Cody Weisbach is a Boulder, CO based Doctor of Physical Therapy with an interest in the prevention and treatment of playing related musculoskeletal disorders in musicians. He earned his Doctor of Physical Therapy from Simmons College in 2007 and has since gone on to become Board-Certified Clinical Specialist in Orthopaedic Physical Therapy in 2009 and a Fellow of the American Association of Orthopaedic Manual Physical Therapists in 2010. Professionally, Cody works for a hospital based outpatient...
Jan 11, 2024•38 min
Dr. Tonya Lawson is a musician, blogger, and SEO specialist whose mission is to empower musicians and other creatives to build out passive income streams so they have the financial freedom to live the life they want to live. She works part time at Middle Tennessee State University, runs a private music studio of 50+ students, has 3 blogs, and through her membership, helps musicians get their websites found on google so they can book more gigs, get more students, and earn passive income along the...
Dec 28, 2023•36 min
The holiday season is a boon for musicians - and also SUCH a bane. How are you feeling about it? And is there any way you could feel BETTER? This episode is brought to you today by Happiest Musician Coaching. You are amazing, and I believe in you. What are you trying to create? What do you need your career to be and do for you? What are you not seeing that you need to do and work on? I love these conversations and supporting musicians like you. For a limited time, I'm offering a free 30-minute c...
Dec 20, 2023•11 min
Tim Corpus is an internationally performed composer, sound designer, and arts manager who calls Chicago home. Highlights include performances at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, and features on CNN Money, BBC Radio3, and 98.7 WFMT among others. His album, “MMXX”, was shortlisted for the 2022 Grammy awards and hailed as “a striking disc” by critic Robert Hugill. Also a composer for film and games, his music has received awards from festivals around the country. Beyond his own compositions, Tim ...
Dec 14, 2023•41 min
This month, I'm thinking about REFINEMENT in my playing, my business, and my career. Might this idea help you? Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could hop on a short call with me to brainstorm your next plan. I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! Join me for my FREE three day workshop, What Got You Here Won't Get You There, and find the breakthrough ...
Dec 05, 2023•12 min
Kincaid Rabb is a writer and composer. They like dinosaurs, roller coasters, romance bookstores, craft cocktails, and houseplants. Kincaid writes about childhood memories, fantasy worlds, and little epiphanies that inspire the everyday extraordinary. Kincaid identifies as queer, transgender, nonbinary, neurodivergent, and autistic, and uses they/them pronouns. I’ve been working with Kincaid for a while - they wrote a fantastic piece for the oboists in my FLOW program and I have such admiration f...
Nov 30, 2023•39 min
My relationship with Black Friday has evolved a TON over my lifetime. Lately, it's become a PLAYGROUND of creativity and learning! How are you feeling about it this year? My offers for oboists A two hour consult call with me Consider EARLY EARLY bird access to my Happiest Musician Accelerator program Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay s...
Nov 21, 2023•10 min
Grab my UNRELEASED chapter, Managing the Money ! Of course, you might want to read the rest of the book , too... Today you’ll hear my interview with Dr. Meredith Hite Estevez. She's an Oboist, Author, Coach, and Podcaster, which might lead you to believe that I only ever interview people who are exactly like me. You’d be wrong, though. Meredith is uniquely herself - and so wise and interesting! You’ll hear me speechless over and over at the ideas and frameworks that come out of her mouth. I’ve l...
Nov 16, 2023•32 min
Grab my UNRELEASED chapter, Managing the Money ! Of course, you might want to read the rest of the book , too... Today, we talk about how my week of TIRED led to a wholesale BREAKING of my schedule - and why I don't mind at all! How do you treat the schedules and structures in your life? Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there...
Nov 07, 2023•10 min
In our Happiest Musician Accelerator class last week, we talked about the MISSION, and why it's important to HAVE ONE. This applies if you are starting a new income stream, leaning into an older one, or just trying to make it in our musical industry! I reference THIS Ted Talk in this minisode. And I invite you to tell me what YOUR why is! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could...
