Stay tuned for season 2, launching February 13, 2023! Doublers is a resource for any musician looking into other careers or income streams outside the typical performing/teaching binary. -- It often feels like a music career has two paths: performance or teaching. Our sense of self gets wrapped up in identifying as a "musician", and there's a certain pressure to stay strictly within those two paths in order to maintain that identity. If you're making money in another industry, are you a musi ...
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At last the wait is over, as Steve Simons brings you the final part of the TSOT series, for FREE. John and crew return home. John and Debbie set off to fetch the Police, as they know they have to report the problems that they encountered on their mission and the disappearance of a crew member. As the office does not have a phone, they decide to go to John's house. Debbie sets off for the local shops to get some food, whilst John finds that there are lights on in the house and someone is look ...
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Episode 11 // Aleks Ozolins - Software Support Pro & Hornist
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Ever wondered how to get into tech without going to a bootcamp? In this episode, Aleks shares his journey into the tech world after fifteen years as a freelancer in NYC - and how a cycling accident shifted his mindset toward being open to a double career. Aleks Ozolins is a freelance French horn player in New York City and software support speciali…
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Episode 10 // Vanessa Young - Yoga Instructor, Doula & Harpist
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Two questions for you this week - have you ever heard of a yoga class with a live harpist? And what the heck is a doula? Vanessa Young-Miller is a professional harpist, yoga instructor and birth doula in the D.C./Maryland/Virginia (DMV) area. While her husband (JG Miller, horn) embarked on Army basic training she began a yoga training in Los Angele…
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Episode 9 // J.G. Miller - SFC, US Army Field Band
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Did you know that a military musician does more than play their instrument? As JG Miller shares in this week's episode, life in a military band is all about saying yes to new challenges and staying flexible! In addition to his responsibilities as horn player, JG also works as a CompTIA Sec+ certified assistant information management officer, Unit T…
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Episode 8 // John Hong - Clarinetist, Writer & Marketing Consultant
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How does spending on $8500 you don't have as a grad student jump start your career? In this episode, John Hong shares how one swipe of a credit card started the journey into his current pursuits. A clarinetist turned writer and artistic marketing consultant, John Hong nurtures an obsession with clear, simple, and human communication. Consulting sin…
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Episode 7 // Atse Theodros - Brass Repair Tech & Trumpeter
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Atse Theodros is a freelance trumpet player and brass repair tech at J. Landress Brass in New York City. After apprenticing at the shop during his last year of study at Manhattan School of Music, Atse has spent the last 5 years carving out his niche as a member of the small but mighty team. J. Landress Brass, Manhattan's only brass shop, is in high…
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Episode 6 // Sara Duchovnay - Fine Jewelry Curator & Soprano
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Sara and I chat about her experiences as an entrepreneur and operatic soloist, the challenges of building businesses, and why classical musicians should be more like Rhianna (for real). In this conversation with Sara, I mention an blog post called Million Dollar Voice, linked here. In this article, tenor Zach Finkelstein provides an incredibly deta…
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Episode 5 // Beth Lano - PR/Marketing Pro & Hornist
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Beth Lano has maintained a very successful career as a French horn player while working as a marketing, advertising, and public relations professional. After moving to Las Vegas in 1982, Beth spent five years in the traveling orchestra backing Wayne Newton, followed by a two-year stint in the orchestra for Bally’s “Jubilee!” show, where she was als…
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Episode 4 // Lauren Yu - Software Engineer & Bassoonist
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Lauren Yu is a bassoonist and software engineer in the DC metropolitan area. She is a founding member of the Breaking Winds Bassoon Quartet, a well-known chamber ensemble that has an international following. With her quartet, Lauren has presented performances and masterclasses all over the world, most notably at the International Double Reed Societ…
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Episode 3 // Ryan Walsh - Wine Tasting Connoisseur & Oboist
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Ryan Walsh is an oboist and wine tasting connoisseur currently based in Pittsburgh after 17 years in New York City. Most recently, Ryan was the oboe/English horn player for the Broadway National Tour of Les Misérables. When not on tour, Ryan regularly appears with ensembles including the New York Philharmonic, Baltimore Symphony, American Ballet Th…
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Episode 2 // Eric Umble - Non-Profit Development Pro & Clarinetist
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Eric Umble is a clarinetist, development administrator, DJ, and all around wonderful human. I'm delighted to have him as my first guest on the podcast! Based in Brooklyn, Eric has an active career as a clarinetist in the new music scene in New York City. He's also the development & engagement manager for The Knights orchestra collective (if you are…
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Episode 1 // Intro, Erin Paul - Software Support Pro & Hornist
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The one where I’m talking to myself – send help… In the first episode of Doublers, I’m outlining the why for starting this podcast. Everyone and their dog is making content these days, since we’re all stuck and home and this is the primary means for social contact. So why this podcast, and why now? I’ve spent a decent chunk of my adult life looking…
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Now you have completed the series, you can enjoy the moments that didn't quit go according to the originating flans, try as we might concentration sometimes wained and the worms that came out, didn't always watch what was on the written page. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Music: To The Ocean By: Sarah DonnerMusic: In the Circle -Kew Mix By: Hungry LucyMusic: Par…
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Chapter 24 - That's Absolutely Right Debbie
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We pick up the story many years later and join Debbie, John and their Daughter Jessica as they discuss the TSOT story and what had happened since the adventure ended.This is the last book in the series, honestly
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The solicitor that sponsor has arranged,discusses the evidence that had been brought back from the sphere. Debbie joins them and shows the solicitor the evidence on the server. Zack still cannot get the software to work, but a solution has to be found, otherwise he or the Professor will have to remain aboard the Sphere.…
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One of the crew is injured during the transfer, the ambulance crew ask a lot of awkward questions
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William recovers some of his hearing, it had been damaged when the explosion happened close to engineering. Zack is still having problms with the software to automate the transfer process. John puts their sponsor Simon, in the picture regards the problems they had encountered and the three crew members that they had lost.…
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As the first experiment went well, plans are made as to who will go in what order. There are problems automating the transfer process though.
