MITC psychotherapists Jodi Milstein and Tamsin Embleton both shared their expertise with Consequence of Sound for this timely article. As multiple artists cancel their tours due to financial and mental health concerns, it's clear that the current model is unsustainable - but what, how and...
Touring and Mental Health: The Music Industry Manual, an in-depth guide edited by London-based psychotherapist and former booker Tamsin Embleton, has gotten an official release date. The 600-plus-page book collects insights from therapists, artists, performance coaches, psychologists, and other specialized health and wellness experts. It arrives...
Pitchfork journalist Jenn Pelly interviews MITC's Tamsin Embleton, and experts and artists including Santigold, Jeff Tweedy, and Denzel Curry to confront music's mental health crisis. Together they trace a web of pressing issues while imagining the paths forward. https://pitchfork.com/features/article/music-and-mental-health/...
Pioneer DJ spoke to a number of mental health experts and dance music professionals to write this insightful piece which recommends several solutions to what is being called a 'mental health pandemic' for those in the industry. Tamsin suggested a range of practical measures: “dry”...
I spoke to Rhian Jones at The Guardian about disordered eating and its prevalence in pop music, explaining that "disordered eating patterns give the illusion of being in control when everything around you feels chaotic, unmanageable, changeable. Eating disorders manage you, not the other way...
Folk Talk aims to give personal insight into the work of artists and industry in the folk, roots and music sector, by featuring talks from professionals about their careers and projects. I recorded a brief overview on how and why I came to write the Touring...
I sat down with Shain from Music Cities Events to discuss the different ways in which musicians have been affected by Covid-19 and share some useful tips to get through these tough times. Our conversation can be watched here...
ILMC is the leading annual gathering of professionals involved in the global touring, festival and live entertainment industries. They teamed up with IQ Magazine for a series of panels, and I participated in a discussion on Staying Safe & Sane During Covid, which you can watch...
The Show Maker Symposium is a US-based non-profit organisation that is a place for the music industry to gather, learn and give back. During the uncertainty of these current times, their aim is to "shine as much light as possible toward the end of the...
IQ Magazine asked me to share some guidance on how to deal with stress, anxiety and uncertainty amid the coronavirus crisis - read the article here...