opus 4, no 1: post five (vlog and interview)

(ididn'tliketheotherheaderssoi'mgoingbacktotheoriginalsorry)

Hello! I am back. I didn't really do much last week (relatively) and I am Very Sorry for that. Oops.

My main issue is I can do something 24/7 for around two weeks, and I can spend so much time on it that it becomes really Great, but then my interest shifts and everything messes up again. (i am so sorry for last week's lack of interest. this is why i can't have nice things, like cool grades and high self esteem. haha)

Do Not Worry. I will fix this (somehow). In certain cases I can push through low-interest blocks with Sheer Willpower. (or die trying T_T)

Also, my last post got a lot of different visitors. Thanks! I'm also really sorry because that was probably my lowest-quality post, most likely. Whoops.

bUT let me just move on from that for now. Haha.

the overview: what will I learn this week? what will I do?

• History: I will be continuing on the idea of different types of jazz. I will focus on the spread of jazz.
• Musician: Probably any cool musician I come across during my history research.
• Actual Playing: A recording of improv, most likely! I've been practicing it a bit at home to a combo of F7, Bb7, and C7 chords. :)
• Theory: Improvisation-related stuff, so probably blues scales.
• Other Stuff: My interview and vlog will be below.

My vlog turned out fairly bad, because I had initially planned to overlay my drawings on top and Movie Maker Would Not Allow Me. As such, it's just me talking and some black screen with piano in the background.

And here are some of the MS Paint drawings I initially intended to put in the video.

RIP Jasmine's Vlog Plans, 2017-2017.

Now, onto the interview. I had a slight mishap with my possible interviewees and now I have two. Oops. 

Anyways, I had ten questions for both of my interviewees and they can be found on this google form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdPAJEpW5w-ARJdHEo2nmdjBkzZWGT-TCca_37__vSm12Nc0Q/viewform?usp=sf_link 

I shall post the first interviewee's answers now, and the next one in a bonus blog post.

My first interviewee is Mr. Mark Miller, from www.jazzpianoworld.com . He works as an online jazz piano teacher for people everywhere. Several free lessons can be found on his website, which I have used as references for my own research.

(The answers are relatively short, so I have included them in full.)

I have more answers from Mr. Conahan, another experienced pianist, and I will probably include those in a bonus post.

This week I have commented on Arthur's, Chongwoo's, and Ellie's blogs.