742: An Impossible Choice with Zach Finkelstein and Dana Lynne Varga

<p class="p1"><a href="https://www.zachfinkelstein.com/">Zach Finkelstein</a> and <a href= "https://theempoweredmusician.com/">Dana Lynne Varga</a> turned a lot of heads earlier this year with their <a href= "https://theempoweredmusician.com/an-impossible-choice-music-majors-covid-19-and-an-uncertain-future/"> co-authored article</a> <a href= "https://www.middleclassartist.com/post/an-impossible-choice-music-majors-covid-19-and-an-uncertain-future?ck_subscriber_id=90330810"> An Impossible Choice: Music Majors, COVID-19, and an Uncertain Future</a>.</p> <p class="p1">We dig into this complicated topic, plus the unique challenges vocalists face in their career, the concept of a <a href="https://theempoweredmusician.com/getting-real-the-correlating-career/"> correlating career</a>, the pitfalls of <a href= "https://www.middleclassartist.com/post/do-artist-apprenticeships-pay-a-living-wage"> Young Artist Programs</a>, and much more.</p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1">Enjoy, and be sure to check out Dana’s site <a href="https://theempoweredmusician.com/">The Empowered Musician</a>, Zach’s site <a href= "https://www.middleclassartist.com/">The Middleclass Artist</a>, plus check out <a href= "https://www.zachfinkelstein.com/preorder-album">Zach’s latest album</a> and <a href="https://massopera.org/about/">MassOpera</a>, which Dana co-directs.</span></p> <p class="p5"><span class="s1"><a href= "http://contrabassconversations.com/app"><em>Listen to Contrabass Conversations with our free app for iOS, Android, and Kindle!</em></a></span><span class= "s2"><br /></span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1">Check out my <a href= "https://courses.discoverdoublebass.com/p/beginners-classical-bass"> Beginner's Classical Bass course</a>, available exclusively from <a href="https://discoverdoublebass.com/jasonheath">Discover Double Bass</a>!</span></p> <p class="p3"> </p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><strong>Thank you to our sponsors!</strong></span></p> <p class="p4"><span class="s1"><a href= "https://EarTrumpetLabs.com/contrabass