Nichola Pope

Learning in the Long Run: Practise and Trusting the Process

When we begin our journey as musicians, our time is filled with learning and practise. Drilling scales and perfecting our form could take hours every single day. But no matter how skilled you become, there will always be room for more improvement. There really is no end to getting better — a fact that can …

Fighting Burnout with Boundaries: How (and When) to Say “No”

When you first start out your career as a musician, you say Yes all the time. That’s because you have few opportunities to ply your trade and actually make money playing. But as you develop, you realise there are just only so many hours in a day. That means you need to be judicious with …