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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

About My Bad Relationship With Music...

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8536 Ratings

🗓️ 5 June 2023

⏱️ 31 minutes

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Summary

Hey, I've got a question for you. What's your relationship with music like? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it perhaps a little bit of both? Well, on today's episode, I'm gonna get a little bit vulnerable with you, share a little bit my personal life experience with music, my journey with music, and how oftentimes in this journey of playing music and exploring it and getting better, it was quite an abusive and unhealthy relationship. And this past of mine with a bad relationship with ...

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0:00.0

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0:03.8

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0:08.5

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0:13.0

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0:17.3

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0:21.7

single month.

0:23.1

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0:29.5

That's LJSinnerCircle.com or find the link in the show notes.

0:34.8

Now, on to today's episode.

0:36.8

Hey, I've got a question for you. What's your relationship

0:40.2

with music like? Is it good? Is it bad? Is it perhaps a little bit of both? Well, on today's

0:50.1

episode, I'm going to get a little bit vulnerable with you. Share a little bit of my personal life experience with music, my journey with music, and how oftentimes in this

1:01.4

journey of playing music and exploring it and getting better, it was quite an abusive and

1:07.5

unhealthy relationship.

1:09.7

And this past of mine with a bad relationship with music has greatly informed how I

1:17.9

approach teaching jazz and the way I help my inner circle members and beyond so that

1:24.8

they don't have the same relationship with music for themselves.

1:28.5

All right?

1:28.8

So this is going to be an important one.

1:29.9

So definitely tune on in.

1:32.0

And let's jump right into it.

1:50.9

Okay. All right, everybody, what's up? Brent here.

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