TEM6: Brian Pertl, Dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music

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TEM6: Brian Pertl, Dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music

Brian is the Dean of the Lawrence Conservatory of Music and a former ethnomusicologist for Microsoft. He is the perfect meld of artist and businessman which makes him a very forward-thinking dean.

His passion for combining artistic expression with entrepreneurial skills has him on the cutting edge of what a music education should look like at the collegiate level today.

Topics Covered:

• How a $50 gig playing the didgeridoo led to his full-time employment for 16 years at Microsoft which led to him becoming a dean

• Always saying yes when asked if you are capable of something

• The importance of pivoting in one's career

• How giving people autonomy over projects can unleash creativity

• The value of questioning traditions within music

• Being ready to seize an opportunity

Books:

• The 4-Hour Work Week by Timothy Ferris

• The Savvy Musician by David Cutler

• Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip Heath & Dan Heath

Links:

• Contact Brian

• Brian's TEDx Talk: http://www.tedxlawrenceu.com/speakers/brian-pertl/

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Produced by Austin Boyer and Buddy Deshler of FredBrass

TEM5: Jeff Nelsen of Fearless Performance

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TEM5: Jeff Nelsen of Fearless Performance

Jeff Nelsen is the founder of Fearless Performance, former horn player for the Canadian Brass, and Professor of Horn at Indiana University's Jacobs School of Music.

He discusses his time with Canadian Brass, how he won four orchestral auditions, and how he started Fearless Performance, a method for mastering the mental process of performance.

He is one of the most uplifting people I've ever met and that is reflected in Fearless Performance.  In this interview, he discusses selling yourself as a musician (which he prefers to refer to as sharing), how to get the best out of yourself on stage, and most importantly how he took the idea for this program and made it a product in the form of seminars, lectures, and books.

As with Dr. Tim in the last episode, this will leave you fired up and ready to follow through on any ideas you have kicking around in your head!

Links:

• Jeff's Website: http://www.jeffnelsen.com/

• Fearless Performance: http://www.jeffnelsen.com/pages/fearless-performance

• Jeff's TEDx Talk: http://tedxtalks.ted.com/video/TEDxBloomington-Jeff-Nelsen-Fea

Want to help "keep the lights on" and make future episodes of TEM possible? Please visit our Patreon page to see how you can help: 

https://www.patreon.com/tempodcast

Produced by Austin Boyer and Buddy Deshler of FredBrass