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One massive question that I get all the time

from subscribers is, what should I practice if I only have a very little bit of time

to practice? Like, what's going to get me the biggest bang for my buck? Like, we don't have a

lot of time to practice to work on stuff, but we want to improve as musicians. We want to

improve our jazz improvisation. What do we do? There's a billion things you could practice, a billion things you could do. And I'm always trying to answer the question. How do we simplify things? How do we boil things down to the most essentials? And that's what I'm going to talk about in today's episode. I'm going to talk about the only three things. If I only pick three things to practice for jazz

for the rest of my life, what would they be? I'm excited to dive into these. Let's do this thing.

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, stories, and advice for becoming a better jazz musician.

And now your host.

He's a jazz musician, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra.

Hey, what's up everybody?

Brent here from LearnJasstandards.com, which is a blog, a podcast, videos, and a membership,

all geared towards helping you become a better jazz musician.

Hey, really excited about today's episode because one of the biggest questions I get is, what do I practice if I don't

have very much time? And for me, I spend a lot of time on this show, if you're familiar with

my work here, trying to discover what exactly that is. And there's a few little twists in today's episode.

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