Where's My Freaking Dressing Room?!

Helen and Alex couldn't make a podcast about being musicians without tackling the big bad topic of PRACTICE. In this episode they discuss ideal schedules for practice, the awkward experience of listening back to yourself, the hours they've wasted doing pointless practice and strategies for mental practice.  

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Having delved into the depths of their bad performance experiences, it's only right that  Alex and Helen now sit back and celebrate their good performance experiences! From enthralling operas to exciting concerts, Alex and Helen discuss what it is that made their top performance experiences unique.

In an industry where we're criticised at every turn, Alex and  Helen encourage listeners to celebrate occasions where you feel you've given your best. As musicians we must be able to critique ourselves and recognise areas for improvement, but we also need to be able to congratulate ourselves and recognise our achievements. 

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Alex and Helen delve in to the world of bad performance experiences, discussing concerts where they feel they haven't given their best, concerts where others have affected their performance experience, projects where they haven't felt comfortable in themselves, as well as that all important question of when is the best time to eat before a performance?! 

Most importantly, they talk about how best to turn a negative performance experience in to something you can learn from. They find that it is often in their toughest performance experiences where they learn the most. 

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Alex and Helen waste no time getting down to the nitty-gritty stuff. In this episode they chat about the impact of Coronavirus on their careers; what it feels like to practice at home, what they miss about live performance, how Coronavirus has forced them both to slow down and potential positives (if there can be such a thing!) that might come out of this seismic shift in the classical music industry. 

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It's time to meet the team behind this brand new podcast series. Join Alex and Helen for this taster episode as they reveal who they are, how they know each other, and why they've made this podcast. 

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