Brave Musician

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This is a community for the Brave Musicians. Brave Musician® is a space for all musicians to share their stories and talk about what it means to be a human making music. Created and facilitated by saxophonist, composer, visual artist, and bandleader Monica Shriver, Brave Musician® includes the Brave Musician® Podcast, various resources for creative confidence and artistic/personal development, and opportunities within the community to connect and support. Brave Musician is for all of us: the pros, the hobbyists, the students, and everyone in between.

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Brave Musician

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Being Brave vs being fearless 15.05.2019 19:45

In this episode, Monica digs into what it means to Be Brave vs Fearless and shares where the Brave Musician name came from. She also gives some thoughts on ways to explore your fears, and work on Being Brave in your life. _____________ See the show notes at BraveMusician.com/podcast . _____________ To support our mission, please subscribe, rate, review, and share on your favorite podcast app.

Holly Pyle - Consistent compassion and navigating life as a musician 08.05.2019 30:40

In this episode, Monica and Marina sit down with vocalist Holly Pyle (House of Stairs) about her journey to making music full time and what it means to be a musician, including the "sneaky" learning process, the spectrum of creativity, accepting emotions like anxiety, curiosity, resistance, and sensitivity, different categories of pursuing music, and how music can be a lot like dating. ___________...

Corey Christiansen - Weighing fears and being uncomfortable 01.05.2019 46:57

Join Monica as she sits down with guitarist Corey Christiansen and discusses weighing fears when making a decision, getting the most out of what you want as a musician, and hear some humorous stories about mistakes caught on video. Corey is as insightful as he is witty and a joy to talk with. _____________ See the show notes at BraveMusician.com/podcast . _____________ To support our mission, ple...

What does it mean to be Brave? 01.05.2019 25:08

Welcome to the Brave Musician podcast! This is a community for the Brave Musicians: the ones who are curious, who want to do more who feel afraid but do it anyway who want to find their people the ones who are always searching for inspiration, who are not afraid to try new things who know that they've got to put in the work and who are willing to sacrifice for their craft the ones who know that go...