In this first episode in our series of “How You Can Take Control of Your Music Career,” we are exploring the idea of the Portfolio Career, and how musicians can make choices to take control of their lives artistically and financially. Here to guide us on this first crucial step is Musician/Entrepreneur/Teacher/Writer/Coach Jennet Ingle, who is an expert in the field of “being your own CEO” in order to become "The Happiest Musician. "

Topics include:

- What is a Portfolio Career?

- Finding the common thread that guides your choices

- Rethinking the definition of “success” and “failure”

- A big obstacle musicians must overcome to cultivate their own Portfolio Careers.

About our guest: Jennet Ingle truly is the Happiest Musician. She has been Principal Oboist of the South Bend Symphony Orchestra since 2006, and freelances throughout the Mid-west. As the owner and operator of Jennet Ingle Reeds, she makes and sells hundreds of handmade reeds every month to oboists all over the world and helps people with their own reed-making through her video series, The Five Minute Reedmaker, her weekly online Reed Club, and her online beginner course, Zero to Reedmaker. She is an experienced teacher and astute coach, devoting herself to helping musicians through her podcast, Crushing Classical, her group program, the Invincible Oboist and her one-to-one career and mindset coaching as The Happiest Musician. Her latest book “The Happiest Musician: How to Thrive in Your Creative Career” is available in both paperback and kindle versions on Amazon.

Jennet’s Website: https://jennetingle.com/about/

“The Happiest Musician” https://a.co/d/ggO46sg

Crushing Classical https://crushingclassical.libsyn.com/