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Now, on to today's episode.

The reality of studying any kind of music is that

eventually you're going to get frustrated with your progress. You're going to get frustrated

with the way you sound. You're going to get frustrated with how quickly you're progressing.

You're going to get frustrated if there's something difficult in that music that you're having

a hard time wrapping your head around. And this is especially true for

jazz being a more complex kind of music with more complex harmony and improvisation, just in

general, being a challenging concept. But we don't want to stay in that place of frustration

for too long. We want to be enjoying ourselves and progressing. So on today's show, I have special guest Michael

Lake to talk about overcoming musical frustration. And he gives some really practical tips

and really powerful things for overcoming those barriers of musical frustration and musical

motivation. Let's jump to 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. Hey, what's up everybody? Brent here

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