In working on a method book for beginning, returning, and recovering French Horn players, I've been reflecting on how we learn, and maximizing efficiency in any skill. I'm eager to hear what your experience has been learning an instrument, languagage, atheletic sport, or other skill as I share my journey down this path! Join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM PST / 1 PM EST We are streaming live on Facebook on my personal account Michael Manley https://lnkd.in/gRCAB6p4, on linkedIn https://lnkd.in/g_FxuNr9 and on youtube https://lnkd.in/gnYEsMJg If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers. He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

During the pandemic, I presented a virtual lecture at the American Horn Society's annual International Converence. The theme of the conference was "The Healthy Horn," and I knew that I wanted to discuss all the off-instrument aspects of a healthy career. I am now exploring this as a curriculum that I'd like to offer to students and early-career musicians. Aside from skill mastery, what else do working artists need to prepare for successful careers? I'm eager to share my ideas! Join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM PST / 1 PM EST We are streaming live on Facebook on my personal account Michael Manley https://lnkd.in/gRCAB6p4, on linkedIn https://lnkd.in/g_FxuNr9 and on youtube https://lnkd.in/gnYEsMJg If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers. He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

I'm eager to be featuring another artist entrepreneur, Barbara Jostlein Currie, who solved an age-old problem bedeviling brass players. I'm also excited to learn more about Barbara's career with my favorite orchestra, that of New York's Metropolitan Opera. Barbara Jöstlein Currie joined the Met Orchestra on 4th Horn, the position which she has held since 1999. In 1998, Barbara won the assistant horn position at the Met at the age of 22. Growing up in Chicago and studying with former Chicago Symphony Orchestra horn players Phil Farkas and Nancy Fako, she left for New York to study with the Met Orchestra’s former Principal Horn, Julie Landsman at the Juilliard School on a full scholarship. When she was a sophomore, she was the runner-up in the Third Horn audition with the San Diego Symphony which led to an opportunity to spend a year with the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra as their Associate and Third Horn. During the summers, Barbara has performed frequently at the Hollywood Bowl and Disney concert hall with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and with the San Diego symphony, as well as playing one season with the San Diego Symphony as their second horn. For over 10 years, Barbara has been on the horn faculty at the Bard College Conservatory and has has given master classes at many conservatories and universities around the world and in the US. Barbara is active in the recording industry, playing both horn and Wagner tuba in movies such as True Grit and Contagion, and with singers such as Tony Bennett, Lady Gaga and Sting in both NYC and Los Angeles. In 2023, she launched her company called Brass Witch Accessories which makes magnetic pencil holders for brass instruments, a product she invented and perfected while the Met Orchestra was furloughed during the pandemic. Brass Witches are made in Brazil by the instrument casemaker Marcus Bonna, using Vegan Leather combined with strong NeoDymium magnets, and are patent-pending. The facility in Brazil uses 100% solar energy. The company and its products are managed by Barbara Currie, while her daughter Emma Currie runs the marketing and includes the design of the Brass Witch website and social media. For more information, please visit BrassWitch.com. Join us every Sunday at 10:00 AM PST / 1 PM EST We are streaming live on Facebook on my personal account Michael Manley https://lnkd.in/gRCAB6p4, on linkedIn https://lnkd.in/g_FxuNr9 and on youtube https://lnkd.in/gnYEsMJg If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers. He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

Cirque du Soleil. Celebrities. One Piece. EDC. Red Carpets. School of Cosplay. After many years of competing in the national cosplay circuits, winning many awards, he moved to Las Vegas to build Venetian Opera Gowns before landing at Cirque du Soleil’s water spectacular O building costumes. Since leaving Cirque, he has worked freelance out of his own studio – creating everything from mermaids that shoot water, to Mirrorball Men, and Golden Fairies that contort through the air. Jez has designed for events with A-list celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Eva Langoria, Snoop Dogg, and DJs such as Benny Benassi, and Dash Berlin; his jewelry has even been worn on the red carpet at the Billboard Awards and he has designed and worked in the Anime Industry. In Winter 2019 he launched CosplayVegas/GamerVsTailor, the School of Cosplay in Las Vegas. It has grown to offer classes in all disciplines of costume arts as well as support the community through outreach, education, and pass along the universal message that Cosplay is for everyone! I'm pleased to welcome the School of Cosplay Founder Jez Roth to this week's podcast. Jez has had a varied career as a performer, designer, costumer, and cosplay expert. I'm eager to learn how he transformed his unique skill and passion into a thriving business serving the Las Vegas community. Don't miss it! Join us every Saturday at 11:00 AM PST / 2 PM EST We are streaming live on Facebook on my personal account Michael Manley https://lnkd.in/gRCAB6p4, on linkedIn https://lnkd.in/g_FxuNr9 and on youtube https://lnkd.in/gnYEsMJg If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers. He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

