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Jess Gillam hosts the podcast about young musicians, for young musicians. Special guests every episode, with a new show every week.

Updated: occasionally
Episodes available: indefinitely

Episodes to download

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    Making a life in music

    Fri 30 Nov 2018

    Our final guest of S2 is *GASP* Sir Simon Rattle!

  • Let's work together

    Fri 23 Nov 2018

    Because playing with others is the best part of being a musician. Just ask Pekka Kuusisto

  • Improvisation

    Fri 16 Nov 2018

    Jazz trumpeter Alexandra Ridout is our guest for this totally spontaneous episode.

  • How to record an album

    Fri 9 Nov 2018

    OK, so we're not even gonna pretend that we manage to crack this in the time available.

  • Feel the fear (and do the gig anyway)

    Fri 2 Nov 2018

    We're scared of heights. So whose idea was it to record this episode on the London Eye?

  • What is H.I.P.?

    Fri 26 Oct 2018

    (That stands for historically informed performance, btw.)

  • 99 (when the pass mark is 100)

    Fri 19 Oct 2018

    Exams and competitions are a fact of life for most of us. Do they matter?

  • Sort your life out

    Fri 12 Oct 2018

    In which Jess reveals the full extent of her stationery addiction.

  • Genre fluid

    Fri 5 Oct 2018

    Are labels still important when it comes to music? Is genre even a Thing?

  • Let's get physical

    Fri 28 Sep 2018

    Health, fitness, and why cucumber sushi is the ultimate pre-gig snack.

  • Aaaaand we're back

    Wed 26 Sep 2018

    Jess, Sam and Zeynep brainstorm ideas for Season 2. Eventually.

  • Image

    Fri 11 May 2018

    How does the way you present yourself affect the music?

  • The performance

    Fri 4 May 2018

    How to be your best self on stage.

  • Memorising music

    Fri 27 Apr 2018

    Memory tricks - techniques - lapses 炉\_(銉�)_/炉

  • Getting into music

    Fri 20 Apr 2018

    How did your musical journey start?

  • Practice makes progress

    Fri 13 Apr 2018

    How to find (and keep) your musical motivation.

  • Stage fright

    Fri 6 Apr 2018

    Have you ever frozen in the spotlight?

  • Welcome to 成人论坛 Young Musician

    Thu 29 Mar 2018

    Welcome to this new 成人论坛 podcast! The first episode will be available within 7 days.

Essential advice for young musicians - from someone who knows

Considering a career in music? You need to hear these podcast tips from Sir Simon Rattle.

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Jess, Zeynep & Sam share tips for beating nerves in our new podcast for young musicians.

Six tough lessons we鈥檝e learned about being a young musician

Jess, Sam and Zeynep explore what it means to be a young musician in 2018.

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