Free live workshop

Put YOUR music first in 2026:

5 Steps to Finally Finishing Your Album — and the 3 Things That Keep Stopping You

A free live workshop for musicians who are ready to stop waiting and make that album or EP

I work with musicians who are experienced, and doing really well on paper. Full diaries, good collaborations, work they're proud of.

And almost all of them have the same thing going on: there's a record, an EP, a body of work that keeps getting put off.

Not because they don't care. Because everything else has a deadline and their own music doesn't.

Meanwhile, life keeps happening. Maybe your producer went off sick and the whole thing stalled. Maybe a collaboration didn’t go the way you hoped. Or maybe a big opportunity came in that brought cash flow, and the album slid again. Maybe you just got busy — the gigs, the teaching, the sessions, someone else’s tour, parenting, sickness — and weeks turned into months turned into years.

I totally recognise this pattern myself. I’m ‘supposed to be’ songwriting at the moment. It’s painful becuase I know all the distractions and resistance in the book!

Here’s what I keep seeing, after 25 years working with artists of all genres and across the music industry:
Until you make the work that is entirely yours, you can't point anyone to who you actually are as an artist. Your career is built on what other people need from you - not on who you are.

If you’ve got that fire in your belly — the one that hasn’t gone out, no matter how long it’s been — and you’re ready to do something about it, this workshop might be a good place to start.

In 90 minutes you'll:

  • Wall through the 5 conditions that separate musicians who finish their own albums from those who don't — and score yourself against each one
  • See where the gap is between being productive and progress — because a full diary and genuine forward movement on the work that really matters aren’t always the same thing
  • Identify which patterns that have kept you circling the same ambition instead of moving forwards.
  • Leave with your priorities for 2026 and a clearer sense of what kind of support would actually help you finish your album

This isn’t a release plan or marketing strategy. It’s a practical self-audit and a chance to make some honest decisions about what happens next.

"I was looking for support to release my debut album, which I'd been working on for a number of years and struggled to get ove the finish line." Daisy Chute, independent singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist

" I've pinned down that I will definitley be releasing an album of songs later this year. It feels like I'm doing things at another personal and professional level now. "
Catherine Ashby, indie folk singer-songwriter

Live Workshop

April 24, 2026
1:00pm Greenwich Mean Time

This is for you if:

  • You’re an experienced musician with an album, EP, or body of work you’ve been putting off
  • Your diary is full of music work, but the creative project that really matters to you keeps getting bumped by whatever’s most pressing this month
  • You’ve decided that this is a priority for you in the next few months — you just need a way in

It’s not for you if:

  • You’re looking for management or booking agent support right now - that’s not what I offer, although it could be a valid part of what we look at together
  • You’re not open to looking at the things that might be holding you back
  • You want to blame “the music industry” for not making your dreams happen

Tamsin Mendelsohn

I'm a creative coach for professional musicians with 25 years of music industry experience, including roles at Arts Council England, Help Musicians, and Jazz South. I run Get Your Damn Album Out — a 6-month group coaching programme for professional musicians whose own album keeps getting bumped by everything else.

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