I'm Adam Manus, and I'm Peter Martin, and you're listening to the You'll Hear at Podcast.

Today we're going to talk about how to catch up as an adult student.

Heinz 57 catch up or like how to get better even though you started late in life.

Please tell me it's Heinz 57.

A little bit of both might go, but we're going to have to go to the tape on this one because we have a great voice question this week from Chris in Atlanta. So let's hear what he has to say. Hi, guys. My name is Chris, and I'm in Atlanta. I found your podcast a few weeks ago and have really enjoyed it. So I appreciate you guys doing it. My question is about,

I'm sure you both have adult students

that didn't start playing until they had gotten older.

I'm kind of in that boat.

I started about a year ago in my mid-30s.

And I'm completely bitten by the bug.

Love doing it,

and have gone so far as to think about maybe even going to school full time to do it,

to play specifically jazz.

But I was wondering if you had any thoughts on catching up for an adult,

you know, somebody that hasn't been playing since they were three years old,

if it's possible for that person to maximize their ability.

And, you know, if so, are there any specific tips or tricks that you would recommend for someone to, you know, to kind of make up for lost time?

So anyway, really enjoy the podcast again. And thanks a lot. Bye. Cool. Thanks, Chris. That's a great question. You know, I think there's a couple things that you can do. But it's not actually that unsimilar to you is if you started when you were three, because we all have to do things to maintain where we're at, and we are always trying to grow. But I think one important thing you can do, Chris, is to find a

community of jazz musicians. You know, that's what we have the luxury of when we're younger.

We find these friends that play jazz, and we hang out with them, and they tell us about records

they've heard or players they've heard, and we play out with them and they tell us about records they've

heard or players they've heard and we play with them a lot and that's something that kind of can

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