This episode of the Unstarving Musician’s Podcast features Chris Raspante. I first met Chris at a holiday jam session December 2016 in Fort Worth, Texas where I am from originally. Chris is a songwriter, recording engineer, and a successful gigging musician for hire. His guitar work has been featured [...]
This "rewind" episode features Mike Dawson from his first appearance on the the Unstarving Musician, which was episode 1 of the podcast. Mike has also been featured in episodes 25, 50 and the "best of" episode 100. He is Managing Editor of Modern Drummer Magazine, a [...]
Relationship building and networking isn't just for suits. As part of the Unstarving Musician Project, there's an entire book and podcast dedicated to the topic of how to get more paid music gigs. Since starting the project, I've talked to weekend-warrior musicians, full-time songwriters and performers, recording engineers, and musicians-for-hire. [...]
Later this month I'll be interviewing D Grant Smith, podcaster, author and indie radio show host. The interview will be an episode of my forthcoming Unstarving Musician Podcast. D Grant is an interesting fellow in many regards, but I'm particularly anxious to discuss with him indie radio, his book The DIY [...]
The Unstarving Musician’s Guide to Getting Paid Gigs was published in late October 2016, but the official launch is only just now about to happen. After clicking the publish button, I wrote to close friends that I thought writing the book would be the hard part. I quickly learned that [...]
I’ve jokingly said to my wife that my next edition of The Unstarving Musician’s Guide to Getting Paid Gigs may include a chapter on how to NOT render yourself without transportation necessary to show up for a gig. In case you’re reading my blog for the first time, we moved [...]
