<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...

LISETTE OROPESA

C MONEY RETURNS

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SALZBURG SUMMER (BEER GARDEN EXCUSE)

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Send us Fan Mail Post show Wrap Up with Etienne Dupuis. 3rd and final installation with Sancho directly following my last performance in Paris.

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Etienne Dupuis Part 3

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NICOLE CAR

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Send us Fan Mail FINALLY GOT MY BROTHER DAVID LOMELI IN HERE. REVEALING, TOUCHING AND EXTREMELY INSIGHTFUL. SHOP TALK WITH A HUGE HEART BEHIND IT. THE AMERICAN OPERA FUTURE FEELS MORE SECURE WITH THIS KIND OF CHAMPION AT THE FOREFRONT.

<a href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/1425967/fan_mail/new" rel="noopener noreferrer">Send us Fan Mail</a>FINALLY GOT MY BROTHER DAVID LOMELI IN HERE. &nbsp;REVEALING, TOUCHING AND EXTREMELY INSIGHTFUL. &nbsp;SHOP TALK WITH A HUGE HEART BEHIND IT. &nbsp;THE AMERICAN OPERA FUTURE FEELS MORE SECURE WITH THIS KIND OF CHAMPION AT THE FOREFRONT. &nbsp;&nbsp;

DAVID LOMELI

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Send us Fan Mail BACK FOR MORE FUN AND DEBAUCHERY.

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ETIENNE DUPUIS TAKE 2

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Send us Fan Mail DON Q AND SANCHO SIT DOWN TO TRY AND FIGURE THIS ALL OUT.

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ETIENNE DUPUIS

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THIS ONE.  LISTEN TO THIS ONE.

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Send us Fan Mail STRESS. WHEN LIFE AND ART GET BLURRY...

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