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Inevitably, somewhere along the line in your journey

of becoming a better jazz musician, you are going to fail. Like, there's going to be something

that goes wrong, maybe even in your mind, very wrong. Like, you get lost in the middle of the

chord changes at a jam session or a gig, and it's embarrassing, or you completely flub a solo and it doesn't sound

good. It sounds absolutely horrible. You may even in just the practice room by yourself,

disappoint yourself with the progress that you're making and you'll look at it as a failure.

But how do we deal with that? Like how do we deal with those failures and how do we

come out better on the other side of them? And how do we reframe our thinking about what

musical failure actually is and what it means? Well, that's exactly what I'm going to talk about

in today's episode. We're going to dive deep into that topic so that we can start reframing

the narrative and improving our jazz skills with the right mindset.

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.

Hey, what's up, everybody?

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