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Today I'm going to be composing a jazz tune on the spot.

Never have preconceived these ideas before. I'm just going to be showing you how I go about

composing a jazz tune, and I'm really excited to see what I come up with. Let's do it.

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.

What's up everybody, Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.

We hope musicians just like you learn how to play jazz all while shortening.

It's a learning curve. No matter what instrument you play, welcome another episode of the podcast. This is a fun one today. We're departing a little bit from our regular jazz improv tips and all that good stuff. And I'm just going to be doing something that actually haven't done in quite a while. In fact, the last time I did

this, maybe it was the only time I did this too, was back in episode 192, I also composed a jazz tune

on the spot. And that was, if you like this episode, go back and listen to that episode.

You'll hear another composition I came up with just literally on this podcast. I'm literally

going to be composing it on the show today. I'll just get a little bit nervous doing stuff

like this. I've done other episodes too where I'll compose a jazz solo on the spot and different

things like this. And for the most part, it will be in time, except for when I need to rehearse

something a little bit, not to bore you for like, you know, to make this podcast episode too long. But it's also nerve-wracking because it's like, I don't know. I really don't know what I'm going to do. I don't necessarily have a lot of ideas for a song right now. So I'm really just going to have to allow my intuition to take place.

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