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You know, every once in a while, I think we just need

a good old success story. You know, just a story where we get to hear from, you know, someone who's

worked hard at their jazz playing through musicianship and come out with some kind of desirable

result for them and someone who serves as an inspiration. And so when I was trying to think of

an episode like this,

I couldn't think of a better person to talk to than one of my 30 Steps to Better Jazz playing

course students, Ina Danicamp. Enna is a 68-year-old pianist from Vancouver, Canada. And she,

well, let's just say I want to be like her when I grew up. She has this

incredible spirit of learning. She has made improvements. And, you know, she's one of those

people that she's in the community board on our course and really showing off her stuff,

you know, really taking action on the stuff. And so, I mean, she's been an inspirational

character. I've noticed that she has been for other students as well.

And I thought it would be great to share with even those outside of the course,

just so everybody else can be inspired by her, hear her tips, hear her journey a little bit,

what she's accomplished, what's working for her.

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