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As the Gharjian's have been unable to find the sphere's position the only realistic avenue open to them is to try out Debbie's ideas. John volunteers to be the first to test it out, the plan being to try and transport him from his office to the bridge. Will it work, or is this farewell to John Latham?…
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The Sphere has been seriously damaged. Zack manages to upload pictures of the stars to the alien comms device and forwards them to the Gharjians, in the hope that they can rescue the sphere. Debbie comes up with a novel solution to their problem, but John is none too comfortable with it.
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So this is not home and the locals look somewhat pre-occupied in their own struggles. John and crew concentrate on trying to stay out of things, but.... well listen to and you'll see what I mean.
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John is going to be in trouble when his Debbie discovers that Debbie 2 qnd family have gone. John manages to rescue the situation using the gift that the Gharjian's had given them. The drive kicks in again but will it at last take them home?
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With the excitement of the freighter returning home now over. John decides that it is time to go to their earth. The fold drive is run up again and the children are entertained playing some weighless games. Do they actually make it home though?
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Well it was a good attempt, but the appear to have arrived back on Debbie 2 and John 2's world. They decide to have another go, but this time head out somewhere else in space, in an attempt to change universes. They plan to revisit the Gharjian's planet. Will they actually arrive there and if they do, will they still get a freindly reception?…
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The John from this world tells his story, will this explain what our John had seen when he ventured out in the first sphere? Debbie 2 tells her John that the authorities were after her and John. Our John asks if the Debbie and John from this world want to join them aboard the sphere. Will they leave their world to take a chance with these traveller…
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Debbie 2 is having problems, she cannot get any food for her and the children for starters. The team debate who could go along to the local administration centre and get some emergency money to tide Debbie and family over for a while. However someone else arrives and is very suspicious of these strangers real motives.…
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The now much larger group travel back to Newark-on-trent transit station. What greeting will they recieve? Will security be waiting for them? Is Debbie 2 still OK or has she been arrested also? If not arrested at the station, is the van still at the station? Debbie wonders if her shopping is still safe in the locker.…
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The Professor and Ben return to the resources centre, to continue the Professor's research into an appropriate university to continue his research. The Professor's lack of identity causes problems, hence the title of this chapter. But the Professor and Ben are not the only ones on the run.
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Zack manages to tell Amanda and Callum his plan to spring Debbie and John. They get appropriate clothes and head for the area where Debbie and John are being held. Meanwhile the second escapee is formulating their own plans, the person who came to their aid last night wants to tag along. Back at the jail breakout, things are not goingt to plan.…
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Amanda and Callum are left in the dark as they are unable to contact Zack and William. Zack formulates a plan to get Debbie and John out of prison. The second escaped crew member is also not having a smooth ride of things, home is no longer home. Can things get any worse?
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Another crew members escapes from the sphere. They manage to get a lift to their home town, but when they arrive there will they recognise it?
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The four set about continuing their search for the missing crew member at the massive shopping and leisure centre. They split into two teams, they find the person they seek, but things are somewhat different. Amanda tries to convince the crew member to come back with them, but is she successful?Whilst Amanda is trying to convince the crew member to…
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The local town is bigger than they had anticipated and the search takes longer than they expected. But do they find any trace of the missing crew member? Is anyone suspicious about their activities?
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John and Debbie get back to the Sphere and tell the crew what has happened, only to be greeted with the news that one of the crew has escaped, but who is it and where have they gone? John and team set about planning their search strategy.
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The search starts,John visits Debbie 2 to get some advice first. Then they set about searching the local town as their starting point. There are quite a few surprises in store.
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Chapter 2- Awkward is not the word for it
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Debbie opens the front door only to see herself. She has been somewhat suspicious regards John's behaviour, but now this confirms that there is something really wrong here. How will John and his Debbie cope?
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Foreword & Chapter 1-There's Nothing Like Home
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In the Foreword we have a quick re-cap of the previous book In this Chapter, John finds himself standing before Debbie with two children, he plays the part of devoted husband and father, in the hope that he can find out what is going on.
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