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Now, on to today's episode.

What if I told you that if you could identify

exactly the way you want to sound like in your jazz playing, and you're able to distill it

down to just a few different items and cast away everything else, that you could improve much

quicker, especially if you approached it in a goal-oriented fashion. And what if I told you that if you developed the right mindsets

and the right frames of mind

and understood the way your brain works,

you could also increase your potential as a jazz musician?

Well, my guest today, Mark Morley Fletcher from Play in the Zone,

is going to help us with exactly that.

Show us how we can focus on the things that really matter, cast away the things that don't,

and use psychology in order to help us improve even quicker.

This is a powerhouse episode.

You're going to love this.

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