TEM2: Patrick Sheridan

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TEM2: Patrick Sheridan

For the second episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician, I am joined by Patrick Sheridan: performer, conductor, writer, creator of the Breathing Gym, and much more.  Patrick talks about how he left a dream job for a tuba player, "The President's Own" Marine Band, to get an MBA at the University of Michigan.

Patrick talks about how and Sam Pilafian decided to launch the Breathing Gym line of products and goes into detail about how they have marketed it.  He also goes into detail about the many different facets of his career today and how they came to be.

Finally, he shares with us some books and speakers who have inspired him as an entrepreneur through the years.

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Produced by Austin Boyer and Buddy Deshler of FredBrass

TEM1: Ranaan Meyer of Time for Three on advice for young musicians, the importance of a strong support network and founding time for three

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TEM1: Ranaan Meyer of Time for Three on advice for young musicians, the importance of a strong support network and founding time for three

Ranaan Meyer is the bass player for Time For Three, a teacher, and the founder of the Time For Three Foundation.

What You'll Learn:

  • How Time for Three started almost by accident and how the got (more like created) their big break

  • The business model Time for Three uses that continues to see them thrive

  • What's next for the group

  • The advice Ranaan has for young musicians trying to make a name for themselves in the business today

  • The importance of having a strong support network (Ranaan leans on his heavily)

  • The three words that are written in block leaders daily at the top of his To-Do list

  • How he and his colleague Zach DePue took advantage of a power outage while playing with the Philadelphia Orchestra and proceeded to wow the crowd, amaze the rest of the orchestra and how it helped propel them to stardom

  • The nonprofit he runs and his other entrepreneurial ventures he runs including two bass camps and his career as a soloist

Show notes for all episodes of TEM including topics discussed, links to all books and websites referenced can be found at:

http://www.andrewhitz.com/shownotes

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: 

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Produced by Austin Boyer and Buddy Deshler of FredBrass