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Now, on to today's episode.

What if I told you that when you're practicing,

you're leaving a lot on the table? And what I mean by that is you may be working on a bunch of

great jazz improvisation stuff, techniques, music theory, maybe you're learning some standards,

but you're not really able to analyze yourself to hear what you're doing right

or doing wrong.

And at the end of the day, we can be our own best teachers.

We can analyze and listen to ourselves to identify the weak points that we need to improve

upon.

And so on today's show, I have a very special guest, Yens Larson, to talk to us all about recording yourself, how to do it, why to do it, and why it could be possibly the best thing you've done for your musicianship all year.

Let's jump to it.

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.

What's up, everybody? Brent here from LearnJass Standards.com, which is a blog, a podcast,

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