Oct 31, 2023•11 min
Dr. Kristin Leitterman, a solo artist of oboe and voice, defies modern convention, bringing exciting and unusual programs to audiences. She has performed compositions employing both oboe and voice that she commissioned from Michael-Thomas Foumai, Jason Coleman, Whitney George, and Lyle Davidson in major concert venues around the world, taking her to Spain, Brazil, and Canada, as well as throughout the United States, including Carnegie Hall and Jordan Hall. As Assistant Professor of Oboe at Arkan...
Oct 26, 2023•30 min
I was startled to learn this weekend that musical improvising is not as scary as I thought - but that it maps onto normal life and communication more than I had ever expected! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could hop on a short call with me to brainstorm your next plan. I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! Join me for my FREE three day workshop, ...
Oct 17, 2023•15 min
Today on the podcast, you'll hear from Mary Lou Falcone, Founder and owner of M.L. Falcone, Public Relations Mary Lou Falcone is internationally known as a classical music publicist/strategist who for 50 years has helped guide the careers of celebrated artists – Van Cliburn, Gustavo Dudamel, Renée Fleming, Sir Georg Solti, James Taylor – and advised many institutions including Carnegie Hall, Chicago Symphony, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Vienna Philhar...
Oct 12, 2023•35 min
Sometimes as musicians - heck, as PEOPLE, we hesitate to start new things. We shy away from what we are meant to do in the world because we aren't sure how it will go or what will happen or what other people will think. What if you were allowed to treat something new as an EXPERIMENT? I want to let you know that I have a new program starting this October. The Happiest Musician Accelerator is a three month group program for musicians who want to have an impact in the world. It’s to encourage musi...
Oct 04, 2023•13 min
I want to let you know that I have a new program starting this October. The Happiest Musician Accelerator is a three month group program for musicians who want to have an impact in the world. It’s to encourage musicians to step outside the narrowest version of their career, to expand the box, and to create for themselves the life they want to live from a place of alignment and love.. It’s to give them the practical tools to start new income streams or launch programs. And it’s to give them the c...
Sep 28, 2023•39 min
How could you tweak your life, and your portfolio career, for the better if you let yourself question how things are RIGHT NOW? How much better could they become? Join me for the Low Hanging Fruit Workshop this very week, where I'll lead you through some Curiosity and some discoveries about the Money, Time, and Joy in your career! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! I'm your host, Jenne...
Sep 25, 2023•10 min
I had a little windfall last week - caused by releasing a tiny oboe product that I'd been developing for over 5 months. And it made me think about money and about income streams... And about helping others. For pre-launch information about my upcoming program, The Happiest Musician Accelerator, email me or book a call! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I l...
Sep 19, 2023•10 min
Jonathan Kravtchenko is an exciting young composer from Canada. He is currently getting ready for the premiere of his new opera-nova, "Tango for Two", which premieres in Toronto on October 21st. It's difficult to get STARTED in a music career, and in my conversation with Jonathan we looked at the landscape for recent graduates. COVID was awful for everyone, but my husband and I were in a relatively privileged place, with established portfolio careers to fall back on. The generation that came of ...
Sep 14, 2023•36 min
This Happiest Musician Minisode builds off my last minisode, on getting clarity on the money part of your business, and assumes that you DO have some clarity around how much money you need to make and where you want it to be coming from. You might want to hop back to that one first if you haven't heard it yet! Freelancing comes with its own set of math. Let's think about what questions you should be asking yourself as you accept or decline gigs! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and...
Sep 05, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Today you'll hear my interview with Jeffrey Biegel: Pianist, composer, arranger, professor and entrepreneur. We talked about what it takes to create a major project and find buy-in from EVERYWHERE. About the importance of bringing new music into the world. About sharing the legacy of those who have come before and creating your own. This conversation was a delight! Jeffrey Biegel is a respected pianist of traditional repertoire, starting life nearly deaf. He studied with Adele Marcus and has bui...
