<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

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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...

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NOT INVINCIBLE

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WATCHING A MAN STEP IN HORSE S&!T

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Send us Fan Mail ART BATH WRAP UP/CVH SINGS SOME JAZZ.

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HEADING OUT OF MY LANE

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Send us Fan Mail ANOTHER FANTASTIC SIT DOWN WITH MY PARTNER IN CRIME. PLOTTING AND PLANNING OUR INEVITABLE TAKEOVER.

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QUINN KELSEY 3

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Send us Fan Mail MY 2ND ANNUAL VERY SPECIAL THANKSGIVING GUEST.

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THANKSGIVING EPISODE

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Send us Fan Mail A MAGICAL NIGHT IN THE THEATER.

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THE BUZZ

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Send us Fan Mail A SIT DOWN WITH EDITOR IN CHIEF OF OPERA NEWS MAGAZINE, F. PAUL DRISCOLL. A CANDID AND ILLUMINATING CONVERSATION WITH A MAN WHOS BEEN IN THE THICK OF THE MIX FOR DECADES.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>A SIT DOWN WITH EDITOR IN CHIEF OF OPERA NEWS MAGAZINE, F. PAUL DRISCOLL. A CANDID AND ILLUMINATING CONVERSATION WITH A MAN WHOS BEEN IN THE THICK OF THE MIX FOR DECADES.

F. PAUL DRISCOLL

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Send us Fan Mail INDUSTRY NIGHT AT ITS FINEST.

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TUCKER GALA WRAP-UP

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Send us Fan Mail EPISODE 189 ON THE ROAD AGAIN.

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GOING BACK OUT

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Send us Fan Mail TWO YEARS AND 188 EPISODES. THE CIRCUS CONTINUES.

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2ND ANNIVERSARY

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