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Episode 18: Creating a Kick*ss Personal Brand with Tara Priolo

Branding. Weโ€™re all supposed to do it, especially with our work being pushed mostly into the digital realm. ๐Ÿ’ป Many of us donโ€™t know how to create a brand. Many of us hate the idea of it because it feels fake or pushy or too โ€œsales-y.โ€ Others, however, seem to find that perfect balance of…

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Episode 11: Zach Finkelstein on the #operalife during and after COVID

Season two begins NOW and weโ€™re hot off the presses in our first episode, talking to Zach Finkelstein, a tenor, a research analyst, and the independent journalist behind the Middle Class Artist blog.  He is passionate about arts advocacy for singers, and heโ€™s been on the frontline of reporting just how the COVID-19 pandemic is…

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BONUS EPISODE: COVID ๐Ÿ˜ท Part 2

10 days laterโ€ฆ. And all sense of time has evaporated. ๐Ÿค” We check back in with each other after Philadelphiaโ€™s โ€œstay-at-homeโ€ protocol goes into effect to talk about how things have changed professionally, personally, and emotionally.ย  We also announce the release of the first episode of Season 2: April 10th! ๐ŸŽ‰ We talk about how…

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Episode 10: ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿผ Season One Finale ๐Ÿ’ƒ๐Ÿป

To celebrate the completion of our first season, we invited some opera singer friends to join us for drinks and conversation around some of this seasonโ€™s topics. We were curious to hear other viewpoints on the opera business and to have a little fun, too! We dig back into rejection, application fees, creating community, and…

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Episode 9: Jessica Fishenfeld Keeps Opera ‘Alive & Kicking’ ๐Ÿ‹๐Ÿผโ€โ™€๏ธ๐Ÿ’ช

On todayโ€™s show we interview Jessica Fishenfeld, a soprano who isnโ€™t afraid to make things happen! In addition to building her career in opera, she has a branded parallel career in personal training — JecaFit — where she helps clients to discover and achieve their own health and fitness goals. If that wasnโ€™t enough, she…

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