Aug 31, 2023•46 min
I’ve had a few conversations recently with people about pricing, about raising the prices that you’re charging for your teaching or for your reeds, or for the coaching that you offer. And I’ve had conversations with people recently about choosing to monetize or not to monetize a skill or passion, a hobby that they have. So I'm sharing some thoughts on this topic with you! This episode is brought to you today by Happiest Musician Coaching. You are amazing, and I believe in you. What are you tryin...
Aug 22, 2023•13 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Lullabies For Piano And Cello is a collection of instrumental works inspired by Icelandic folk songs. Accompanied by cellist Steiney Sigurðardóttir, the duo tracked the album in Reykjavik’s Eldborg Concert Hall. Following the implementation of choir, orchestra, and cinematic heft on 2022’s Solon Islandus, Gabríel made a conscious decision to strip the sound down to just these two instruments. As opposed to electronics, multi-tracking provided expansive flourishes. Together, Gabríel and Steiney u...
Aug 17, 2023•35 min
Do you ever feel like you are at the mercy of your work, or your teaching studio, or your business, and like the only time you can have for yourself is just IN THE CRACKS? You can do better than that. In today's minisode, we talk about taking agency in your schedule! This episode is brought to you today by Happiest Musician Coaching. You are amazing, and I believe in you. What are you trying to create? What do you need your career to be and do for you? What are you not seeing that you need to do...
Aug 08, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Composer and educator Dr. Joseph Sowa writes music that revels in vivid colors and rich textures. His music has been performed by a wide spectrum of groups, from prestigious ensembles like the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Dal Niente, and the PRISM Quartet, to schools and churches across North America. His talent has earned him accolades from ASCAP, the American Prize, and the Barlow Endowment. Joseph is also the founder of the Wizarding School for Composers, where he teaches both amat...
Aug 03, 2023•44 min
Really, this minisode is musings about communication - and how our speech and language influence our musical performances and how our musical skills influence our spoken and wrtten words, and how we can lean into ALL of it! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could hop on a short call with me to brainstorm your next plan. I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out...
Jul 22, 2023•17 min•Season 2Ep. 51
The Michigan City Chamber Music Festival (MCCMF) had its inaugural season in August of 2002. It was founded by husband/wife team Nicolas Orbovich and Sunny Gardner-Orbovich. The MCCMF operates under several guiding principals. The first priority is always artistic quality. The MCCMF attains this through the presence of world class musicians. Each of them has formidable performance skills and impressive credentials. Another is to forge and strengthen the threefold artistic relationship between gr...
Jul 20, 2023•38 min
Musings about summer camp - My first music camp was where I found my PEOPLE. The camp I taught at last week reminded me how astonishingly fast learning can happen when you are IMMERSED. And this is why I'm so bought in on group learning for my own programs! If you are an oboist, and think you might be interested in FLOW, maybe set up a call and talk with me! This episode is brought to you today by Happiest Musician Coaching. You are amazing, and I believe in you. What are you trying to create? W...
Jul 11, 2023•15 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Many young musicians dream of making a comfortable living as a solo artist playing recitals, appearing with orchestras, selling CDs. Frederick Moyer has been doing that for 40 years, making a living entirely on performances and record sales. The last teaching job he had was in 1983. What makes Fred particularly interesting to speak to on the subject of solo careers is that you probably have never heard of him! It is one thing to build a career out of a huge splashy success that puts you on the m...
Jul 06, 2023•52 min
As I come up toward the publication of the AUDIOBOOK (stay tuned) of The Happiest Musician , I find myself revisiting its concepts too. Today I consider the lessons of the 2008 recession for musicians of today! Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! You can join my email list HERE , so you never miss an episode! Or you could hop on a short call with me to brainstorm your next plan. I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there! Join ...
Jun 27, 2023•10 min•Season 2Ep. 47
Today on the podcast, you’ll hear violinist Kerstin Tenney talk about her upcoming debut album, LIGHT. We spent a lot of time talking about the long arc of her project - and if you have a project, a concept, an album in your heart that is not yet in the world, you will love this conversation. Kerstin Tenney is a professional violinist based in Salt Lake City, Utah. As an active freelance musician, Kerstin works frequently on recording projects, does solo work, and performs regularly with the Tab...
Jun 22, 2023•39 min
