Singers: help your audition pianist help you

In this episode, your host is joined by the multi-talented and always-charismatic Aubrey Logan. She plays trombone, sings, and has made peace with the fact that she is apparently not going to pick one. The two Trained Musicians discuss what it means to be a multi-hyphenate musician, the peculiar business of promoting yourself on the internet, and why making fun of the whole thing might be the only sensible response. Also: the difference between having good ears and being able to read the page, the teacher who finally made sight-reading click, whether you actually need another music degree, and what happens when a trained singer discovers that being trained does not make you immune to needing help. Links: aubreylogan.com instagram.com/aubrey_logan ✨ Trained Musician™️ mug: https://the-trained-musician.printify.me Stay connected: 📱 Instagram: @Robert.Bosworth.Music 👉 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 🎵 Intro/Outro music by Robert Bosworth, Trained Musician™️ 🎙️ Produced by: phMediaStudio, LLC

In this installment, your ex-euphonium-playing host is joined by clarinetist and entrepreneur Kelly Riordan to chat about teaching, marketing, and the increasingly suspicious idea that you have to do things the way everyone else has done them. From her private studio which amassed 43 students in three months to a Facebook group that eventually became a business, Kelly gives great insight into the diversified career she has built for herself. The two trained musicians also discuss graduate school burnout, AI-generated emails, how Kelly’s soft palate led to her becoming a medical case study, and whether Robert should finally learn to play the clarinet he acquired during COVID. Links: OutsideTheBachs.com instagram.com/kellyriordanmusician tiktok.com/@kellyriordanmusician youtube.com/@outsidethebachsofficial ✨ Trained Musician™️ mug: https://the-trained-musician.printify.me Stay connected: 📱 Instagram: @Robert.Bosworth.Music 👉 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 🎵 Intro/Outro music by Robert Bosworth, Trained Musician™️ 🎙️ Produced by: phMediaStudio, LLC

In this installment, your increasingly distracted host is joined by pianist, singer, entrepreneur, and Fearless Artist Michelle Lynne to chat about the wonderfully weird life of a freelance musician: living in the Netherlands, traveling with a dog who apparently needs a passport, making albums, and putting a piano bench in the ocean. They get into why difficult things are worth doing, how discipline sometimes requires becoming a different person for 40 minutes, and what years of being motivated by shame can do to your relationship with the practice room. Plus: teacher egos, ideal client avatars, social media robots, fake laptops, the problem with trying to please everyone on Instagram, and why Michelle eventually starts interviewing Robert instead. Be Fearless. And then, of course, go practice. ✨ Trained Musician™️ mug: https://the-trained-musician.printify.me Stay connected: 📱 Instagram: @Robert.Bosworth.Music 👉 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 🎵 Intro/Outro music by Robert Bosworth, Trained Musician™️ 🎙️ Produced by: phMediaStudio, LLC

In this installment, your ex-euphonium-playing host is joined by trumpeter Adam Gautille to chat about the wonderfully weird life of a working musician: surprise gigs, freelance politics, playing with the Boston Pops, learning music by ear, and why you should probably keep a tuxedo in your car. They get into why resourcefulness might be just as important as practicing, how to create opportunities instead of waiting around for them, and what to do when you have to play music you don't particularly like. Plus: sight-reading at concerts, writing your own cadenzas, the problem with playing the same high E fifteen times, and why your career may be growing in more ways that you can realize. Instagram: @adamgautille And then, of course, go practice. ✨ Trained Musician™️ mug: https://the-trained-musician.printify.me Stay connected: 📱 Instagram: @Robert.Bosworth.Music 👉 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 🎵 Intro/Outro music by Robert Bosworth, Trained Musician™️ 🎙️ Produced by: phMediaStudio, LLC

Ever wonder what happens when being a successful singer forces you to figure out who you actually are? Deanna Breiwick joins your humble host for a chat about authenticity, anxiety, boundaries, vocal challenges, and the increasingly complicated business of being a musician in the modern world. They talk about learning to say no, why the old “this is just how the industry works” mentality needs to take a hike, and what happens when you stop hiding the less glamorous parts of the artistic life. They also get into Deanna’s bestselling book, Pulling Back the Curtain: A Singer’s Journey to Authenticity, the power—and terror—of sharing our stories honestly with each other, why she believes singers should stop living in their “huts of shame,” and how social media can become more than a place to post singing videos—it can be a way to build connection and community. Get Deanna’s book here: https://a.co/d/07zQjbGg Instagram: @deannabreiwick Website: https://www.deannabreiwick.com/ Free guided Quick & Confident vocal warm-up: https://deannabreiwick.myflodesk.com/quickandconfident And then, of course, go practice. ✨ Trained Musician™️ mug: https://the-trained-musician.printify.me Stay connected: 📱 Instagram: @Robert.Bosworth.Music 👉 Subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. 🎵 Intro/Outro music by Robert Bosworth, Trained Musician™️ 🎙️ Produced by: phMediaStudio, LLC