The process includes bringing your fears to full consciousness, embracing them, and gaining control. It's important to recognize that you experience fear in many emotions that are often not thought of as fear-based. Stress, frustration, and anxiety are usually based on fear. Written in a raw and humorously anecdotal style, this book is the ultimate instruction manual to identify, tackle, and overcome your most personal vulnerabilities as a musician and as a person. From submitting summer festival applications to applying for professional orchestral auditions to starting a new teaching studio, the author walks through overcoming the business, psychological, and emotional hurdles that stand in every musician's way.