Calum is a singer and performer with over 20 years of experience in the music industry beginning as a chorister at Wakefield Cathedral Choir and eventually going on to study music performance at both Leeds College of Music and Wakefield College. Early in his career, Calum worked his way across Europe as part of a three-piece with residencies in Rome, Nice, Barcelona and currently is the host of an open mic night at Brick & Liquor, in his hometown of Wakefield and the frontman of Southwest Band, an award-winning function act.

We spoke about development as a singer and a performer, motivation, confidence, comfort & risk, the purpose of creativity, anxiety & mental health, putting one's self in someone else's song, resisting fear, disincentives in the creative industry, time and money economy, respect & ego, emotions in art, singing lessons, theory and technique, warmups & breathing exercises, talent, different kinds of music, lyrics writing, unique questions singers are asked, the intimacy of singing and good songs with bad lyrics.

Find Cal @Calumwhelanmusic, @SouthwestBand and @Brickandliquor

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The Monopath Podcast #23 | Calum Whelan | Singing, Performance & Deja Entendu