theOpenScore Conversation Podcast Michelle Lau

I'm excited to share with you a new podcast episode with @itsjustben.emotionalfitness!
Thank you to Ben as well for helping to produce this episode and providing extra clips!

Ben is an emotional fitness coach based in the UK. He has played the piano since he was seven, going on to study at Leeds College of Music until an injury lead him on a journey of discovery, diving deeply into the relationship between emotions and self-expression, with regards to music, performance as a whole and general personal development.

Join Ben and I as we discuss the interconnected states of flow, presence, and communication in found in public speaking, break dancing, and musical performance

Find the full video podcast on Youtube, Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and Google Podcasts.

A full transcript is available on my website:

Happy Listening!
Michelle

It was my pleasure to have Tom Trones on this episode of theOpenScore Conversation Podcast. He is the Co founder and Chief Product Officer of @Minuendosound - a company that is passionate in bringing category defining hearing protection products that users will truly enjoy wearing. In this podcast, you’ll learn about the importance of protecting your hearing as a musician, his pathway from guitarist to designing his ear plugs and what it was like to take a product from the idea stage all the way to selling a complete product during the pandemic.  

Pssst!……Although this video is not directly sponsored by Minuendo themselves, I have a discount code for 20% of the Lossless ear plugs from their distributor - Soundbrenner.  

Discount link: https://www.soundbrenner.com/michelle 

Full transcript can be found here:
https://www.theopenscore.com/post/theopenscore-conversations-podcast-ep-7-musician-s-health-made-simple-ft-tom-trones-from-minuendo   

Happy Listening!
Michelle

Dr. Kensley Behel went from injured musician to musicians' health researcher to help musicians like you have a healthier career. She uses her Ph.D. in Performing Arts Health combined with years of experience coaching others to provide solutions to musicians' injuries like Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency, Music Performance Anxiety, and Burnout! She is passionate about sharing her story so that others know they are not alone. 

 If you're wanting to incorporate more injury prevention tips into your classroom, or you need help finding a solution, reach out to Kensley on her:
- Website: www.kensleybehel.com  
- Instagram: @kensleybehel (https://www.instagram.com/kensleybehel/?hl=en)  

Time Stamps: 

00:00 - Intro
01:42 - Dr. Behel’s Journey  
08:42 - Difficulty of playing the Clarinet with Stress Velopharyngeal Insufficiency
10:13 - How Musicians and Health Care Professionals can improve communication
14:01 - Growth Discomfort vs Injury and how to tell it apart
15:31 - On Musculoskeletal Injuries
16:46 - On Implementing Musician Health in Education  
18:04 - How the current state of Musician’s Health Education and Support is unsatisfactory
21:00 - Dr. Behel’s Ideal Implementation of Musician Health Prevention and Education
25:39 - Why musicians struggle to receive health care in America
27:16 - Similar mindsets between athletes and musicians (hours of practice and perf. anxiety)
31:46 - How musicians can transform anxious energy to benefit them
34:12 - On Recreating performance/audition experiences to practice performing
36:35 - On “Musician ear plugs don’t work”
42:11 - Solutions for good hearing health cannot end at the individual
44:48 - On Social media to promote Musician’s Health and all her services!

“You need to be able to face yourself. And you need to have that connection between yourself, your thoughts, your anxieties, your worries, and your ambitions and goals, and one of the best people to talk to about that with is yourself” - Chris Au  

How to Find Chris:  
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/chris.au.piano/?hl=en
Tiktok: https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisaupacino?lang=en
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCol9jU9Ae8crNLSMj-h76qQ
Website: https://chrisaupiano.com/



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“The only mistake I fear is if I’m not able to open up fully while performing” - Emma Leiuman  

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Tokyo Born Pianist Maya Purdue has dazzled audiences across Europe and Asia, and is quickly cementing herself as an exciting young talent amongst the next generation of pianists.  Maya regularly gives Concerts in Salzburg, Graz, Munich and other cities in Europe. She has performed in many famed venues all across Japan and in Europe, such as the “Wiener Musikverein”, Mozarthause Vienna, and Wiener Saal. In 2020 she was selected as an accompanist for an opera project held in Wiener Musikverein, followed by many other very successful concerts in Vienna. From 2021 March, as a member of Live Music Now Salzburg, she is recognized even more in Salzburg as a young artist. Being a lady of many talents, Maya is also the host of a Radio show, where each week she broadcasts new episodes of her ‘Musical Journey’!  

Maya’s Socials: Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/mayapurdue/
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