The Modern Musician Show with Colin Thomson

039: Collaborative Musicians, Pedagogy, and Learning New Skills with Chris Foley

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Chris Foley is a pianist, teacher, vocal coach, and blogger. He is a senior examiner, faculty member, and Adjudicator Certification Program Specialist for The Royal Conservatory of Music. Over the last 10 years, he has worked as a vocal coach, musical director, and performer for many productions with Tapestry New Opera in Toronto. He holds a Doctor of Musical Arts Degree in Piano Accompanying and Chamber Music from the Eastman School of Music, and currently runs the popular Collaborative Piano Blog.

 

Key Take Aways:

 

  • Solo artist are very revered, but are rarely rewarded in any significant financial way
  • As a collaborative pianist, you need a full pipeline of perspective work
  • Work doesn't just come to you, no matter how good you are. You always need to be making an effort to become a part of any community you are in
  • Those who are most successful in collaborative piano are those who can leverage their connection into long-term relationships. Then, those can lead to a variety of things, even outside of the music world
  • For your bio, be as conversational and honest as you can. You will really stand out in the crowd
  • You can learn new skills. Find the direction you want to go, break down the skills required, and get to work!
  • In advertising, you never know which direction will work. You have to throw stuff against the wall, and see what sticks
  • You have to keep an eye on your analytics, to know what works and what doesn't, because it will change over time
  • Part of skill acquisition is to figure out the skills involved

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    Recommended Book:

    "Just Being At The Piano" by Mildred Portney Chase

     

    Artist Website Biography Mentioned:

     

    DavidStory.ca

     

    Learn more about Chris Foley:

    CollaborativePiano.com

    FaceBook.com/CollaborativePiano

    Twitter: @chrisfoley

     

     

     

    Featured Artist: Modern Merchant

     

    Featured Track: Be That As It May

     

    Learn More About Modern Merchant:

    Website

    Soundcloud

     

    If you would like to be considered for featured artist, email music submissions [email protected]

     

    Shownotes: modernmusician.co/039

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