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Now, on to today's episode.

So tell me if you can relate to any of this.

You want to go play at a public jam session, but you're kind of just afraid that you're not

going to sound good and you're afraid of what the other jazz musicians are going to think of you

and you're playing. Or you go up to perform and all the eyes staring back at you make

you tremble, make you clam up, and in general, it's just an incredibly uncomfortable experience

that doesn't allow you to actually have fun performing and playing jazz. Well, in today's

episode, I'm going to share with you my personal experience with

performance anxiety, whether it be for a crowd of people or in front of your peers and how

I've dealt with it.

And hopefully you can learn a little bit from my story as well.

Let's dive into 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,

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