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Have you ever felt like your jazz solos were meandering?

Like, they weren't really going anywhere in particular. And maybe you listen back to them and you're

thinking, that's kind of a boring solo. Like, I bored myself because it was just a stream of

notes. There wasn't really anything that was particularly exciting about it. There wasn't

anything that differentiated any sections it. There wasn't anything that

differentiated any sections from each other. Well, if you ever felt that way, then I have a really

special guest on the show today, Jeff Schneider, to talk all about how we can avoid meandering

solos, some specific ways we can do that. Let's cue the music. 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. All right. Hey, what's for everybody? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.com, which is a blog,

a podcast, and videos all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.

Really excited for you to be here because, like I said, our special guest, Jeff Schneider,

is going to be teaching us a lot of great things about music today.

This is a really, really great episode, and I am just really excited to share it with you.

So Jeff, he is a composer.

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