Episode 141: Non-Musician Perspectives - Normalizing Social Media

08/11/21 • 21 min

The Musician's Guide To Being Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise

“It will never hurt your career to be more adventurous and multifaceted”

Authenticity and vulnerability are the keys to human connection. Why, then, do we hesitate to be authentic and vulnerable on social media? In this episode with KCA project manager and non-musician perspective Jen Cubides, we talk about normalizing social media to capture the everyday.

Being authentic on social media is a lot easier said than done. To help you take your first steps toward an authentic platform, Karen and Jen give some examples of content you can post to get started:

Videos in the practice room, being gentle and honest with the imperfect parts of your playing
Real day-in-the-life, what you’re up to and where you are
Behind the scenes, sharing bad days and how you overcome them
- Remember, we are all humans, imperfection is natural!

We need to show up consistently and authentically to form connections with our audience. To do so, we can strategize our content to an extent in order to put ourselves in a position to share our lives regularly. Discipline equals freedom, and this discipline of strategy will leave room for us to be more spontaneous in what we share when those spontaneous times come: with the discipline of strategy, we don’t have to worry about rushing through a post or racking our brains to come up with content for the day. We’ve planned for consistency and sustainability in our strategies!

Lastly, social media is your portfolio. It will evolve and change just like we do. People will get to know who you were, who you are, and who you become, just as you’re able to see the documentation of your own life in each season that you share.

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“It will never hurt your career to be more adventurous and multifaceted”

Videos in the practice room, being gentle and honest with the imperfect parts of your playing
Real day-in-the-life, what you’re up to and where you are
Behind the scenes, sharing bad days and how you overcome them
- Remember, we are all humans, imperfection is natural!

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Jen's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jenniferjames.co/

Previous Episode

Episode 140: Interview with Jackie McIlwain

“Teach the whole person.”

In music performance, we need to take care of our bodies in order to ensure sustainability in our careers. This episode, we talk all things wellness, intention, and body mapping with Associate Professor of Clarinet at the University of Southern Mississippi and President-elect of the Association of Body Mapping Educators, Dr. Jackie McIlwain.

For those unfamiliar with body mapping, here’s a little overview! Body mapping is a technique that was made directly for musicians, making sure that we have a very clear understanding of how the body is designed to move. If we have this understanding of the body map, then we can use it to move more effortlessly, with more fluidity, more ease, and less tension.

Jackie discovered body mapping in her undergraduate career, where she began to experience pain that greatly interfered with her performance. She was then introduced to Alexander Technique and body mapping, and became so passionate about these areas of study that she began to focus on pedagogy and wellness in her academic career. Now, she’s co-writing two books with friend Shawn Copland: Body Mapping for Clarinetists all about healthy ways to approach the instrument, and the Breathing Book for Clarinetists, a step by step practice companion.

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Next Episode

Episode 142: Meet the Mcllwain’s

Ben and Jackie McIlwain join us in this couples interview to talk all about their relationship as two musicians, having kids and fostering, as well as navigating their musical careers in higher education. Both having doctorates and now teaching at the same university, Ben and Jackie’s path to getting where they are today involved a lot of communication and supportive attitudes. In having similar careers, they understand the challenges and necessities of the craft.

Join us in this episode to hear about Ben and Jackie’s relationship through undergrad to tenure track, having kids, fostering, and more.