Pressure Testing Singing • The Questioning Podcast • Ft. Philippe Castagner | aka. Mr Opera
Channel: Rokas Leonavicius
Date: 2020-05-10

I was surprised to learn that even singing has a dark side that needs to be pressure tested. In this episode of the Questioning Podcast I am joined by Philippe Castagner (aka Mister Opera) who is a professional opera singing and also the founder of the Vocalist Chat Hub which is working towards reducing toxicity between singers and creating a healthy culture of singing pressure testers.

• Listen to the audio version here: https://anchor.fm/the-questioning-podcast/episodes/5---Pressure-Testing-Singing--The-Questioning-Podcast--Ft--Philippe-Castagner--aka--Mr-Opera-edrm7q
• Check out Philippe's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/pcastagner
• And the Vocalist Chat Hub: https://www.facebook.com/groups/427489748074451/

00:00 Intro
01:14 Philippe’s background and story
08:37 A flawed way of teaching is common in singing
12:26 Comparing teaching singing to martial arts
26:49 Pressure testing singing
38:23 Why pressure testing in singing is so important
49:31 How perfectionism can be detrimental
52:33 Abusiveness between classical music singers
58:05 Putting yourself out there and receiving heavy criticism
01:11:45 Fast track learning by being amidst chaos
01:23:28 Dealing with psychological bullies
01:32:15 Overcoming adversity
01:43:05 Being passionate about mushrooms
01:44:55 Overcoming “The Dip”
02:01:28 Summary

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