Crushing Classical
Crushing Classical is an entrepreneurship and empowerment podcast for classical musicians. Host Jennet Ingle interviews classical musicians who are forging unique paths with their talent, creating their own artistic fulfillment and financial comfort, and finding ways to thrive. YOU TOO are allowed to thrive, and your artistry matters.
Episodes
It's Quarter Four! Well, it's MUSICIAN quarter four, anyway. We are back to school, we are back at work, and it's time to take a look at your routines and systems and make sure they are working for YOU.
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Peter is a great example of someone who proves you can balance music and another career. He is a serial entrepreneur who founded and sold companies doing such diverse things as weather forecasting for windsurfers, 3D molecular modeling, traffic signal control, photo capture software, and book publishing. Since he loves the business of making products, he also happily consulted with many companies such as HP, Intel, Roch...
If, like me, you see a ton of fear-mongering about the rise of AI, and if, like me, you don't know what it means for your creative career?
Give this a listen. My short answer - KEEP GOING! AI isn't real. You are real.
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Douglas Knehans is an American-Australian composer whose music has been performed, recorded, and broadcast worldwide by leading orchestras, opera companies, chamber ensembles, and distinguished soloists. Hailed by The New Yorker for its "primitive force and melodic insistence that recall Stravinsky," his music has earned international recognition through performances, recordings, broadcasts, and awards including The American Prize,...
Can we talk about how you get paid? The literal HOW - is it Zelle? Venmo? A check in the mail with the numbers all written out in letters?
Is it possible that there's an easier way? Because it MATTERS for your clients and potential customers.
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Rick Sowash lives by his wits. He has earned most of his living by weaving the history and folklore of his native Ohio into books which he himself writes, publishes and markets.
In earlier years, he supported his family in a variety of ways: as an elected public official, an arts administrator, a radio broadcaster, an innkeeper, a church choir director, a housepainter and a guard at the Cincinnati Art Mu...
I use a lot of tools in running my business. Perhaps the most important one is my calendar!
How can you use your calendar to make your dreams REAL this year?
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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With over 30 years of experience as a concert pianist and composer, and approximately 4 years of collaboration with the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Maestro Molino has captivated audiences worldwide with his virtuosity and emotionally charged performances. Yet his artistry extends far beyond the concert hall. Today, he is a globally recognized leader in cinematic music composition and the therapeutic science of sound, bridging th...
Musicians have BIG ideas! But it can be hard to make time to make them real - so time management is the very first thing we tackled in my Happiest Musician Incubator. Here are some of my tactics, so YOU TOO can lean into the projects that light you up.
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Pianist Clare Longendyke is a soloist, chamber musician, and fearless advocate for new music who brings daring repertoire and thoughtful storytelling to the concert stage. Her performances are marked by imaginative programming, charismatic stage presence, and a gift for weaving together contemporary works and classical favorites.
In 2024, Clare released her debut solo album, …of dreams unveiled, featuring music by Claude ...
I was struck recently by a podcast interview advocating for entrepreneurs to STOP spreading their energy around and FOCUS so they can make more money. Is this idea for me? Is it for you?
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Enjoy this special gift, a recorded meditation by Ruth Phillips:
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Alongside her rich and diverse career as a concert cellist and teacher, Ruth is internationally sought after as a performance coach, mentor and meditation teacher, helping...
How can you get past the overwhelm of TOO MANY CHOICES? What can break you through your Analysis Paralysis?
Some thoughts here to get you into ACTION!
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Pauline Frechette is a contemporary composer. Her melodies and harmonies take you to unexpected places, emotionally driven yet only 3 or 4 minutes long. Her compositions are gems that spark the 21st century need for private inspiration, sensual beauty or glowing romanticisim. A Frechette miniature fills the need for warm flow, deeper meaning or emotional lift to a higher plane. Pauline composes mostly from the piano.&nb...
I've had a couple of experiences recently that reminded me how VALUABLE it is sometimes to pay for professional support. I'm good at getting stuff done on my own, and I know you are too. But what a PLEASURE to be able to focus on the parts I care about most!
Book a free discovery call with me! We can spend an hour looking at your creative career. You deserve to thrive, and your artistry matters.
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Amani Roberts is an award-winning music business professor, internationally renowned speaker, professional DJ, and USA Today best-selling author of “The Quiet Storm: A Historical and Cultural Analysis of the Power, Passion and Pain of R&B Groups,” who educates music professionals on making better business decisions. As a professional speaker for thousands worldwide, Amani has left an indelible mark on audiences by c...
Please enjoy some excerpts from my recent workshop, Successful Careers are Made in the Summer!
As usual on this platform, I've removed the conversation and voices that are not mine. Workshop participants didn't consent to a public broadcast! But you WILL hear my setup, activities, and journal prompts. I'd suggest talking through some of these ideas yourself, with a friend, a colleague, or a coach!
You'll also hear an invitation...
As musicians we are trained to go into our practice rooms and work in PRIVATE until we are perfect. But think about how much you learn from being in the orchestra or in a chamber music group and seeing how OTHER people work! I'm a huge fan of group programs - let me tell you why!
My own summer group program is The Happiest Musician Incubator. Is it right for you? https://www.jennetingle.com/happiest-musician-incuba...
I have such respect for musicians who use their own journeys and learnings to help others!
Described as “a powerhouse of contemporary keyboard repertoire” (Tempo), pianist and composer Xenia Pestova Bennett has earned an international reputation as a leading proponent of uncompromising music. Her work spans a wide range of sound worlds, styles and genres from classical to contemporary art music, free improvisation,...
People have been asking - what does it look like to be in conversation with a business and mindset coach for musicians?
The answer? It can look all kinds of different ways. But it ALWAYS looks like, what is the thing YOU need to talk about to get unstuck, or to move your project forward? Because your portfolio career doesn't have to look like anyone else's, and you don't have to struggle alone!
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