Stuff I’ve Made
PODCAST
Change Your Tune
FEAR, SHAME, GUILT BUT DON’T WORRY THERE ARE PLENTY OF GOOD FEELINGS TOO
Think classical musicians only make classical music? Think again! These nuanced and real conversations with classical musicians get deep into all kinds of feelings (YES!), finding our value and career transitions. Meet professional classical musicians now thriving as entrepreneurs, master craftsmen, counsellors, personal trainers, software developers, lawyers and more.
PODCAST
The Progessatorium
DON’T LISTEN TO WHAT WE SAY, WATCH WHAT WE DO
Some Conservatories are thinking and taking radical steps to change the music student experience. Meet the leaders driving change adaptation, innovation and transformation in higher music education.
GUIDE TO FREELANCE AND GIG CAREER PLANNING
Navigate Well
The exceptional people at Arts Wellbeing Collective asked if I could write a new guide for careers in the performing arts. Their generosity means that Navigate Well is a FREE guide packed full of tools specifically for freelance and gig workers in the the performing arts.
Navigate Well includes:
THIS IS HOW I WANT TO WORK
Realise your workplace values and the people you want to work with
Define and maintain boundaries, including how to say “No”
Calculate annual income as a freelancer, including how to uplift rates
Recognise and avoid burnout
THIS IS HOW WE ALL WORK
Challenges and benefits of our industry
The concept of portfolio careers
Myths about success
Sector wide initiatives
BOOKS
100+ Inspo Ideas
UNLEASH MY IDEAS ON YOUR HIGH SCHOOL MUSIC PROGRAM, YOUTH OR COMMUNITY ENSEMBLE
I had so many requests for help and ideas that I wrote two ebooks! These workbooks are chockful of plain english, do it today OR plan for tomorrow implementable ideas. No academic jargon or high falutin’ theories, just specific and relevant worked examples of innovation to make things better. Make change in your Culture, Finances, Technology, Learning, Partnerships, Marketing or Engagement. Stop waiting for someone else to make the changes you crave. These are a bargain at AUD$15 each, check ‘em out and read a few pages on PayHip.
“This essential publication is filled with real word solutions to the challenges we face in the music industry on many levels. It is a functional workbook that allows the reader to implement the great ideas that fill the pages, I can highly recommend this to anyone interested in becoming a more innovative organisation and broadening their horizons.”
Ben Opie, Inventi Ensemble
“A lovely combination of ready-to-go and longer term strategies. Both books will give you an instant creative boost and feeling of positivity for the future!”
Sarina BMus MTeach
INTERVIEWS Hear my twisty turny career journey on these podcasts.
THESE KIND HUMANS ASKED GOOD QUESTIONS ON:
✦ The Entrepreneurial Musician
✦ Herstory
✦ iCadenza “Wow, you really hit a home run with me on this podcast. So many things I've pondered over the years were covered in this interview. Susan's comments were so thoughtful and inspiring. Jennifer's questions were so probing and spot on, in my opinion her best interview to date.”
✦ Creative Piano Teaching “Wow, this interview was fantastic! I totally came from the school of “if you don’t make it as an orchestral player you’ve kind of failed”. As Susan says this is so unrealistic! Other points about having a grad degree in performance but not being able to play something for family off the top of your head (me!me!) and of course having it drilled into you to follow the dots TO THE LETTER OTHERWISE YOU HAVE FAILED. I loved her stance on transferable skills and loved the point about music training the mind. Great podcast!!”
YOUTUBE Watch and learn!
FREE STUFF! ON YOUTUBE
✦ I love problem statements! YCAT (UK) hosted a session on creating one and then using that to ideate out of the box funding solutions.
✦ The team at Arts Wellbeing Collective are rockstars! They let me go wild with two career planning sessions Exit Stage Left and Pivot and Pirouettes.
✦ Sarah Curro doesn’t shy away from a BIG HAIRY QUESTION. Ingrid Martin and I’ve been with her to get meta and micro about Where Are All the girls (it’s not what you think!) and Choosing To Be Your Own Boss.
✦ Ingrid Martin and I hung out with Jason Tramm of Music Matters about our diverse careers and the state of music in Australia today.
✦ Sometimes I keep my mouth shut and facilitate a nuanced discussion. This was one of those times about The Future of the Creative Industries.