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In today's episode, I want to talk about my experience

as a professional jazz musician, looking back on my career and in my career, the lessons that I've

learned about playing music, playing jazz with other people, so on and so forth. And particularly,

I'm going to hone in on some lessons that I've learned that I know

are going to help you as a non-professional hobbyist jazz musician. So let's do this thing.

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.

Hey, what's up everybody?

Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

We help musicians just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening the learning curve no matter what instrument you play.

Welcome, welcome, my friends.

I'm excited to

share a little bit about my career as a professional jazz musician. And I'm going to be talking

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