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Finding Balance in an Unpredictable Lifestyle (PSP 05)

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The word “Balance” sometimes is met with hostility. It’s as if when someone tells us we need some more balance, they are telling us to stop practicing. But more likely, they’re just concerned that we’re heading towards unhealthiness.

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Pursuing Your Curiosities (PSP 04)

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How do you know if being a musician is the only thing you were meant to do? Today we dig deeper into Michael’s story about why he stuck with music despite trying different careers and jobs. We talk about the “Turd Sandwich” of being a musician, our desire for autonomy vs. being a cog in the machine, and getting started as a freelance musician. Show notes: www.perservice.co/4

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25 Things we learned in “The Real World” (PSP 03 )

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Music school simply cannot prepare you for all the things you need to know once you graduate. So we rounded up 25 things we all learned the hard way…from making these mistakes, or watching those around us make them. You can find the list of all these on the show notes at www.perservice.co/3

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Do I have to be passionate about music to make it? (PSP 02)

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Being is a musician is hard work. So do I have to love every minute of it? What if I don’t like practicing, or I don’t want to play this gig tonight? Should I find something else to do with my life?
These are some of the issues we discuss in our second episode.
Find the links we talk about at www.perservice.co/2

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Why We Quit Music, and Why We Stick With It (PSP 01)

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Welcome to our first episode of the Per Service Podcast. We start at the very beginning. Why do we play music? Why did you start, and why do you stick with it? When we started discussing it, we found it was easier to start with all the reasons why we don’t quit – or to put it another way: What are the reasons why people quit?
Show notes at www.perservice.co/1

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