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Today's special guest is Anthony Rodriguez who is a doubler with extensive touring experience with "Phantom of the Opera," "Spongebob Squarepants," and more. We discuss how to deal with performing the same music numerous times, tips and tricks for having a near constant performance schedule, taking your clarinets on the road on tour, and why Anthony left a corner office 9-5 job to return to music.

Keith O'Rourke is a local Calgarian doubler who has taught and played extensively in Alberta, had a chart topping #1 jazz album in Canada. We discuss grant writing, the tasty and creative way in which Keith is funding his latest project, and some ways in which Keith has focused on mental wellness during this challenging time, including intermittent fasting, the Wim Hof Breathing method and more.

In today's conversation, I'm pleased to be joined by Richard Laine who is a listener from Sudbury, Ontario, Canada. We discuss many music-related topics, but especially his love for the music of Benny Goodman and Artie Shaw. Next up we go all the way around the world to Australia and chat with Stephen Shiels who is a longtime listener of the show who has recently finished his Bachelor of music program and is starting to compose music, and actually just started a podcast of his own called the "Stephen Shiels Radio Show."

In today's conversation, I'm pleased to be joined again by two amazing listeners, we have Dennis Kwok, who has just finished up his university training and shares some tips for freelancers on how to get diversified work early on in your career. He also just finished recording his first solo CD project which you can check out at denniskwok.com. And next up we have Eric Batchelder who is a long time listener of the show, and has now made the decision to go on to music for a career.

In today's conversation, I'm pleased to be joined by two amazing listeners of the podcast. The first is Jaime Trevino, and we chat about what it was like returning to the clarinet after a 25 year break, and the incredible resources he used online to learn more in the last year than he feels he ever did before. Next is Anthony Perkins, who is a freshman in university at ASU. We discuss his passion for marching band and why he feels that being a high school band director is his destiny.

In today's episode of the podcast, Garrett Hope shares information on how to attend his FREE Music Business Summit, which is taking place from January 7-9, 2021. His goal was to have 21 presentations by 21 presenters in 2021, and he actually exceeded this goal by having 24 presenters and topics! We discuss some of the featured presenters, creating your own opportunities, and how to move forward as musicians after the ongoing situation.

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In today's episode we are again joined by guest host Richard Hawkins, who is a master mouthpiece craftsman and Professor of Clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory. His guest today is Michael Wayne, of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Eastman School of Music. They discuss Michael's early days overcoming challenges as a young clarinetist, the best musical advice he has received, his love of learning and truly understanding concepts, and answer listener questions from Facebook.

In today's episode we are again joined by guest host Richard Hawkins, who is a master mouthpiece craftsman and Professor of Clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory. His guest today is Stephen Williamson, Principal Clarinetist of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. They discuss why it's important to be interesting as a musician, the importance of different perspectives, studying the German system clarinet, finding balance in life during the current pandemic situation, dealing with nerves during performance, and more.

In today's episode we are again joined by guest host Richard Hawkins, who is a master mouthpiece craftsman and Professor of Clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory. His guest today is Boris Allakhverdyan, Principal Clarinetist of the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra. They discuss his early training, how his love of soccer helped motivate to practice as a student, dealing with nerves in a performance situation, and a whole host of excellent listener questions that were submitted live.

In today's episode for the first time ever Clarineat is guest hosted by Richard Hawkins, who is a master mouthpiece craftsman and Professor of Clarinet at the Oberlin Conservatory. His guest today is Anthony McGill, Principal Clarinetist of the New York Philharmonic Orchestra. They discuss dealing with insecurities while playing, what it was like adjusting from playing in the MET Opera Orchestra to the New York Philharmonic, how to collaborate in a professional and productive way, advice for those thinking of auditioning for music in college, and what's next on Anthony's "bucket list."