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Now, on to today's episode.

During times of uncertainty, music has the potential

to be a healing force and to, you know, kind of help us express our emotion, to get things

out onto the table that maybe we just wouldn't be able to do otherwise through, you know,

the written word or through language. There's something about music and the

expression through music that just reaches some part of our soul that as musicians, we're,

we're very lucky and fortunate to be able to tap into. But sometimes, you know, music and

studying jazz, all the things we talk about in this podcast can be a little stressful too,

right? Like you're actually

really diving deep into concepts and putting pressure on yourself to get better and better.

But today I want to lead by example here and I just want to create freely for you and hopefully

you'll do the same at the end of this episode as well. All right. 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.

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