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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