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Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

From the Vault: How to Beat the Brain Game for Musical Freedom (feat. Matt Vaartstra)

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

🗓️ 13 June 2022

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

We're doing a from-the-vault episode today. We're going back in time where I had my very own brother on the show to talk about performance and how to beat the brain game that goes on when we're playing music and trying to get better. Looking forward to bringing this one back and bringing it back to life. In this episode: 1. The power of mindset over musical performance. 2. How to train a positive mindset with a Self-Talk Script. 3. Using the “Three D’s” to cut off your negative thoughts. ...

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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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0:17.3

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0:21.7

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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.

0:36.7

We're doing a From the Vault episode today. We're going back

0:39.3

in time where I had my very own brother on the show to talk about performance and how to beat

0:48.2

the brain game that goes on when we're playing music and trying to get better. Looking forward to bringing this one back

0:55.1

and bringing it back to life. Let's do this thing. Welcome to the LJS podcast, where you get weekly

1:02.6

jazz tips, interviews, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician. And now your host.

1:09.5

He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

1:14.6

What's up everybody?

1:15.4

Brent here from Learned Jazz Standards, smoking musicians just like you, learn how to play jazz,

1:19.3

all while shortening the learning curve, no matter what instrument you play.

1:24.1

All right.

1:24.4

So we have a lot of episodes of this podcast now.

1:27.3

In fact, this is episode

1:28.6

358. And so there are a lot of great episodes that are years and years and years old that on the

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