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Now, on to today's episode.

This is Learn Jazz Standards podcast, episode 95.

Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice

for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host. He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

All right. What's everybody? My name is Brent. I am the jazz musician behind the website,

learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog and a podcast, all geared towards helping you

become a better jazz musician. Welcome and happy new year. If you're listening

today, which is January 1st, 2018, special happy new year, whether you're listening

a little later in the week because you were partying on New Year's Day. Welcome. Really excited

to just launch a new year and to have you as a listener on the podcast.

And if you didn't listen to episode 94 or last episode, I talked about how I'm going to be

setting up my 2018 for a successful music year. I talked a little bit about my successes and some

of my failures. So I do hope that you go back and listen to that episode if you haven't

yet. You know, whenever we talk about the new year and resolutions and goals, you know,

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