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Get Your Music Heard: 6 Business Skills Every Musician Needs to Be Successful
When you wake up five years from now, what do you hope your life and career will look like? I know, I know. You’re still wrapping your head around what you want THIS year. But it’s important to look forward, and here’s why: I imagine you have big goals to get
Podcast #32: Susan Lape
Today I had the opportunity to sit down with an old friend of mine from Stanford, Susan Lape. Susan has gone on to do such amazing things in the field of arts administration and is currently the Executive Director of the Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestras. The way she built her
Podcast #31: Jason Heath
This episode inspired us to rethink how we make and promote our art—and we hope it does the same for you! Meet Jason Heath, longtime podcaster about all things bass. During our conversation, we cover it all, including: The pros and cons for starting your own podcast A surprisingly simple
Top 10 Blog Posts from 2017
It’s so hard to believe that we’re already nearing the end of December! 2017 has been a big year for the world at large and in many of our lives. At iCadenza, it has been a year of intense growth and learning. Our team has expanded, we worked with many
Podcast #30: Christopher Tin
For our 30th Podcast Episode, we were delighted to interview Christopher Tin, a Grammy Award-winning American composer of concert and media music. In this interview, he shares his personal insights into some of the biggest questions facing emerging musicians, including: How do I break into my niche? (Even ones
Traveling Alone to Gigs and Conferences? Lessons Learned from 150 Days on the Road
This year, if you can believe it, I spent 150 days traveling. That’s 41% of the year! Those 150 travel days included 20 trips, 14 of which were for work and the other 6 for personal reasons. My work travel took me to 15 cities, 12 in the US and