The Biggest Challenge In Jazz I've Ever Faced

Learn Jazz Standards Podcast

Brent Vaartstra: Jazz Musician, Author, and Entrepreneur

Music Commentary, Jazz, Jazz Improvisation, Jazz Saxophone, Jazz Theory, Jazz Bass, Jazz Piano, Education, Music, Jazz Guitar, Jazz Solo, Jazz Standards, Jazz Trumpet, How To

4.8 • 536 Ratings

🗓️ 22 January 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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In this podcast episode, Brent addresses a question from David Garcia about his biggest challenge in jazz. Brent candidly discusses the significant obstacle he faced throughout his jazz journey—the fear of sounding bad. He emphasizes how this fear, rooted in concerns about ego and judgment, can impede progress, hinder creativity, and diminish the joy of playing music. Brent shares his personal experience of gradually overcoming this challenge by adopting a growth mindset, embrac...

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0:34.8	Now, on to today's episode.
0:52.3	Music the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. All right, my friends, what's up? Brent here from Learn Jazz Standards.
0:55.6	Welcome to another episode of the Learn Jazz Standards podcast and another amazing week of your jazz questions sent in to me that I'm really excited and amped up to answer.
1:07.6	We have a lot of really, really good questions that are potentially going to change
1:14.2	your jazz playing if you take action on them. So, of course, as always, make sure you subscribe
1:18.4	wherever you listen to podcast to make sure you never miss out on any of the episodes that are
1:22.7	coming out. Today's question is from David Garcia. Let's give it a listen. Hi, Brent. I would like to know
1:30.2	what was your biggest challenge in jazz. All right, that's a great question, David. And
1:38.0	you know, here's the thing about playing music and especially jazz, I'd have to say, is there are many challenges, right, to playing
1:47.0	music and playing jazz at a high level, right? You have to deal with a lot of things. You have to deal
1:51.2	with, you know, technical ability. You have to deal with, you know, learning basically a language,
1:59.6	right, when it comes to jazz, like the language of jazz.
2:02.6	Like, how do the musicians speak this language? You're having to work on your ear. You're having to work on, you know, music theory. How do you memorize tunes, right? There's so many challenges along the way, and they can be a lot of fun with the right mindset.
2:19.6	But my greatest challenge that I've faced ever, ever hands down as a jazz musician or as a musician in general is the issue of fear of sounding bad. Okay'll say that again the biggest challenge i've ever faced
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