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So one thing I often hear from students is that they just

don't really have enough time to practice. They have busy full lives. Totally get that. I go

through the same thing as well. But one thing that I always say is one of the best forms of practicing

is just listening, listening to jazz or whatever kind of music you're trying to learn. If we listen and

we listen critically, we can learn so much. So I thought today on the podcast, we would just

listen to some jazz together, really do some critical listening. I'll walk you through a little

process. It's going to be a lot of fun, but first, 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.

Hey, hey, what's up everybody? Brent here, the jazz musician behind the website, learn jazz standards.com. It's a blog, podcast, and videos, all geared towards helping you become a better jazz position. Excited to be with you today. I woke up this morning and, uh, oh man, my throat felt a little bad. So I'm a little sick. I don't know if you can tell from the recording. Maybe you can't, but the show must go on. And I'm excited for the show to go on. And like I said in the intro, we're going to be listening to some jazz today. I think that's going to be a little bit of fun. We're going to listen to a little bit of Someday My Prince will come. Miles Davis is recording of that off of his album. Someday My Prince will come. One of my favorite Miles albums, by the way,

just because it has like a really all-star cast of characters on there. And so I'm going to walk

us through a little process of listening because like I said, listening is, listening is something

that if done, obviously we can do it just to enjoy what we're listening to, but if done with a lot

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