Human disco ball, NYC freelancer, Calliope Brass Artistic Director, and Trombona Lisa artist Jen Hinkle joins Karen Cubides for an incredible conversation filled with wit, wisdom, and whimsy. Jen unpacks her journey as a younger trombonist who, after treating a hereditary hearing condition, suddenly heard the musical world in living color and was captivated by low timbres. Jen traces every musical opportunity she’s had -- including her classical career in the northwest, her life on and off Broadway in New York, and Calliope Brass -- back to a set with the Stardusters Jazz Orchestra in Indiana. “Believing you are capable of winning a job is really a huge part of actually winning the job. It’s self-fulfilling -- you’re gonna play the way you feel.”
To learn more about the audacity of asking for what you want, creating niches for yourself as a freelancer, debunking the mythos of the genius, cultivating a skill tree, or about bean burritos and the brain’s reward system, tune in wherever you listen to podcasts and settle in.
