EXTRA! EXTRA! For the first time in HISTORY, Overthought welcomes a guest co-host! Vivien Shotwell – author, singer, and GP (Good Pal) – joins Chris and Isaiah to discuss a matter very close to our hearts: "Taking One's Own Path." All three of us devote a part of our working lives to a non-singing pursuit, despite traditional wisdom that discourages singers from attempting to be bi-vocational. And in the absence of appropriate role models, we all ask ourselves the same questions: If no one else has taken my path, how can I know if I'm fooling myself about its potential success? Is my parallel pursuit a distraction, or does it fulfill an essential need in me? Is there a way to do it without compromising? After a three-month hiatus (a marriage, a honeymoon, and a major moving of house) Overthought is back, in a fresh three-headed format, for Season 2.

 

-=- Show notes -=- Vivien Shotwell - Author by Day, Soprano by Night http://vivienshotwell.com/ Book - 'Vienna Nocturne', by Vivien Shotwell http://penguinrandomhouse.ca/books/219628/vienna-nocturne#9780385678056 Calgary Opera Emerging Development Program http://www.calgaryopera.com/discover/emerging-artists Extension Method - About Jeniffer Nichols http://www.extensionmethod.com/about/ Iowa Writers' Workshop https://writersworkshop.uiowa.edu/ Brent Calis Photography http://brentcalisphotography.com/ YouTube - The Vagabond, Vaughan Williams from The Songs of Travel https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIaJ4RSyKT0 Movie - 'Florence Foster Jenkins' http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4136084/

 

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