Create The Community You Need—Chris Coles (Ep 128)

Chris Coles is the Founder of Musicians Unite which is a community of musicians born out of the desire to support musicians of all ages, styles and skill level.  The goal is to help one another achieve success, share their challenges, and establish a place to learn from each [...]

2023-10-29T10:43:30-06:00October 25th, 2019|Creativity, Podcast|

Branding Your Music with Greg Wilnau (Ep 122)

Greg Wilnau, host of the Musician Monster podcast, joins me this episode. We talk about the Musician Monster website, which is a treasure trove of free resources, branding your music and making more money as a performing artist. Greg Wilnau has been on my radar for quite some time. [...]

2023-07-21T09:58:29-06:00September 20th, 2019|Marketing, Podcast|

Kofy Brown on Being In-Demand and Creating a Joyful Music Career (Ep 115)

Photo by Irene Young My guest for this episode is multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Kofy Brown. We navigate the balancing act of her many projects, how she’s managed to stay in high demand, and what she’d say to younger players about creating an in demand and joyful music [...]

2023-10-29T10:46:41-06:00August 9th, 2019|Creativity, Podcast|

Crushing it on Instagram–Drummer Mike Dawson

Independent musician Mike Dawson is crushing it on Instagram. He also subs for the principle drummer of The Lion King, leads drum workshops and gives private lessons. That's all on top of his day gig as managing editor at Modern Drummer Magazine. Mike last appeared on the podcast in [...]

2025-04-15T13:00:20-06:00May 11th, 2018|Marketing, Podcast|

George Brandau on Connecting People, Organizing and Promoting Benefit Shows, and Chrome Deluxe

Connecting People, Organizing and Promoting Benefit Shows, and Chrome Deluxe George Brandau is a super connector musician who regularly organizes benefit shows for his local community. He’s also a longtime friend and fellow drummer, who’s been mentioned on The Unstarving Musician’s Podcast a few times. In this [...]

2025-09-30T10:42:35-06:00October 27th, 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|
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