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Now, on to today's episode.

You know, a lot of us can get stuck in our jazz

improv when we get over analytical. We think a lot about exercises. We think a lot about certain

concepts we may have learned that we want to apply over a jazz standard or a chord progression.

And we forget that we're actually just trying to make music. And for me,

and something that I like to instill in all my students implement into my courses and my

programs is the act of creation, of experimenting, finding the notes you like, finding the notes

you don't like, trying different things to see what works and what doesn't work. And so in today's

episode, I'm going to do a little bit of a practice session just for myself over a popular

core progression. And I'm just going to try as many things as possible and just work through the

core progression, try to see what ideas come up spontaneously, see what I like and see what I don't

like. And I think this will

help you understand how you can structure a practice session around this concept of

experimentation and creation. All right. Ready? Let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast,

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