125: Anna Bulbrook How To Transition To A New Creative Career
b'You can come for a really sick lineup and know that you\\u2019re getting some feminism mixed in there.\\nBeing a woman in the music scene is very different from being a man in the music scene. Playing classical violin is very different that playing rock violin. And Anna Bulbrook knows a lot about these differences.\\n\\nAnna has been the violinist for Airborne Toxic Event and Edward Sharpe and Magnetic Zeros. She grew up playing the violin classically, but everything changed after college when she realized that she loved to play her instrument in a less traditional venue.\\n\\nYears later, after touring with some great bands, she found a new passion: creating space for women in the world of rock and music festivals. Her new venture GirlSchool, is just that: a music festival by, for, and in support of women. Listen into this awesome episode as she talks about the life of a career musician, what it\\u2019s like being the only female in the band, and the moment that lit the spark for her latest project.\\nIn the process of letting that classical violinist go, I was free to be open to what it would look like for violin to be valuable in other ways.\\n\\nSome things we learn in this podcast:\\n\\n \\tWhat it\\u2019s like being a rock violinist [3:45]\\n \\tHer band Airborne Toxic Event [5:00]\\n \\tWhen she played with Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros [6:55]\\n \\tWhat it\\u2019s like being a woman in the rock music scene [8:20]\\n \\tWhy she started GirlSchool [9:50]\\n \\tWho they\\u2019ve had at the festival [12:15]\\n \\tThe festival is inclusive [13:20]\\n \\tWhen she started playing violin [14:30]\\n \\tWhat is screamo music [16:45]\\n \\tIt all changed when she played violin behind Kanye West [21:00]\\n \\tHow playing amplified music is different [23:40]\\n \\tHow she grew into her role as a rock violinist [27:15]\\n \\tHow she learned the creative process in the rock world [28:30]\\n \\tLearning to fail upwards [32:50]\\n \\tThe challenges of starting Girls School [34:45]\\n \\tHow Anna deals with uncertainty [38:30]\\n \\tThe importance of personal development work [43:35]\\n \\tHow she built a routine [46:15]\\n \\tAnna\\u2019s vision for GirlSchool [48:20]\\n \\tWhat issues she cares about [50:40]\\n \\tThe power of salad [51:15]\\n \\tAnna\\u2019s advice for women [52:45]\\n \\tWhat it takes to be a kind loving person [55:10]\\n \\tWhat she is learning from different kinds of creativity [57:00]\\n\\nLinks mentioned:\\n\\n \\tLearn more about GirlSchool\\n \\tCheck out the Airborne Toxic Event and Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros\\n \\tListen to the Harvard Business Review Ideacast\\n \\tMusic Credit: Come Unwound by The Bulls\\n\\nConnect\\xa0with \\xa0Instagram\\xa0|\\xa0Twitter\\xa0|\\xa0Website'