CHRISTABEL HEASMAN-COSSINS

Christabel Heasman-Cossins is a radio presenter Regency Radio, host of WHOLE: The Podcast, and creator of the WHOLE Framework: a values-led model for meaningful living, psychological flexibility, and aligned success.

She has worked professionally in music for over 20 years as a singer, vocal coach, choir leader, and educator. Her work now bridges performance, psychology, communication, and wellbeing through podcasting, speaking, writing, and research.

Christabel holds two master’s degrees, including an MA in Performance Coaching for Performing Artists, and is currently on the Pathway to PhD by Publication with the Voice Study Centre, where she is Associate Researcher.

Her research paper, “Using Vocal Improvisation Within the Vocal Coaching Studio to Mitigate Music Performance Anxiety: An Exploratory Study of Three Cases”, has been published in Music & Science (SAGE Journals).

Long Play: Building Real Audiences in a Short-Form World

Description: TikTok told us attention spans were dead. Podcasting proved otherwise. In an era of 15-second clips and algorithmic feeds, a growing movement of artists, labels and music media is betting big on long-form - and winning. As music culture fragments across platforms chasing the next scroll, intimate, unfiltered conversation has quietly become one of the most powerful tools for building the kind of trust, community and longevity that no viral moment can replicate. Featuring Anja Schneider's perspective from the heart of Berlin's electronic music scene, the House Culture media insight of Matt Rouse, and the content craft of Christabel Heasman-Cossins and Chris Bailey (The Boy In The Corner) - moderated by broadcaster, producer and OpenDAW founder Lex Luca - this panel gets into the craft, strategy and real talk behind making content that actually matters.