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That's LJSinnercircle.com or find the link in the show notes. Now, on to today's episode.

On this podcast, I cover a lot of different kinds of

episodes, a lot of different topics, but my entire goal for today is to give you something to practice,

something to take away from this episode. We're going to be working on three hip 251 licks

coming right up.

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. Hey, what's up? My name is Brent. I am the jazz musician behind the website,

learn jazz standards.com, which is a blog and a podcast and videos all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician. I'm so excited to serve you again this week on this episode of the LJS podcast. And, you know,

I'm going to continue experimenting a little bit with today's episode. Now, last week, I literally

practiced on the show. So you can check out that one. That was a fun one. I was doing a little

maintenance practice session. But I also think that was very educational at the same time,

kind of letting you on the inside. And, you know, being honest, too, that, you know, professional

musicians like myself don't always actually have all the time in the world of practice.

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