COVID-19

Episode 19: 🎉 Season 2 Finale 🎉

In the Season 2 Finale, Elise and Marcelle reflect on the twists and turns of creating a podcast during a global pandemic. They share how working on this season has changed their thoughts on the industry, helped them to more clearly find their voices, and reaffirmed their commitment to advocating for all singers. Finally, they…

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Episode 15: Content Creation in the Time of COVID with Matthew Maisano (aka the FAB drag queen✨Balena Canto✨)

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride! 🏳️‍🌈 On today’s show we sit down with the fabulous baritone Matthew Maisano to talk about his parallel career as the enchanting drag queen known as Balena Canto. During quarantine, Matthew and Balena have been incredibly active, exploring different ways to produce online concerts, contests, and drag shows.  He shares with us…

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Episode 13: Personal Growth & Mental Wellness with Dr. Glenn Doyle 🩺

As quarantine drags on, we’re faced with a lot of questions as artists and as people: What do I do now that my work is on hold? Who am I when my daily patterns are interrupted? How do I navigate relationships when anxious and stressed out? We are joined by Dr. Glenn Doyle, a licensed…

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

Season two begins NOW and we’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 he’s been on the frontline of reporting just how the COVID-19 pandemic is…

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BONUS EPISODE: COVID 😷 Part 2

10 days later…. And all sense of time has evaporated. 🤔 We check back in with each other after Philadelphia’s “stay-at-home” protocol goes into effect to talk about how things have changed professionally, personally, and emotionally.  We also announce the release of the first episode of Season 2: April 10th! 🎉 We talk about how…

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Resources for Freelance Artists/Musicians during the COVID-19 Pandemic

In the midst of COVID-19, there is so much uncertainty, chaos, rumor, and fear. For the past week, I’ve been seeing so much information being posted and shared and re-posted and shared again. It can be overwhelming. Even writing this was overwhelming. But it’s so important to sift through and find what you need.  I’ve…

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