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There's that famous Winston Churchill quote that goes,

Perfection is the enemy of progress. And when it comes to playing jazz and becoming a better musician,

this can't be more true, in my opinion. When we get stuck trying to quote unquote master things,

we don't move on to the next lesson that we need to learn we get stuck in one place we over obsess over something we're not allowing ourselves

to learn all the multitude of things that can be learned and refined when we move on to other

material but at the same time how do we know when we've learned something well enough we don't want to move on to other material. But at the same time, how do we know when we've learned

something well enough? We don't want to move on to the next thing if we really haven't gotten

any control over a particular musical concept. So in today's episode, I'm going to dive in deep

with that. I want to help us answer this question. How do we know when to move on to the next

thing in our jazz playing?

So buckle up. Let's get ready. It's going to be a good episode. Take some notes. 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, hey, what's up everybody?

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