<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Most of us spend years learning how to sing... and almost no time learning how to build a career.For Podcast #314, tenor Ben Bliss came all the way to my home in Virginia to sit down and talk about both.Ben's new book, Making It Work: The Practical Guide to Financial and Entrepreneurial Literacy for Freelancers in the Performing Arts, tackles the side of this profession that rarely gets taught—money, contracts, business, long-term thinking, and how to make a life in the arts that's actually sustainable.We also talk about his own career, the realities of freelancing, and the lessons we both wish we'd known much earlier.If you're a singer, musician, actor, or anyone making a living as a freelancer, I think you'll get a lot from this conversation.Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

Send us Fan Mail Most of us spend years learning how to sing... and almost no time learning how to build a career. For Podcast #314, tenor Ben Bliss came all the way to my home in Virginia to sit down and talk about both. Ben's new book, Making It Work: The Practical Guide to Financial and Entrepreneurial Literacy for Freelancers in the Performing Arts, tackles the side of this profession that rarely gets taught—money, contracts, business, long-term thinking, and how to make a life in the arts that's actually sustainable. We also talk about his own career, the realities of freelancing, and the lessons we both wish we'd known much earlier. If you're a singer, musician, actor, or anyone making a living as a freelancer, I think you'll get a lot from this conversation. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>Most of us spend years learning how to sing... and almost no time learning how to build a career.For Podcast #314, tenor Ben Bliss came all the way to my home in Virginia to sit down and talk about both.Ben's new book, Making It Work: The Practical Guide to Financial and Entrepreneurial Literacy for Freelancers in the Performing Arts, tackles the side of this profession that rarely gets taught—money, contracts, business, long-term thinking, and how to make a life in the arts that's actually sustainable.We also talk about his own career, the realities of freelancing, and the lessons we both wish we'd known much earlier.If you're a singer, musician, actor, or anyone making a living as a freelancer, I think you'll get a lot from this conversation.Listen now wherever you get your podcasts.

BEN BLISS

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Why do singers cancel?Episode 313 of the CVH Podcast is a conversation about something audiences rarely see: the importance of stepping away. Life on the road is a privilege, but staying healthy, recharging, and remembering why we do it all matters just as much as the performances themselves.I also share an update on the upcoming album and everything happening in CVH World.Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and join the mailing list at christianvanhorn.com for exclusive album updates, behind-the-scenes content, and music you won't find anywhere else.

Send us Fan Mail Why do singers cancel? Episode 313 of the CVH Podcast is a conversation about something audiences rarely see: the importance of stepping away. Life on the road is a privilege, but staying healthy, recharging, and remembering why we do it all matters just as much as the performances themselves. I also share an update on the upcoming album and everything happening in CVH World. Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and join the mailing list at christianvanhorn.com for exclusive album updates, behind-the-scenes content, and music you won't find anywhere else.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>Why do singers cancel?Episode 313 of the CVH Podcast is a conversation about something audiences rarely see: the importance of stepping away. Life on the road is a privilege, but staying healthy, recharging, and remembering why we do it all matters just as much as the performances themselves.I also share an update on the upcoming album and everything happening in CVH World.Listen wherever you get your podcasts, and join the mailing list at christianvanhorn.com for exclusive album updates, behind-the-scenes content, and music you won't find anywhere else.

WHY SINGERS CANCEL...

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>PHILDELPHIA RE-BIRTH

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>PHILDELPHIA RE-BIRTH

KEEPING THE MAGIC CLOSE

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>REAL LIFE

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>REAL LIFE

A HEAVY DOSE OF REALITY

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>EPISODE 225  SIZE 15

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>EPISODE 225&nbsp; SIZE 15

LONE WOLF

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>NOT OK.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>NOT OK. &nbsp;

PUNCHING SINGERS IN THE FACE

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

Send us Fan Mail WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE?

THE DEATH OF OPERA NEWS

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>A WEEK IN VERONA.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>A WEEK IN VERONA.

OPERA FOR 12,000

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>GUILTY, YOUR HONOR.  MY DAY IN IOWA DISTRICT COURT

Send us Fan Mail GUILTY, YOUR HONOR. MY DAY IN IOWA DISTRICT COURT

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>GUILTY, YOUR HONOR. &nbsp;MY DAY IN IOWA DISTRICT COURT

HOW DO YOU PLEAD, MR. VAN HORN?

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Feeling renewed after a summer in a corn field.

Send us Fan Mail Feeling renewed after a summer in a corn field.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>Feeling renewed after a summer in a corn field. &nbsp;

BLUEBEARD MAGIC

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>FINALLY SITTING DOWN WITH MY FRIEND OF 20+ YEARS- THE GREAT LUCAS MEACHEM

Send us Fan Mail FINALLY SITTING DOWN WITH MY FRIEND OF 20+ YEARS- THE GREAT LUCAS MEACHEM

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>FINALLY SITTING DOWN WITH MY FRIEND OF 20+ YEARS- THE GREAT&nbsp;LUCAS MEACHEM

LUCAS MEACHEM

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>THE NICEST MAN IN OPERA SITS DOWN. CHICKENS WILL EAT ANYTHING FENTANYL IN MY MILKSHAKE

Send us Fan Mail THE NICEST MAN IN OPERA SITS DOWN. CHICKENS WILL EAT ANYTHING FENTANYL IN MY MILKSHAKE

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>THE NICEST MAN IN OPERA SITS DOWN. CHICKENS WILL EAT ANYTHING FENTANYL IN MY MILKSHAKE

BRANDON JOVANOVICH

<ul><li>Extreme confidence by day, crippling self-doubt by night. You will get rare access to the behind the scenes life of an international opera singer.&nbsp; ZERO Bullshit- Nothing Curated or framed. Opera Singer, Christian Van Horn.&nbsp;</li></ul>

Arts

Music

Performing Arts

Extreme confidence by day, crippling self-doubt by night. You will get rare access to the behind the scenes life of an international opera singer.  ZERO Bullshit- Nothing Curated or framed. Opera Singer, Christian Van Horn. 

Share The CVH Podcast

Sign up to save your podcasts

The CVH Podcast

The CVH Podcast episodes

About The CVH Podcast

More shows like The CVH Podcast

Fresh Air

Met Opera Guild Podcast

He Sang/She Sang

The Daily

Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast

Up First from NPR

The Bulwark Daily

The Journal.

SmartLess

The Rest Is History

The Ezra Klein Show

Countdown with Keith Olbermann

I've Had It

Wiser Than Me with Julia Louis-Dreyfus

The Rest Is Politics: US