This Is You Podcast, by Denis Wick

Closing up our "Quarantined but Not Forgotten series" is this amazing interview where science meets the band room. Denis Wick Artist Travis Harris is a longtime Texas based band director and pro-trombone performer, and his wife is a teacher, pro-vocalist, and has degrees in microbiology and chemistry. We started this series in quarantine, and now as we open schools where do the science and logistics meet in that discussion for musicians? *** For a list of scientists and specialists Maria provided to help you find your own answers, as well as the complete library of podcasts in this series, visit the Denis Wick App: http://bit.ly/musicsciencepodcast

Closing up our Quarantined but Not Forgotten series is this amazing interview where science meets the band room. Denis Wick Artist Travis Harris is a longtime Texas based band director and pro-trombone performer, and his wife is a teacher, pro-vocalist, and has degrees in microbiology and chemistry. We started in quarantine, and now as we open schools where do the science and logistics meet in that discussion for musicians? *** For a list of scientists and specialists Maria provided to help you find your own answers, as well as the complete library of podcasts in this series, visit the Denis Wick App: http://bit.ly/musicsciencepodcast

For a band director, music education has become equal parts of inspiring students and advocating for your programs. This week we continue to part 2 with music educators Jenny Maclay, Terry Guynes, and Carla Newsome on the past, present, and future of these cornerstones of music education. Last week we discussed what it takes these days to grab your student's attention. This we will discuss what it takes for the importance of your music program to grab your community's attention.

For a band director, music education has become equal parts of inspiring students and advocating for your programs. This week we start a 2 part discussion with music educators Jenny Maclay, Terry Guynes, and Carla Newsome on the past, present, and future of these cornerstones of music education. This week, we discuss inspiration. What does it take these days to grab your student's attention?

For many teachers, quarantine has removed access to a classroom and students. So what does band rehearsal, music lessons, and everything else that goes along with it look like? Vanessa Jackson and Scott Cullen join me this week to discuss this and how they've impressively gone beyond the notes by using their music training to continually encourage and enlighten their students, no matter the environment.

When Brandyn Taylor joined the National Guard to supplement his music performance career years back, he definitely did not foresee Covid 19. How does his work now affect his life as a musician and looking forward? Find out in this week's episode of This Is You.

When quarantine hit, This Is You guest Peter Freeman experienced a halt to performances of the orchestra he was president and principal trombonist of, a shift in teaching and meeting with students and performers... basically all his favorite things. And this is how he used his creativity in composition to get them back.

If you knew that one class in school would provide an experience of equality for all, and provide a context that would help them take that experience with them the rest of their lives, would you enroll them in that class? That class exists. It's school band. Find out what band director Meara Mitchell experiences on a daily basis with her kids in this week's episode of This Is You.

At what point have you arrived as a musician? While the point of our discussion was how musicians are adapting to Covid-19 restrictions, guest Mark Nelson and I got into a great discussion on what the true definition of arrival is.

Every area of the music industry has been affected by Covid 19 quarantines. How are we all dealing with it? Tune in to these stories from teachers, students, and performers, professionals to enthusiasts, and get a glimpse into the trials, and successes seen around the United States.

Every area of the music industry has been affected by Covid 19 quarantines. How are we all dealing with it? Tune in to these stories from teachers, students, and performers, professionals to enthusiasts, and get a glimpse into the trials, and successes seen around the United States.

Music education has always been fraught with challenges: funding, participation, community involvement... and now... existence seems to be a challenge as schools face the possibility of not being able to open in September. How do we plan or not plan for a future that is very uncertain? Ryan Adamsons has some great advice in this week's This Is You podcast.

In my discussions with friends and colleagues, this time of Quarantine for Covid-19 changed our lives and livelihoods, bringing many new struggles as well as many new skills. Musicians performing lives were brought to a halt, but we still found ways to join, make music, and teach music, and we shared our art in completely new and creative ways. Now in the New Normal, what does our landscape and life look like, and how do we bring what we learned during Quarantine into the New Normal? This is what we will be discussing in our new series Defining the New Normal for Musicians.This week, we look at Empathy. Under the initial threat of Covid 19 we were all united under the same fear, the same danger to our lives, and that united us in many other ways as well. In the new normal, we see news of protests, divisions, and most recently the killing of Amahd Arbury, and I find myself wishing for that feeling of United Empathy again. How do we bring what we learned about Empathy into the New Normal. That is our discussion with Denis Wick Artists Arnetta Johnson and Kevin Woods on This Is You. Love what you're hearing on This Is You? Download the Denis Wick App on Google Play and App Store to get the COMPLETE library of This Is You episodes.

Many of have over the past few weeks felt life as we knew it come to a complete standstill. Jobs disintegrated, people we see every day are no longer there, and the walls of our worlds just got a little smaller and tighter. For most, this will be a very difficult adjustment, but as musicians you are in many ways ahead of the game. Host Mary Galime will provide some reasons you will succeed purely because you are a musician, and ways to stay sharp right now. Be safe and be healthy everyone!

