Brave Musician

In this two-part episode, Monica and Marina explore the idea of story, including the purpose of stories, what we can use in them to express or share, and why we often struggle with telling our stories, especially as musicians. They explore their own individual stories - Monica as a professional musician and Marina as a hobbyist - the writing process and experience they created when working on bios for Brave Musician and provide a framework and process for listeners to discover and share their own stories.

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In this two-part episode, Monica and Marina explore the idea of story, including the purpose of stories, what we can use in them to express or share, and why we often struggle with telling our stories, especially as musicians. They explore their own individual stories - Monica as a professional musician and Marina as a hobbyist - the writing process and experience they created when working on bios for Brave Musician and provide a framework and process for listeners to discover and share their own stories.

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See the show notes at BraveMusician.com/podcast.

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In this episode, Monica sits down with saxophonist and entrepreneur Jeff Antoniuk (Washington, DC) to discuss growth, process, and sharing. He tells how his 17-year old self made the fateful decision to take a year to get "jazz out of his system" instead of heading straight to school to be a physicist, how he uses that feeling you get when around really great players as inspiration and overcomes shutting down, the importance of playing other instruments like drums and bass, Brave business moves and how he grew his business from a couple of students to the booming business focusing on adult students, the story behind his Jazz Process series and how he started making videos using simply his iPhone and duct tape, and his current Diggin' Deeper series.

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In this episode, Monica sits down with trumpet and vocal entertainer, Chuck Curry to discuss his journey from music educator to guest entertainer on cruise ships, how he learned to sing, getting out of his comfort zone and highlighting some brave moments from throughout his career. He shares what it's like living in Thailand, his latest album project and his traveling all around the globe. As a bonus he shared how he met and played with jazz guitarist, George Benson.

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In this episode, Monica discusses being ready and what we really mean when we say "I'll do it when I'm ready." She explores the concepts of being enough, dealing with other people's reactions, and perfectionism. She offers some concrete ways to do Brave things, even when you don't feel ready to do them and discusses preparation, managing expectations, possible creativity scars, and finding your "process people."

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In this episode, Monica sits down with her dear friend, mentor and band mate, Stan Smith (guitarist, composer, and educator from Columbus, OH) and discusses nurturing the soul, different kinds of fears, the composition process and the vulnerability of composing and sharing those compositions, and how he teaches his students to be Brave. He shares "H.U.R.T": an acronym for his requirements for any relationship (self, music, in life, etc) and explains how hurt is inevitable, but with honesty, respect and trust it's worth the hurt. The conversation is candid, heartwarming and will leave you completely inspired!

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In this episode, Monica sits down with saxophonist and composer Rahsaan Barber to discuss musical identity, accepting that music is an emotional thing, and how he racked up brave moments in a special behind-the-scenes look at his headline performance at the 2019 Jazz Education Network Conference in January.

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In this episode, Monica digs into what it means to Be Brave vs Fearless and shares where the Brave Musician name came from. She also gives some thoughts on ways to explore your fears, and work on Being Brave in your life.

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In this episode, Monica and Marina sit down with vocalist Holly Pyle (House of Stairs) about her journey to making music full time and what it means to be a musician, including the "sneaky" learning process, the spectrum of creativity, accepting emotions like anxiety, curiosity, resistance, and sensitivity, different categories of pursuing music, and how music can be a lot like dating.

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Join Monica as she sits down with guitarist Corey Christiansen and discusses weighing fears when making a decision, getting the most out of what you want as a musician, and hear some humorous stories about mistakes caught on video. Corey is as insightful as he is witty and a joy to talk with.

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