The Unclassical Musician

Wrapping up this three-part series with Karen Cubides was so fun! Karen is the host of The Musician's Guide podcast, as well as the Fempire to Inspire podcast. With a background in classical saxophone and orchestra admin, Karen set off to found her own marketing agency in Nashville-- the Karen Cubides Agency. Karen works with musicians of all stripes on building a rewarding career that is unique to them through coaching, photography, social media, web design, and videography. 

In this episode:

• Why Karen loves podcasting (she has TWO new shows coming soon!)
• The role podcasting plays in her career
• The Enneagram for musicians

We're taking a short break, but we'll be back later in July with fresh content! 

In the mean time, there are only a few days left to register for Heidi Kay Begay's course The Podcasting Musician! Use my code TORI10 at checkout for 10% off. Classes start July 3! 

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Episode links:

Follow Karen on IG 

Follow The Musician's Guide on IG

Follow Karen Cubides Agency on IG

Karen Cubides Agency website

"Persona" documentary trailer

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Show Links:

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In part two of our three-part series on musicians who podcast, I had the pleasure of chatting with Jason Heath-- host of the Contrabass Conversations podcast. Jason started his podcast way back in 2007 (!!) and has continued with it on and off ever since. The show is now close to reaching 3 million downloads!!!

Jason's career has been very multi-faceted and is a textbook example of a modern portfolio career. From gigging all over the Chicago area, to blogging and podcasting, to teaching high school orchestra-- Jason has done it all! 

In this episode:

• How podcasting has shaped Jason's career 
• Advice for musicians just starting out
• A crazy gig story involving an FBI investigation (you're going to have to listen all the way to the end for that one!) 

Stay tuned next week for a conversation with the host of The Musician's Guide podcast-- Karen Cubides!

Don't forget about our special 10% off code for Heidi Kay Begay's course The Podcasting Musician! Use the code TORI10 and sign up NOW-- class starts July 3! 

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Episode Links:

Jason's Website

Jason's Instagram

Double Bass Blog

Contrabass Conversations Podcast

Contrabass Conversations YouTube Channel

Contrabass Conversations Instagram

Contrabass Conversations website 

Show Links:

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

This month, we are doing a 3-part series featuring musicians who podcast!

First up is the host of the Flute 360 podcast-- Heidi Kay Begay. Heidi started her podcast as part of her DMA project, and 3 years later it is going stronger than ever! Flute360 offers "a panoramic view of flute-related topics for the modern day musician." Heidi now has her own course called "The Podcasting Musician" which takes entrepreneurial podcasters from scratch to launch in only 5 weeks!  

In this episode:

• Why podcasts are an important part of the entrepreneur's arsenal 
• The perks of being a podcaster
• All about Heidi's course The Podcasting Musician 

Now for a limited time, Unclassical listeners get 10% off Heidi's course with the code TORI10! Course starts July 3!

Check back next week for a conversation with Jason Heath-- host of Contrabass Conversations! 

SHOW LINKS:

Use the code TORI10 for 10% off The Podcasting Musician

Check out Heidi's website

Follow Heidi on Instagram 

Send Heidi an email [email protected]

Listen to Flute360

Follow Flute360 on Facebook

Podcast links

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

In preparation for our June series with musicians who podcast, I'm bringing back the original trailer for the show. Listening back to the trailer has been a helpful reminder to me about why I started this podcast, how much growth it has experienced in the last 8 months, and how much growth I've experienced through producing the show!

I am SO pleased to share our next lineup of guests! Stay tuned to hear from Heidi Kay Begay of the Flute 360 podcast, Karen Cubides of The Musician's Guide podcast, and Jason Heath of Contrabass Conversations. 

LINKS

Pod Perks!

Unclassical listeners recieve 10% of Heidi Kay Begay's Podcasting Musician course with the code Tori10. Heidi helped me build my podcast, and she will help you build yours in July! Sign up here. 

Watch the free training with Nicole Riccardo on How to Sell Out Your Offers on Instagram

Podcast links

Check out Heidi Kay Begay's show Flute 360

Check out Karen Cubides' show The Musician's Guide

Check out Jason Heath's show Contrabass Conversations

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

Last installment of mental health awareness month!

I wanted to ask New World flutist Leah Stevens to come on the show during mental health month because I have admired how transparent she is about her mental health struggles online. In addition to performing with the New World Symphony, she has served as principal flute with The Orchestra Now and substituted with the Civic Orchestra of Chicago, Quad Cities Symphony, South Bend Symphony, and the Lexington Philharmonic. Leah has also won First Prize in the Orchestral Audition and Masterclass and Second Prize in the Piccolo Orchestral Audition and Masterclass at the 2017 National Flute Association Convention.

In this episode:

• How music school is a contributing factor to a decline in mental health
• How depression and anxiety affect everyday musician tasks 
• Social media as an accountability buddy 

Taking a break next week, but we'll be back in June with musicians who podcast! Stay tuned! 

LINKS

Follow Leah Stevens on Instagram

Send Leah an email [email protected]

Pod Perks!

Watch the free training with Nicole Riccardo on How to Sell Out Your Offers on Instagram

Podcast links

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

Continuing with Mental Health Awareness Month on the podcast...

