<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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Send us Fan Mail CVH has a VERY humbling costume fitting. Musings and backstage access to the first week at Royal Opera Covent Garden. Pontificating on being successful in the last 5% of effort.

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HUMBLING FITTINGS AND THE LAST 5%

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Send us Fan Mail MY LOVE FOR MADRID AND MY NEW OBSESSION.

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BULLFIGHTS, ATTILA AND THIS AMAZING CITY

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>My two fantastic co-stars in Don Carlos discuss their careers from the perspective of young men experiencing Verdi for the first time. It’s hilarious, insightful, and heartwarming. They love what we do.

Send us Fan Mail My two fantastic co-stars in Don Carlos discuss their careers from the perspective of young men experiencing Verdi for the first time. It’s hilarious, insightful, and heartwarming. They love what we do.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>My two fantastic co-stars in Don Carlos discuss their careers from the perspective of young men experiencing Verdi for the first time. It’s hilarious, insightful, and heartwarming. They love what we do.&nbsp; &nbsp;

ANDRZEJ FILOŃCZYK AND SAVA VEMIĆ

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Send us Fan Mail Wrapping up Paris and creating over consuming.

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PROBABLY THERE'S SOMETHING TO SAY

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>Two of my most favorite collaborators sit down with me and talk about story telling.  We get into everything show business and dive into speaking honestly at every turn.  Hilarious, heart-felt and REAL.

Send us Fan Mail Two of my most favorite collaborators sit down with me and talk about story telling. We get into everything show business and dive into speaking honestly at every turn. Hilarious, heart-felt and REAL.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>Two of my most favorite collaborators sit down with me and talk about story telling. &nbsp;We get into everything show business and dive into speaking honestly at every turn. &nbsp;Hilarious, heart-felt and REAL. &nbsp;

CATE PISARONI AND CRAIG TERRY

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Send us Fan Mail POST OPENING LET DOWN AND MY NEW SHOW COMING TO A CITY NEAR YOU!

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AWFULLY QUIET

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Send us Fan Mail My brother Etienne sits down again for a laugh riot! Rainbow Dildos. Changing adult diapers, Fluffers.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>My brother Etienne sits down again for a laugh riot!Rainbow Dildos. Changing adult diapers, Fluffers. &nbsp;

ETIENNE DUPUIS

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>My good friend and wildly talented tenor, René Barbera, sits down for a hilarious chat.  Open and honesty are the keys to a GREAT CVH Podcast and René delivers! Not top be missed!

Send us Fan Mail My good friend and wildly talented tenor, René Barbera, sits down for a hilarious chat. Open and honesty are the keys to a GREAT CVH Podcast and René delivers! Not top be missed!

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>My good friend and wildly talented tenor, René Barbera, sits down for a hilarious chat. &nbsp;Open and honesty are the keys to a GREAT CVH Podcast and René delivers! Not top be missed!

RENÉ BARBERA

<a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new">Send us Fan Mail</a>My experience last weekend with a group of focused killers.  Thoroughly impressed with what's going on up at Eastman School of Music

Send us Fan Mail My experience last weekend with a group of focused killers. Thoroughly impressed with what's going on up at Eastman School of Music

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EASTMAN OPERA

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Send us Fan Mail THE FIRST RULE OF FIGHT CLUB...

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OPERA FIGHT CLUB

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