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Thank you. the show notes. Now, on to today's episode. So what is it about music that resonates with me so much?

I was thinking about that the other day because...

I don't know.

I sort of wonder, how did I get into this thing where I started this career as a jazz musician?

I took it so seriously that, I don't know, I studied it for years,

and I practiced for, you know, thousands of hours.

And it takes a lot of obsession to be like that.

And then eventually, of course, I became a passionate about teaching jazz.

And I now make a living teaching jazz online through Learn Jazz standards, through this podcast, through our online membership.

And when I see all of our members in the inner circle, the Learned Jazz Standards inner circle,

and we have over a thousand of them, which is unbelievable to think about.

Yeah. which is unbelievable to think about. I see all these people that are so passionate about music, so passionate about jazz, and are just absolutely amped up about it.

And there's been times in my career, I mean, after you make something your entire life, right?

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