Music Education and Support

Stories

Nov 28, 2025

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11 min read

Why You Don’t Need to Be Perfect

And honestly? Being perfect is overrated.

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

For artists to have a future, young musicians need to learn mental health skills now

Nov 20, 2025

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14 min read

For artists to have a future, young musicians need to learn mental health skills now

It's been the biggest thing missing in education, but the one that gives them a chance to succeed.

Brian Zhang

Growth Mindset

Nov 7, 2025

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17 min read

Can you really "be yourself?"

How a moment of madness stopped me from trying to copy others and find out who I really am.

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

Starting Again, Even When You’re Tired of Starting Again

Oct 2, 2025

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9 min read

Starting Again, Even When You’re Tired of Starting Again

But maybe it gets easier each time. I’ll tell you why.

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

Aug 12, 2025

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10 min read

The Stigma That’s Killing Musicians

If you think mental health in music isn’t real... well, f*** you. But I’ll keep fighting for the musicians who need it

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

Why musicians like me find it so hard to ask for help

Jul 29, 2025

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8 min read

Why musicians like me find it so hard to ask for help

My ego will hate me for saying this...

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

Jun 17, 2025

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9 min read

Never Enough

For every artist who’s ever wondered if they’re enough

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

Opening up about my mental health saved me — maybe this can help you open up too.

Jun 3, 2025

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11 min read

Opening up about my mental health saved me — maybe this can help you open up too.

If you're struggling in silence as a musician, this might help you find the words

Brian Zhang

Stories

If Ed Sheeran can ask for help, so can you. It’s okay to not be okay.

May 13, 2025

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10 min read

If Ed Sheeran can ask for help, so can you. It’s okay to not be okay.

Because behind every great musician is a mental health story we never hear. Until now.

Brian Zhang

Community

You have to suffer to be a "Real Artist"

Mar 12, 2025

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10 min read

You have to suffer to be a "Real Artist"

Or Is That Just What You’ve Been Told?

Brian Zhang

Music Education and Support

Why You Don’t Need to Be Perfect

For artists to have a future, young musicians need to learn mental health skills now

Can you really "be yourself?"

Starting Again, Even When You’re Tired of Starting Again

The Stigma That’s Killing Musicians

Why musicians like me find it so hard to ask for help

Never Enough

Opening up about my mental health saved me — maybe this can help you open up too.

If Ed Sheeran can ask for help, so can you. It’s okay to not be okay.

You have to suffer to be a "Real Artist"

The Mental Musician

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