TEM206: Amanda Gookin on jumping first and making art that is unabashedly outspoken

<p><strong>TEM206: Amanda Gookin on jumping first and making art that is unabashedly outspoken</strong></p> <p><em>Amanda Gookin is a New York City-based cellist, entrepreneur and activist.</em></p> <p>On Today's Episode of The Entrepreneurial Musician:</p> <ul> <li>Amanda's motto: "Jump first and learn to swim later"</li> <li>The value of considering things carefully but when the time comes taking action quickly and decisively</li> <li>Why being blissfully naive as a young person was beneficial to her creativity</li> <li>How the idea for another project that didn't quite happen as originally planned led to the creation of PUBLIQuartet</li> <li>The balancing act of having a successful chamber ensemble</li> <li>How listening to a political interview with a strong and unapologetic woman during a commute inspired her to create the Forward Music Project</li> <li>The difficulties of getting a new project with no track record off the ground financially and how she navigated that with the Forward Music Project</li> <li> How she responds to people telling her to "stay in her lane" and to leave politics out of her art</li> </ul> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Links:</p> <ul> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href= "http://www.amandagookin.com/">amandagookin.com</a></li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href= "https://www.publiquartet.com/">PUBLIQuartet</a></li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href= "http://www.amandagookin.com/forward-music-project">Forward Music Project</a></li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href= "https://nationalsawdust.org/">National Sawdust</a></li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href="https://mbird.org/">The Mockingbird Foundation</a></li> <li style="white-space: pre-wrap;"><a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Zum07Y21DE">Amanda's TEDx Talk</a></li> </ul> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">Want to help the show? Here's a couple of ways you can do that!</p> <p class="" style="white-space: pre-wrap;">1. Want to access exclusive bonus coverage whi