
XpoNorth 2022 | Help Musicians: Music Business and Mental Health
This session will focus on mental health in the music industry—the challenges, available support and strategies to work through difficult times. While a career in music can be fun and rewarding, it has long been understood to create difficult conditions in which to look after your mental wellbeing. Long periods spent away from home, lifestyle factors, irregular work, financial difficulties, isolating work conditions, and lack of routine all have the potential to exacerbate any struggles you may already be experiencing, and impact on your ability to fully engage with and to enjoy what you do. The session will consider changing perspectives on mental health from across the industry, explore common themes and run through the support available.