Matthew Draper What does it mean to be a musician and a coach? How does one inform the other? The answer is a little unexpected Writing about how being a professional musician and, more specifically, playing music, has informed my coaching, has been a surprising process. My initial thoughts centred on creating a metaphor to link the activities of coaching and being a musician. For example, I wondered if there is a connection between exploring a composer's meaning in music and exploring the meaning of a client's words - the search for intention being complex...