Crushing Classical

• How a hobby can become a big part of what you do… and a potential career facet and income stream
• How Sarah grew her Instagram following from a personal page with some posts about violin to a 13,000 following connected to her food blog
• How her large following on Instagram led to *delicious* brand partnerships
• A look outside the box on this podcast showed Sarah some other options for her food facet of her career she hasn’t thought of yet…
• Talking through monetizing a hobby… the pros and cons
• Getting started building your audience WHILE you’re still in school… the reasons you’ll be glad you did
• Some great advice about Instagram…

 

Sarah's blog: http://thehungrymusician.com/

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What you'll hear:

• The benefits and challenges of being in a category on ONE
• How to navigate a music education when you have more than one musical interest and focus
• How to forge relationships for collaboration
• The project he did which showed him a whole world with regards for what creating your own musical business can look like

To hear Jodie with WildUP Friday, 2/8 at 8:00

https://www.carolinaperformingarts.org/ros_perf_series/wild-up-2/ 

To learn more about Jodie:

http://jodielandau.com/ 

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH

Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

https://calendly.com/jennet/thm

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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What you'll hear:

• The UNIQUE programs Cory found that led him to finding his voice
• The benefits of repeat performances - how doing something a lot transforms what you’re doing
• The benefactor who changed Cory’s path - and led him to creating the business model he has today
• How Cory found his true audience - the gut feeling and the actions he took to follow that knowingness
• How the happenstance of not having a professor at grad school gave him a head-start on his future
• The one thing musicians say that Cory strongly disagrees with

Find Cory at and his books and CDs at:

http://splatboombang.com/percussive-storytelling/ 

YouTube Channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUeSTBu3HOtUDNkrmZjnbPw 

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

https://calendly.com/jennet/thm

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a discovery call from my website.  https://jennetingle.com/work-with-me

I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! 

What you'll hear:

• Coming of age with streaming - how Spotify influenced his entrepreneurial venture
• The true mindset needed for *actual* entrepreneurship (hint: it’s likely not taught in any class)
• The reactions from the publishing industry - this answer surprised me
• How a digital music app can actually help the paper music publishing companies - something I hadn’t thought of
• The most important part of partnership-based businesses - the key to creating long-term relationships
• Dealing with rejection when raising money - Lorenzo gives the real talk about this - and the parallels to raising money for a nonprofit
• ... And much more!

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH

Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Mentioned on the show:

https://www.nkoda.com/

https://www.facebook.com/nkodamusic/ 

https://www.instagram.com/nkodamusic/?hl=en 

https://twitter.com/nkoda?lang=en 

https://www.modacity.co/ 

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

https://calendly.com/jennet/thm

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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What you'll hear:

• Negotiating a job for yourself that may not be offered - the things Suzanne noticed that made it a “win-win” for everyone
• How her job gave her a *new* way of performing in addition to playing flute
• Unusual performing opportunities through radio stations that you may not have thought of yourself
• The enthusiasm that inherently exists in the public radio audience - and ways she contributes to them in live events
• A program that she has started to provide opportunities to Baroque musicians in communities
• Suzanne’s great advice to any musician about the definition of the word “musician”

http://sundaybaroque.org/

Contact Suzanne through the website with your questions or collaboration ideas

Follow Sunday Baroque on social media:

Instagram and Twitter: @sunday_baroque

Facebook: @sundaybaroque

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than Ficks!  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH

Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

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Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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What you'll hear:

• Real talk on how difficult AND JOYFUL it can be to start your own ensemble

• The classical musician dilemma: JOB SECURITY and how Patrick redefines it
• The importance in finding prestige and status through partnering with an established, well-known organization
• The importance of MATH (and the trade-offs) in figuring out when to say YES to gigs
• The key to developing an audience… a new way of thinking about it
• A great tip Patrick uses to bond and connect with someone in conversation when mingling and building your community
• The unexpected venue they play in that brings a ton of value to their quartet
• Ins and Outs of starting your own nonprofit - and how to make it work best for YOU

Find Axiom Quartet:

https://www.axiomquartet.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/axiomquartet  

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/axiomquartet/ 

Twitter: https://twitter.com/axiomquartet 

 

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH

Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

https://calendly.com/jennet/thm

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a discovery call from my website.  https://jennetingle.com/work-with-me

I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! 