This week we have Rusty Holmes-- french horn player, teacher, and motivational speaker based in Austin, TX. In addition to being in the private teaching scene, Rusty plays in many orchestras in central Texas. During the pandemic, he developed his Musican's System for Success mental fitness lecture and has delivered it over 20 times.  Rusty is a huge advocate for journaling, gratitude, and challenging yourself! If you aren't motivated to get off your butt and do something awesome after listening to this episode... 

In this episde:

• What is self-efficacy and how is it different than self-confidence?
• Mental fitness routine for musicians
• Journaling 101! 

Stay tuned next week as we wrap up our mental health series with New World Symphony flutist Leah Stevens on her personal struggles with mental health both in and out of the pandemic. 

LINKS:

Rusty's Website rustyholmes.com

Follow Rusty on Instagram

Check out Rusty's Youtube channel

Article on Dr. Richard White, tuba professor at University of New Mexco and motivational speaking. 

Info on Jeff Nelson's Fearless Performance 

Pod Perks!

Watch the free training with Nicole Riccardo on How to Sell Out Your Offers on Instagram

Podcast links

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

Welcome back to mental health awareness month here on The Unclassical Musician!

This one is a must-listen!

This week, I sat down with my good friend and master of social work Amanda Deligiannis to talk about some mental health issues pertaining to musicians, and the music school experience. 

Amanda started at DePaul as a music ed major, with french horn as her instrument. Over the course of our four years there she waffled between continuing with music ed and considering switching to regular education. She eventually finished her music ed degree. During her teaching career she became passionate about education inequity as well as childhood trauma, which inspired her to complete a Master of Social Work from Loyola University. Throughout this time, she gained clinical experience interning for the Cook County Public Defender as well as in addiction treatment. Amanda also completed an internship as a medical social worker at the Ann and Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, supporting families while they experienced chronic illness, celebrations, and loss in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit. Amanda now works for a children’s therapy group in Chicago.

Even though Amanda has been out of music school for a while now, she is still very much in this community. I think she has a very unique and interesting view on the struggles of classical musicians from a clinical perspective.

In this episode:

• Some fundamental aspects of music school that are detrimental to students' mental health 
• Music school as a traumatic experience 
• Self-care tips for musicians (we're not talking bubble baths and manicures!) 

We are continuing Mental Health Awareness month next week with Rusty Holmes! Another french horn player, based in Austin TX.  One of his many passions is mental fitness for musicians!

Links for this episode:

Send Amanda an email [email protected]

Check out Rusty Holmes on IG!

Watch the free training with Nicole Riccardo on How to Sell Out Your Offers on Instagram

Links for the podcast:

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

Thank you to everyone who took the time to check in on me while I was sick! Many people have been asking questions about my experience with covid, so I wanted to do an episode about it. We are kicking off Mental Month with a solo episode that goes into detail on the negative mental side effects of testing positive for the enemy virus during a global pandemic. 

In this episode:

• The whole story! 
• The physical symptoms
• The mental side effects 

Stay tuned next week for a conversation with my friend Amanda Deligiannis-- music educator turned social worker-- all about the trauma that is music school, and self-care for musicians. 

LINKS:

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected] 

Better late than never! 

I am so pleased to FINALLY bring you this conversation with flutist, educator, studio-building guru, and pedagogy nerd Katherine Emeneth. Based in Georgia, Katherine has taken her successful private flute studio and expanded her career into studio consulting, speaking on private studio development, and career coaching for recent music grads. She is basically the queen of teaching musicians new to the private teaching game all about how to succeed in the industry! 

In this episode:

• How her background in music education has benefited Katherine's career as a private teacher
• How DOES one build a private studio?
• What do you do with a kid who doesn't practice???

Stay tuned next week to kick off Mental Month with a solo episode covering the negative mental side effects of covid-19. 

Links for this episode:

Katherine's website

Follow Katherine on Instagram

Send Katherine an email [email protected]

Download The Ultimate Guide to Recruiting Students for $7!!!

Follow Tori and The Unclassical Musician!

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]

Katie Velasquez is another flutist with Texas connections! Originally from Austin, Katie is now the principal flutist of the Missouri Symphony, and the Artistic Director of the Virtual Flute Music Festival! Katie has a very impressive background in orchestra performance and has killed it in many national competitions. Perhaps one of her most impressive feats is starting her own VIRTUAL flute and piccolo festivals featuring top names in the flute world. The truly unique aspect of this festival is the strong focus on empowering the artist through courageous thinking and mindset training. I wanted to get Katie on the podcast to talk more about her festival because the application will be closing MAY 1ST! That’s coming up! So non-flutists, maybe put your cross-disciplinary hats on for this convo about all the mental work behind bringing your most inspired self to your performances.

In this episode:

• How Katie has been able to stay inspired during the pandemic
• The inspriation behind the festival
• How and why mindset is a key part of the festival 

If you are looking for my interview with Katherine Emeneth, that episode will be airing next week-- stay tuned! 

LINKS:

Virtual Flute Music Festival website

Register for the Zoominar

Follow VFMF on IG

Katie's website

Peptalk app

Enroll in Nicole Riccardo's Instagram Marketing and Sale Academy

Support The Unclassical Musician on Patreon

Follow Tori on Instagram 

Follow The Unclassical Musician on Instagram by following the hashtag #theunclassicalmusician

Join The Unclassical Musicians Facebook Group

Sign up for a FREE 30-minute coaching session with Tori 

Send Tori an email [email protected]