Life Between The Notes | More success, happiness & balance for musicians with massive goals

Life Between The Notes | More success, happiness & balance for musicians with massive goals

By Jessie May Smart | Violinist and musicians’ nervous system/ mindset mentorEducationSelf-Improvement
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Life Between The Notes | More success, happiness & balance for musicians with massive goals episodes

  • Motherhood in music, improvising with strangers, and flying, with Chez Taylor

    Saxophonist, composer, and entrepreneur Chez Taylor has a frank and funny chat with Jessie about the eternal pull of balancing parenthood with performing, the joys and struggles of changing stages in a female musician's life, and when it's at it's very best.


    Find Chez here:

    IG: instagram.com/cheztaylorsax/

    www.cheztaylor.london


    Mini Jam concerts:

    www.minijam.uk

    IG: www.instagram.com/minijamphotos


    Jessie's free community Talk Between the Notes:

    https://www.skool.com/talk-between-the-notes-1613/about


    Between the Notes IG:

    https://www.instagram.com/between.thenotes/

    1 hr
  • California, Comfort zones, and Community

    This has been a month of new experiences and challenges, and Jessie discusses the importance of stepping out of our comfort zones, and how we can do it more easily.


    Link to the FREE community: https://www.skool.com/talk-between-the-notes-1613/about


    Check out the replay of the 'Freedom from Fear' free masterclass by clicking the link to the community above, or DM Jessie on IG:

    https://www.instagram.com/between.thenotes/

    23 min
  • Flow state, parking the problem, and self-compassion, with Nixie Graham

    In this conversation with therapist and spiritual thinker Nixie Graham, she and Jessie discuss pressure and the role compassion for oneself can have, how to perform at your best when there's a lot of stuff going on in your life, and getting into flow state.


    Nixie graham: www.nixiegraham.com

    Nixie's IG: @nixiegraham


    Jessie's IG: @ between.thenotes

    34 min
  • Being a Performer AND a Person

    A discussion on the pull between being a highly driven musician/ performer, and a healthy, balanced, fulfilled individual. Is it possible to have both? What are the pitfalls? And what can we do to integrate the musical world with your own non-musical identity?


    https://www.instagram.com/between.thenotes


    @between.thenotes


    25 min
  • Stage personas, the perfect performance cocktail, and clang-alert, with Julian Littman

    Exceptional multi-talent Julian Littman joins Jessie for a chat about his life and career, and discussions about identity and personas on stage, his experience of being an actor versus that of a musician, and striving for the perfect performance mindset.

    It's a star-studded chat with Julian having worked with everyone from Bowie to Madonna.


    Between The Notes IG: https://www.instagram.com/between.thenotes/


    1 hr 2 min
  • Mindset Mini for Musicians

    Today's episode is a mini introduction to the mighty world of MINDSET and how important it is in a musician's world. Just scratching the surface of this huge topic, but talking about self belief, limiting beliefs, and identity.


    Join Jessie for a FREE musicians mindset masterclass on 24th March 2026.


    DM 'Masterclass' on any IG post:

    https://www.instagram.com/between.thenotes


    @between.thenotes



    22 min
  • A Better Life as a Musician

    Setting an intention to find a way of creating a better, healthier, kinder, more successful life as a musician.

    These episodes will be fortnightly, alternating guest interviews with solo discussions.


    Follow on instagram: @between.thenotes

    6 min

About Life Between The Notes | More success, happiness & balance for musicians with massive goals

From the publisher's feed

Be your best performer self. Delving into the musical, the scientific and the energetic in the pursuit of what can create the happiest, healthiest and most successful musicians. Life Between The Notes expands the bubble of your music world with its fortnightly dose of inspiration and education.