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Career Advisor or Career Coach? How to Maximize Your Music Students’ Success by Being Both
As a music educator, career advisor, or music mentor, you have a deep passion for helping your students succeed. But it’s easy to feel fenced in by the traditional methodology and rigid expectations of what it means to support your students. You’ve probably found that your students require more than
Podcast #35: Eunbi Kim
How do you know if you’re making the right decisions and moving your career in the right direction? If you’re anything like most musicians, you’re probably experiencing no small amount of fear (and that’s ok). I sat down with pianist Eunbi Kim to talk about her multi-disciplinary project Murakami Music
Constructive Feedback: Why It’s Lacking in Classical Music and How We Can Cultivate It
You might remember my story about how a teacher’s feedback on my talent impacted me and my identity as a musician. After that post when live, many of you shared similar stories with me about how a teacher’s feedback had a negative impact on your career in music. It got
Podcast #34: Reena Esmail
In this episode, I had the great fortune to sit down with Reena Esmail—a composer who bridges the gap between Indian and Western classical music—for an inspiring talk around her goals, struggles, and current projects. We dig into… What it means to pour one’s identity into one’s art (and how
5 Fast Press Kit Updates You Can Make Today to Get the Gig
If you’re like most musicians, this is what happens when you’re trying to decide if you should sit down to revamp your press kit: The process can feels so time-consuming and overwhelming that many musicians procrastinate for months (sometimes years!) and potentially miss out on getting the opportunities that will help move their
How to Embrace Being a Beginner (in the Perfection-Driven Music Industry)
If you watched the winter Olympics last month, you might have seen the Samsung commercial based around the tagline, “do what you can’t.” Here’s the gist: It starts with parents encouraging their young kids to take their first steps, to leap into a pool, to ride a bike without training