Pascale Rubens: Teachers Talk ~ Nerves, Comfort & Joy | Chatterbox with Mel Biggs S1E5

Everyone has a comfort zone - even the multi-talented musicians who you might assume are impervious to such things. How can we challenge ourselves to overcome our uncertainties and nervousness to take a risk and break free of the pigeon holes we put ourselves in? Are you motivated by feeling the joy music brings to others?
Pascale Rubens is a composer, singer, teacher and diatonic accordionist best known as one half of multi award winning Belgian folk duo Naragonia. This month's conversation takes a relaxed route, finding many commonalities along the way. Through talk of finding vs making time for creativity amongst everything else life entails, drastic career changes and finding the accordion later in life, and getting geeky over our shared passion for teaching and being a part of our student's successes. Also, I get nosey about how Naragonia's secret sauce is made...
A thoroughly lovely chat in which you get to hear two friends deepen their acquaintance, and mutual appreciation of each other's work.
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[@catherinesoubre1804]

Thank you for another lovely interview Mel! Hearing you and Pascale share in this way gives a wider and beautiful perspective on not only the music side of things but also the very human nature which we can relate with ❤

[@MelBiggsMusic]

Aw thank you Catherine! 😁

[@kayjones62]

This was absolutely brilliant. I could relate to so much of the discussion. We need more of this Mel!

[@MelBiggsMusic]

@@kayjones62 There's more coming! Really pleased you're enjoying it Kay! Thanks for listening 🥰

[@PippinInAction]

That was a nice chat 🙂 Loooove Naragonia - such an inspiration 💗 I’m looking forward to the Melinar with Toon.

[@MelBiggsMusic]

So am I! 😁

[@DanielDeRudder]

Hi Mel. So nice to see and hear Pascale on your channel. I once (many years ago now) had the privilege to receive melodeon lessons from her at the music academy (Schoten, Belgium). 😊

[@MelBiggsMusic]

Ah that is so nice to hear! You are lucky to have had lessons with such a great tutor!