What you'll hear:

• A youth orchestra contributing to students’ music skills - and life skills. Hear how Kevin creates this learning opportunity
• The difference between the audience for a normal youth orchestra and a rock orchestra - and what that does for the students’ confidence
• The typical reaction from the classical community toward musicians who go into other genres - and how Kevin sees this point of view changing
• Starting a nonprofit - what Kevin did to speed up the process of launching his idea
• The hard truth about raising money
• How Kevin views failure - a unique point of view that could help you deal with those moments

Check out MYRO at:

https://rockorchestras.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/rockorchestras/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/rockorchestras/

Podcast: Redefine Rock:https://apple.co/2PWR9Be 

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH

Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Use the #crushingclassical on your most beautiful IG posts sharing about your tour, album, founded orchestra or chamber ensemble for a chance to be featured on my Instagram feed!

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

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Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

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I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! 

What you'll hear:

• The importance of being proactive and speaking up for what you want in your career - no matter what your age.
• The value of going for a career in your youth - and not believing or listening to that “you’re too young”
• The value of *mentorship* and having a mentor you trust in the professional field you aim for guiding you in your next career move
• The mindset about success that Mike thinks everyone should drop like a hot potato
• There’s being in the right place - and PUTTING yourself in the right place - Mike goes into this distinction
• The value of a mentor who *isn’t* another musician
• Why it’s never too early to give back to people even if you’re just starting out
• New music - the expectation you need to drop if you’re ever going to give new music a chance (I had to hear this one for myself!)

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Mentioned on the show:

The New York Youth Symphony:

https://www.nyys.org/ 

The Northern Neck Symphony Orchestra:

https://www.northernneckorchestra.org/

Michael's website:

www.mikerepper.com

Michael's mentor, Conductor Marin Alsop:

https://www.marinalsop.com/ 

 

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

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Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

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I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! 

What you'll hear:

• How to use artist residencies to travel and explore the world while exploring your own creativity
• How this duo created a remote lifestyle as a musical duo - saving money on rent, seeing the world and building a career all at once
• The motivation behind Chris and Nicoletta’s choice to opt for a non-traditional career… and the key component in your mindset necessary to do it
• What they do when they don’t have a residency on the calendar - this idea is so smart
• How they actually *built in* within the way they live through these residencies ways to create more opportunities for themselves - they share their tips on this podcast!
• A different point of view on handling student loans… and the truth about considering school in Europe - this one shocked me!
• The key to knowing if a traditional career or an unconventional one is right for you
• … and much more!

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Resources from the show:

https://www.transartists.org/activities/database

http://www.artistcommunities.org/

http://www.resartis.org/en/

 

For more about Passepartout Duo:

https://passepartoutduo.com/

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/passepartoutpianopercussion/

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/passepartoutduo/

 

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

https://calendly.com/jennet/thm

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a discovery call from my website.  https://jennetingle.com/work-with-me

I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! 

What you'll hear:

• “Branding” and “Marketing” and what that all MEANS ANYWAY
• Why branding matters even to the Joe Schmoe Average Classical Musician.
• Hear a *real life* example of a musician and the platform they built using social media
• What building your online presence *actually* is - it’s pretty old school actually…
• The unfortunate truth about orchestras’ budgets where social media marketing is concerned…
• Groundbreaking ideas for marketing for arts organizations - and what it would take to implement
• The big piece of advice on your own approach to social media that you have to hear → hint *you can’t get this answer on google*

 

Follow Jonathan on Instagram @jonathaneifert and Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JonathanEifertPublicRelations/ 

Other mentions in the show:

Pianist Stephen Hough:

https://www.facebook.com/houghhough/

Tenor Michael Fabiano: Instagram: @michaelfabiano

https://adaptistration.com/ - musician blog mentioned in the show: Drew McManus

I want to thank Ficks Music for sponsoring Crushing Classical. When you’re looking for high quality sheet music, look no further than  https://www.ficksmusic.com/discount/CRUSH Use the link above to get 10% off your order!

Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters. 

https://calendly.com/jennet/thm

Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 

Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 

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I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a discovery call from my website.  https://jennetingle.com/work-with-me

I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there!