Surviving to THRIVING | It doesn't matter how slow you go as long as you don't STOP!
A year ago I was sitting in my home anxiously expecting our second child. Huge and uncomfortable I was recommended to stop playing my horn for fear of going into early labor...again. I had to cancel two auditions, bail in the middle of an orchestra cycle and cancel another outright. I managed to eek through Easter services but other than that I was in limbo and torn about my circumstances. Musicians (especially those of the freelance variety) pride themselves on having a full book. Don't believe me? Just check out any freelancers Facebook page. They are fraught with "humble brag" posts and vague status updates. It was so hard for me to sit and wait, knowing that once the baby came I still would be left fighting an uphill battle. When a woman in the music industry gets pregnant I think one of the first thoughts that goes thru her head is "what will happen to my work?". So many people start filling in the blanks for you. You'd hea...