Listen again to S2, E10-11 of the podcast Success Beyond The Score

Interviewing the next guest in this recap of Success Beyond The Score podcast, season 2, presented a challenge in regard to timezone differences: due to lockdown and travel restrictions related to the containment of COVID-19 at the time, the British composer and songwriter Dan Whitehouse was stranded in Japan. Regardless, Millicent managed to have an excellent talk with him.

Dan has released five solo albums. He is a songwriting tutor and mentor qualified in the Sounds of Intent methodology, and he has extensive experience working directly with musicians or through facilitators such as Midlands Arts Centre or Company of Song, to create community through music.

In the first part of the interview, we learn how everything started, how it was going at the time of recording, his experiences of studying music, and everything about being signed to a label.

The second part explores the impact of COVID-19 on Dan’s life and career, after lockdown made a visit to Japan become an almost two years stay. We talk about some pros and cons of the safety measures around the pandemic and exchange tips to stay creative, active and healthy in times of crisis. Dan highlights some career highs and lows, and to wrap everything up, he shares some key aspects to keep in mind in order to become a professional musician.

We hope you enjoyed this talk with Dan, which is as interesting now as it was at the time of release.

Would you rather listen than watch? Here are the links:

• S2, E10: Dan Whitehouse, part 1
• S2, E11: Dan Whitehouse, part 2