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Crushing Classical is a series of interviews with classical musicians who are forging unique paths with their talent, creating their own artistic fulfillment and financial comfort, and finding ways to thrive. I celebrate these brave people who are taking routes outside of traditional orchestral or academic employment! As always, I invite you to listen for your own sparks and breadcrumbs, and use these interviews to find the possibilities that exist in your own life.

Crushing Classical Jennet Ingle

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    • 4.9 • 96 Ratings

Crushing Classical is a series of interviews with classical musicians who are forging unique paths with their talent, creating their own artistic fulfillment and financial comfort, and finding ways to thrive. I celebrate these brave people who are taking routes outside of traditional orchestral or academic employment! As always, I invite you to listen for your own sparks and breadcrumbs, and use these interviews to find the possibilities that exist in your own life.

    Live AMA with Khara Wolf

    Live AMA with Khara Wolf

    Ask Me Anything!
    This live zoom event with two musical entrepreneurs took place on April 11, 2024. 
    We discussed websites, getting STARTED, musical income streams, pricing strategies and money mindset. 
    Khara Wolf is at https://www.websitesbykhara.com
     
    You can sign up for my NEXT AMA event, with Ashley Danyew!
     
    Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 
    Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 
    Theme music by DreamVance.
    You can join my email list HERE, so you never miss an episode!
    I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a short discovery call from my website.
    I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there!
     

    • 56 min
    Happiest Musician Minisode: What if you don't NEED the money?

    Happiest Musician Minisode: What if you don't NEED the money?

    I've had conversations in the past two weeks with no fewer than four people who claim a good reason for undercharging, or avoiding price increases, or even declining to look at the money at all in their creative lives! 
    And I celebrate you if you are in that fortunate position! If you aren't in a space of urgency around money, that's wonderful. 
    But it DOESN'T mean you shouldn't think about it. Here's why! 
     
    Make sure you SUBSCRIBE to Crushing Classical, and maybe even leave a nice review! 
    Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 
    Theme music by DreamVance.
    You can join my email list HERE, so you never miss an episode!
    I help people to lean into their creative careers and start or grow their income streams. You can read more or hop onto a short discovery call from my website.
    I'm your host, Jennet Ingle. I love you all. Stay safe out there!
     

    • 12 min
    Ashley Danyew: Musician and Company

    Ashley Danyew: Musician and Company

    Enrollment is open NOW for my Happiest Musician Accelerator, a three month program that helps musicians to uncap their income and thrive in their creative careers!  I'd love to help you to create income and authority for yourself. 
     
    Ashley Danyew, Ph.D. is a musician, educator, writer, and entrepreneur. She is the Founder and Editor of Musician & Co., equipping classical musicians with the tools and education they need to be small business owners.
    A graduate of the University of Georgia and the Eastman School of Music, Ashley has over 10 years of experience running an online business and 15+ years of curating a portfolio career. Her website AshleyDanyew.com includes a blog, resource library, and courses for music educators and church musicians, and between that and Musician & Co., she serves an email list of 25,000 and had a combined readership of 344,000 people last year.
    At Musician & Co., Ashley is dedicated to providing educational tools, resources, and services to support self-employed musicians and music freelancers so they can build and manage a music career that’s as diverse and unique as they are—one that’s financially secure, artistically fulfilling, and made to last.
    A dedicated music educator, Ashley manages a private piano studio of K-12 students and hosts the podcast Field Notes on Music Teaching & Learning. She has presented her work at the National Conference on Keyboard Pedagogy and the College Music Society Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference and is a featured artist in the book, The Savvy Music Teacher.
    You should absolutely check out Musician & Company at the website, pick up a valuable template at their template shop, or follow Ashley on Instagram @ashleydanyew.
    Absolutely you should also grab her FREE CFO Workbook! 
     
    Thanks for joining me on Crushing Classical! 
    Theme music and audio editing by DreamVance.
    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!

    • 38 min
    Looking Forward: Work Life Balance 5

    Looking Forward: Work Life Balance 5

    Thanks for sticking with me through this 5 day challenge! Today, we recapped a bit about the three pillars of Time, Money, and Joy that are available for us to adjust all the time, within our portfolio careers. I hope you've been able to take a little bit of agency around these pillars this week!
    Here’s my question - NOW WHAT?
    What are you going to do with the time you’ve created, the income you’ve improved, the space you’ve opened up by saying NO? What is the project you really want to see in the world? Is it an artistic project? An educational one? Is there a new income stream you want to build for yourself? Because it is UP TO YOU.

    Today I opened early enrollment for the Happiest Musician Accelerator, a three month program that helps musicians to uncap their income and thrive in their creative career.​
    I invite you to book a call with me so we can chat about what is going on in your life, what you hope to create, and whether the program is a good fit for you. In my experience, I’ve found that this discovery call itself can have a lot of value for people, whether or not you decide to go forward and enroll - there’s a real magic to exploring your ideas with a live person. On that call you’ll get a taste of the way I might coach you in the program.

    I'm passionate about this topic because I want to see more creatives thriving in the world. Your artistry MATTERS.

    • 24 min
    About JOY: Work Life Balance 4

    About JOY: Work Life Balance 4

    I'm sharing my live challenge with you this week! Listen along to snippets of our daily live sessions: Seeking Work Life Balance for the Working Living Musician!
    Today we talked about JOY. What are the things you love the most to do or experience, and how can you tweak your portfolio to do MORE of the things you love and FEWER of the things you don't? 
    If you'd like to join us in the room for the rest of the week, or enjoy the full replays, register HERE for free! 

    • 23 min
    About TIME: Work Life Balance 3

    About TIME: Work Life Balance 3

    I'm sharing my live challenge with you this week! Listen along to snippets of our daily live sessions: Seeking Work Life Balance for the Working Living Musician!
    Today we talked about TIME. How every YES has a NO in it, how to prioritize YOURSELF, how to take control of your time so you can do what YOU want. 
    If you'd like to join us in the room for the rest of the week, or enjoy the full replays, register HERE for free! 
    And if anything in these conversations sparks you, book a call ​and let's talk about what's coming up!

    • 28 min

Customer Reviews

4.9 out of 5
96 Ratings

96 Ratings

Bdan12 r ,

Great show

I love Crushing Classical. Interesting guests — empathic thoughtful host; Jennet has wonderful insights — I especially like her mini-sodes. I love the premise of the show: Ask people trained to find opportunities for beauty in every phrase how they make a living — you’ll get some inspiring answers!

Earle29 ,

Wonderfully entertaining

I’ve had the pleasure of knowing and working with Jennet for quite a few years. I have since moved from the town we shared, so I don’t get to chat with her as often anymore. BUT I can tell you, listening to her in this podcast is exactly how she would be if you were sitting in her living room, drinking coffee. She is inquisitive, articulate, and knows how to bring out the best in her guests. Lovely person and time well spent listening to her every week.

katielmccarthy ,

Young musicians, check this out!

This podcast is a MUST for any modern day classical musician!! Seriously, if you’re looking for inspiration, listen to this pod.

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