Ep 109-Megan Ihnen on Communication and Building Relationships
Dec 22, 2016
Megan Ihnen is a mezzo-soprano and new music specialist dedicated to powerful musical performances, high-quality digital communications, audience experience, and education. While so many in the classical music world are competing for ever-shrinking pieces of the pie, she is actively creating opportunities and brainstorming strategies to change things to better support the entire field and not just a select few. Most people know her from Twitter or her work on the Sybaritic Singer blog.
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Mezzo-soprano and knew music specialist Megan Ihnen shares how composers can create access points for audiences and be better communicators.
Topics discussed in this episode:
- #musochat
- Brand
- Access points
- Garrett Schumann
- Daniel Felsenfeld
- Jewell
- Megan Ihnen's Music Publishing Podcast interview
- 29 Days to Diva
- Audience building
- Shared interests
- Being an enthusiast
- Showing up
- Mindset and language
- Ambiverts
- Shared interest events
- Have a social wing man
- Hacking networking opportunities
- Make it easy to get in touch
- Have your bio ready to go
- Make it easy to sort your catalog
- Communicating quickly & clearly
- Stacy Garrop
- New Music Gathering
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Recommended Reading:
- Joan Didion, The Year of Magical Thinking
- Dorothy Day, The Long Loneliness: The Autobiography of the Legendary Catholic Social Activist
- Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
- Chris Guillebeau, The $100 Startup: Reinvent the Way You Make a Living, Do What You Love, and Create a New Future
- Jeri Goldstein, How To Be Your Own Booking Agent: THE Musician's & Performing Artist's Guide to Successful Touring
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