About Robonzo

Host of The Unstarving Musician's Podcast, Author, Drummer, Vocalist, Marketeer.

Humble Beginnings and Mean Business in Austin – Lara Price (Ep 004)

This episode of The Unstarving Musician’s Podcast features a conversation with Lara Price, the phenomenal blues singer who I first had the pleasure of meeting at a blues jam in San Jose California. Lara and I talk about our respective beginnings in the San Jose music [...]

2025-08-14T15:44:15-06:00August 4th, 2017|Marketing, Podcast|

Kid Andersen on Greaseland Studios, Playing The Blues, Musicianship and Music Ed (Ep 003)

Kid Andersen – Greaseland Studios, Playing The Blues, Musicianship, and Music Education ? This episode of The Unstarving Musician’s Podcast features a conversation with award winning producer, sound engineer, guitarist, vocalist, performer, and all around cool guy, Kid Andersen. As owner of Greaseland Studios, Kid is doing some amazing [...]

2025-06-19T18:34:04-06:00August 3rd, 2017|Podcast|

Chris Raspante on Serendipity, Networking, Reputation, Nashville, and The Wonders of Today’s Talent (Ep 002)

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 [...]

2025-04-07T09:55:17-06:00August 2nd, 2017|Marketing, Podcast|

Mike Dawson on Gigging, Studio Gear, Music Ed, Early Music Influences, Marketing, and YouTube (Ep 1)

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 [...]

2023-04-14T14:18:07-06:00August 1st, 2017|Marketing, Performing, Podcast|

How to Get More Paid Music Gigs

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. [...]

2018-05-22T13:10:29-05:00July 13th, 2017|Creativity|

Is Indie Radio Still Relevant?

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 [...]

2017-05-03T13:31:48-05:00May 3rd, 2017|Creativity|
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