Now might be a great time to sit down and start tracking what is happening, or has been happening in your life as a freelance musician. This may be the best piece of advice you ever receive to grow your freelancing career.

Professional and Performance success depend on your good health habits, quite literally. Travis Harris is a longtime professional and touring musician by night and band director by day. His success in the music industry has been as a result of teaching and living a life of professional and performance health. Learn his approach and tips in this week's podcast.

If you listened to Part 1, then hopefully you are convinced that as you go to find a new brass instrument mouthpiece, sound is king. Know what sound you want and that sound concept will be the model that you measure every trial mouthpiece to. Once you find a great mouthpiece, the next step is fine-tuning your decision, and for that you need to get in the weeds of mouthpiece design a bit. Denis Wick Artist, and professional trumpeter Josh Rzepka and I will take a lawnmower to those weeds for you in this interview, and explain how to hear and feel what parts of the mouthpiece are helping you get the sound that you love. If you have enjoyed this episode and would like to peruse through all the episodes of This Is You for more valuable information, download the Denis Wick App and visit our podcast section for the full archive of episodes. http://bit.ly/deniswickapp

You may think the person you are performing with right now is insignificant, and that may be the case in the present. But that may be the furthest thing from the truth for your future. Tim Dueppen provides a bit of his own life story that paints a pretty good picture of how some relationships from your childhood can be so strongly connected to your future professional career.

When it comes to success in music it is all up to you, and all about you and what you put into it. This makes your relationship to yourself and your craft especially important. Denis Wick artist Kyla Moscovich provides some amazing insight into creating an epic performance every time by bringing yourself into every moment of your music.

Need some relationship advice? We devoted the next 2 weeks to relationship advice for musicians, by musicians. Learn what to say, what not to say, and the secrets to having a relationship with both your instrument and your partner! Find the rest of our Musician's Guide To Relationships series by downloading the Denis Wick App for our full library of podcasts. bit.ly/deniswickapp

Though host of This Is You Podcast, Mary Galime, is the product specialist for Denis Wick North America, she did not always have a love affair with mouthpieces. A big reason for this was because there was 1 major thing she was misunderstanding about the nature of her search. Are you misunderstanding the same thing? Find out in this week's episode! If you have enjoyed this episode and would like to peruse through all the episodes of This Is You for more valuable information, download the Denis Wick App and visit our podcast section for the full archive of episodes.

If you spend any time on social media and you are a musician, I'm sure you've seen a looped or layered video. It is amazing to turn your favorite song from your favorite band, or chamber music, into a solo performance showcasing your favorite musician, YOU! Get tips on how to layer THE RIGHT WAY with the layering and looping master himself, Denis Wick Artist, Christopher Bill.

Isn't getting your BM and MM enough? That is the questions a lot of musicians face as they enter the world of performance and teaching. Get some great insight into this question from Denis Wick artists Chris O'Hara and Buddy Deshler, in this week's episode of This Is You, capping off our final installment of our series September Stories.

You go to college for the dream and then what happens when the reality of your choice serves as a big pin that bursts your bubble? It sounds dramatic to describe, but when you are caught in the reality of this situation, the reality is tremendously dramatic. This week on This Is You, Denis Wick artist, and professional trombonist Christopher Bill tells us his September Story. What did he do in his "disillusionment" and how did it push him towards his current success? Listen and find out!

Do you have a plan for your future? Does it include going to college? As a musician, you need to have a pretty solid plan if you want a job after school. Paul Nowell, Paul the Trombonist, had a uniquely solid plan that led him to his first year at music school and allowed him to maximize all his relationships and experiences that were to follow. Do you want a successful plan? Check out Paul's story on This Is You!

For a lot of teachers and band directors, mouthpieces are a scary subject to approach with your students, or one that just seems like it takes too much time. This month’s This is You podcast focuses on your student’s journey to the correct mouthpiece and how YOU factor into that decision. Joining me this month are Denis Wick artists Evan Clifton Decker Babcock, and Melvin Jones. They are all performers, teachers, and clinicians who, in my experience with them, have special expertise in their understanding of mouthpieces.

"25% of your current students will be working jobs in the future that don't currently exist." How does this affect the way you teach your students, or does it change anything at all? These questions and more are answered during this discussion we had with professional trumpet player, trumpet teacher, trumpet collector, and Denis Wick Ambassador, Mark Ponzo.

In part 1 of Welcome To the Jungle, we focused on the beginnings of your professional career - the time when you build your craft (or raft if you listened to the podcast!). In part 2, we get a little more personal and focus on preparing yourself. Mental and emotional stamina is key to survival in the jungle that is the professional music world. Listen to this month's installment for some great tips from John Hagstrom of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, and Buddy Deshler from Dallas Brass.