I'm excited to welcome Ron Ross, host of Sirius XM Radio's The Ron Ross Morning Show, to my first podcast of 2023! Ron has spent his career in terrestrial and satellite radio, championing and interviewing musicians and bands in every genre of popular music. Ron Ross is the host of the appropriately named “The Ron Ross Morning Show” on the Pulse on SiriusXM, channel 5 and has been doing so for the past 15 years. Mixed in with playing adult hit music from Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Imagine Dragons and Billie Eilish, Ron’s talked to international legendary superstar Elton John, actor Kevin Costner, and his personal favorite, Bert and Ernie from Sesame Street, and plays games such as Older or Younger, or What T H Is It? (you know what the T H means) and asks The Question of the Day. All for Pride Not Prize. Ron’s a native Marylander, after spending his childhood in the suburbs of Raleigh, North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia where he developed a fondness for some good collard greens, he has spent the last 45 years in Frederick County, Maryland putting Old Bay spice on anything he can get his hands on. Father of two daughters, and a grandfather or “Granddude” to the greatest little boy in the world, Ron and his wife Jennifer are empty-nesters making up for lost time going out at every opportunity and enjoying the local music scene, or watching their impossibly large TV to which they treated themselves. Much to their daughters’ envy. I'm eager to learn how satellite radio is changing how musicians and bands get discovered, build audiences, and advance their careers. Don't miss out! Join us this Saturday at 11:00 AM PST / 2 PM EST We are streaming live on Facebook on my personal account Michael Manley https://lnkd.in/gRCAB6p4, on linkedIn https://lnkd.in/g_FxuNr9 and on youtube https://lnkd.in/gnYEsMJg If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers. He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

Join me as I reflect on a year of podcasting, and the incredibly diverse guests who I’ve learned so much from this year! Join us this Saturday at 11:00 AM PST / 2 PM EST We are streaming live on Facebook on my personal account Michael Manley https://lnkd.in/gRCAB6p4, on linkedIn https://lnkd.in/g_FxuNr9 and on youtube https://lnkd.in/gnYEsMJg If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers. He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

"I'm lucky to get to perform." "The arts don't make money--if I wanted to be rich I wouldn't have chosen this path."

"These institutions are hanging by a thread--they're non-profit, after all." "I can't ask for more--there's 100 others behind me who are dying for this opportunity." At some point all creators and performers have had version of these--and more-- run through our heads, and half the time we don't even realize it.

All stem from a scarcity mindset, rooted in fear, that comes from a focus on lack. In this episode I'll share some of my own experiences combating this destructive mindset, and those of others I've encountered in my career. What better time than Thanksgiving to remind ourselves that gratitude is the key to abundance?

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Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers.

He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

I'm thrilled to welcome fellow music lover and foodie Eric Gladstone to this week's podcast.

Eric has had an amazing journey championing and supporting artists in the realm of music, film, and food.

He is an expert at framing and crafting the stories of artists in traditional, social, and new media, helping them gain huge followings of excited and engaged fans and customers. I look forward to seeing how we can all apply this to our own careers as freelance musicians.

Check it out, it's going to be a great episode!

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If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers.

He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

Meg Sippey has over 20 years of experience in the artistic administration world including planning seasons, tours, and multi-faceted community collaborations with major orchestras and opera houses.

In addition, she has extensive experience fundraising, marking and having served in senior level positions. Her love of working with artists stems even further back from her previous career as a professional flutist and true love of music.

Meg holds degrees from Michigan State University and the Eastman School of Music. Often, the most successful arts executives begin as performing artists themselves.

But the path from performer to arts leader is not one that has been carved in stone, and there are few guideposts for those considering a transition from performer to arts manager or executive.

I'm pleased to welcome Washington Concert Opera's Executive Director Meg Sippey to this week's podcast, and eager to learn about her journey from flutist to arts leader.

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If you like what we do please follow us and give me a DM . Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers.

He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.

Whether you are engaged by an existing non profit, or are forming your own ensemble, or building a career as a conductor or soloist, you will need to fundraise as part of your career.

That may be attending a donor dinner as a featured musician, or writing a grant to fund a string quartet education outreach plan.

Special appearance by Dr. Rob Robertson, AKA "Cousin Rob," who has spent many years fundraising in the field of education. Don't miss it!

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Michael Manley equips professional musicians and performing artists with the off-instrument tools, skills, knowledge, and strategies they need to build and thrive in their careers.

He also helps musicians who are recovering from injury, returning or beginning instrumental study, or those who are transitioning from performance careers to develop a healthy artist mindset as they manage change.