need to be aware of each beat and the pulse at any moment, it’s challenging to keep an improvised bass line for a long time when playing with ten soloists during classes.
This is something that is really changing my attitude and actions while playing, I always felt to support the soloist in an organ...

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...nces are stimulating me to find a new way of tackling problems in my playing.
I have now many new ideas that I can merge into my practice routine, for example playing using only one rhythm pattern to really absorb the feel or to think of a syncopation and to use it while practicing scales, that should take me closer to a live performance approach instead of running the scales up and down the neck, I also need to work more on different time signatures, it is something that helps me with my concentration and awareness of the different placements within a bar.
I’m trying my best to get a good result from my postgraduate studies however it is something very hard for me to carry on with my daily tasks when I’m dealing with work, college and practice. I have been turning down gigs and recordings but, as my bass playing improves, I feel more confident and gratified.

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