Planning your music year: review & outlook as a power tool

I love this moment in late summer when everything quietens down a bit. For me, it's the perfect time to take an honest look at my music year - and decide how I want to grow in the coming months.

Many musicians think of planning as pressure, structure and rigid deadlines. But for me, planning is an act of self-empowerment. You take your creative business into your own hands - and actively shape what you really want.

For me, a powerful annual check-in consists of three parts:

1. review: What really happened?
Take an hour with your calendar or notebook. Write down: What performances did I have? What worked? What was challenging? Which songs were created? You'll be amazed at how much you've moved, even if it didn't always feel like it. That's what music coaching is on a personal level: honest, gentle and powerful.

2nd focus: What should stay, what can go?
Ask yourself: What has really energized me? Where did I bend instead of being real? As a creative self-employed person, you have to make decisions not to please others, but to strengthen yourself. Maybe a festival performance in Munich was a highlight. Maybe a social media project took too much energy. You can create clarity.

3. outlook: What's your next bold step?
Don't plan too much - but plan consciously. A release in November? An application marathon for 2026? Or a creative break because you want to take a deep breath? Anything goes, as long as it serves you.

I often say: becoming a musician means being an entrepreneur. And female entrepreneurs regularly take time to reset the course.

If you want to do this annual check-in together - with clarity, structure and inspiration - I would be happy to accompany you in a 1:1 or group program. Because you don't have to sort out what's alive inside you on your own.

Kind regards