Category: Music Business
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Podcast: Trumpet Chris, Daddy Chris: Life at Juilliard, How to Move Your Audience and Inside the Decision to Step Away From A Dream Gig
Topic highlights: Career aspirations as a young conservatory student…9:54 Life like as a student at Juilliard…12:38 To specialize, or not to specialize…17:40 The foolproof method of winning a job in an orchestra…21:47 Baptism by fire: first days in the Canadian Brass…30:10 How having a family shifted priorities as a musician and performer…34:10 And much more……
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Canadian Brass Trumpets, Chris Coletti & Caleb Hudson, Featured on “The Other Side of the Bell” Podcast
“Usually we get nervous because we’re focussed primarily on ourselves.” I recently had the pleasure of appearing along with Caleb Hudson on a very popular trumpet podcast: The Other Side of the Bell. We are interviewed by host, John Snell, and the podcast is brought to you by Bob Reeves Brass.In this episode we discuss how you can…
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Podcast: Overcoming Stage-Fright & How to Perform Your Best WHEN IT MATTERS MOST
Podcast: Overcoming Stage-Fright & How to Perform Your Best WHEN IT MATTERS MOST “Usually we get nervous when we’re focussed primarily on ourselves.” I recently had the pleasure of appearing on Bryan Crisp’s fantastic podcast Music on Purpose.In this episode we discuss how you can easily overcome stage-fright, how to perform the best when it matters most, and…
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Breakthrough Music Podcast – Becoming a Top Performer (and dinosaur fossils, etc.)
Breakthrough Music Podcast – Becoming a Top Performer (and dinosaur fossils, etc.) “Humans are very easily influenced by the things we watch and the people we’re around. Choose to be around people you admire.” — Chris Coletti on Breakthrough Music PodcastI recently had the pleasure of appearing on Kevin Mecchella’s fantastic Breakthrough Music Podcast. His show is designed…
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How to Build Your Network: 5 Action Steps
Are you frustrated with your music career? Have you dedicated most of your life to practicing your instrument or voice with little to no income to show for it? Or do you simply want to grow your freelancing career and start getting called for higher level gigs? Enter Seth Hanes. Seth has helped countless freelancers grow their careers via his…
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Effective Networking, Passive Income & How to Get More Gigs
“Just as it’s your responsibility to be good at what you do, it’s your job to be known as a top performer that’s enjoyable to work with.” Written by Chris Coletti, Interview by Seth Hanes It can be frustrating to find yourself struggling to survive as a freelancer after spending most of your life perfecting your craft.…
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7 Tips To Overcome Nervousness (aka Stage Fright / Performance Anxiety) & Become a Confident Performer
Written by Chris Coletti Professional and amateur performers alike have to deal with performance anxiety all the time. Some claim they eventually overcome it, some never experience it, but some of the best in the business get nervous before every single performance but still perform their best. Some get so nervous that they get violently ill…
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5 Reasons Musicians Need to Have a Podcast
Why do you need a podcast? Let me explain:Recently I was interviewed by trumpeter James Newcomb for his popular trumpet podcast, Trumpet Dynamics, which I encourage you check out out here.In it we cover everything from performing and building a career, networking, social media marketing, and exactly how I got into Canadian Brass.James has added some real value to the…
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They Call Him the “Accidental Millionaire.” Here’s His Advice…
Have you ever heard of an indie musician getting rich by accident? It’s not common, and it doesn’t happen to just anybody.But one man is the musician who famously became a millionaire accidentally by creating a website that was so useful it grew faster than he ever hoped.The website was simple: it gave unsigned musicians a place to sell their CD’s…
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