In Conversation with Tom Donald - Episode 4
Hello and welcome back to The Good Shizz… my name is Cait, I’m your host, and this week, take 4… an absolute epic... with Tom Donald. I have known and have worked with Tom for a number of years. We first met back in 2016, I'd quit my full-time job in recruitment, and I was on a mission to work in music. Fast forward almost a decade, and we’re still working together. Safe to say, we’ve been through a hell of a lot. Tom’s work as a musician is by no means a singular pursuit… A producer, musical director, coach, composer, film composer. When he’s not being compared to giants like Jarrett, you might find him playing a concert at the top of The Shard… or jamming with a coenobium of monks in the Scottish Highlands. Tom is many things… to many people. He has played such a huge part in changing my relationship with music and over the years, and as the Head of School and founder of The London Contemporary School of Piano, I have personally witnessed him changing the musical relationships of hundreds, if not thousands of people all over the world. He has an insatiable appetite for life, music, and business. I’ve rarely - if ever - seen him have an off day. He’s just a relentless problem solver, the kind of person who sees every mistake or failing as an opportunity to learn something. For musicians like me… without leaders, risk-takers, and innovators like Tom, who knows where we’d be? But luckily, that’s not the case. I can’t wait for you to hear this episode. Here’s my conversation, with Tom Donald