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In today's episode Dave has not 1 but 2 guests to talk about some of the stresses and strains that can be peculiar to a musician's life, what you can do to keep an eye on them and how to look after yourself physically and mentally.

Claire Cordeaux joins us from BAPAM (which stands for the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine) whose mission it is to provide information and training to prevent poor health, provide care when things go wrong, support healthy careers and aid recovery from illness. They work across all the performing arts including music.

Liam Hennessy is from Help Musicians UK, which focuses on UK musicians only, helping them in may ways from starting out through to retirement. They have a wide brief including providing funds for creative development of artists, health & welfare services, a mental health helpline and a hearing health scheme which aims to preventhearing problems which could otherwise bring musicians careers to an untimely end.


Useful stuff mentioned in the podcast includes:


BAPAM website

Help Musicians UK website

Emerging Musicians Health Scheme

Liam Hennessy music

Aartwork music

Mental health concerns? Call MusicMindsMatter & look at the Health Musician UK resources

Physical health concerns? BAPAM

Hearing concerns? Get in touch with Help Musicians UK



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