Musicians graduate from music schools and are immediately freelancers, and then we try really hard to pass auditions to become an employee. While pretty much the rest of the world does it the other way around, they get a Job right out of school, and then try really hard to leave that job to start their own thing. Since these are basically opposite career directions why does school prepare musicians the same way they prepare engineers, or doctors.

Today we have a guest joining us who has gone from freelancing, to working as an employee of a giant schools system, to becoming his own boss, and we get into the pros and cons of each area of work, the difficulty in switching back and forth. And what it means to be successful, or feel successful in whatever you do. I think you’re gonna love it.

Thank you to our Guest: Jason Heath!

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More in depth interviews with Jason: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/jason-heath-host-of-contrabass-conversations/id1055624592?i=1000376122023&mt=2

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