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Now, on to today's episode.

Have you ever looked back on something that you've done

and gone? If I only knew what I know now, I would have done that thing a little bit differently.

I was thinking about that the other day about my jazz playing. If I know what I know now,

would I do something completely different or have a different approach to learning jazz than I did

when I first started learning it. Well, in today's episode, that's exactly what I'm going to do.

We're going to build a time machine. I'm going to go back and I'm going to redo the way that I

learn jazz and I'm going to take you along for the ride with me. 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, author, and entrepreneur, Brent Bartstra. Hey, what's the everybody? Brent

here from LearnJAS Standards. What musicians just like, learn how to play jazz all while shortening the

learning curve, no matter what instrument you play.

Welcome to another episode of the podcast.

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