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 [...]
Want more gigs? Write a book. I’ve been on gig hiatus in Panama since August, about three months now. My wife and I recently visited Arlington, Texas for the holidays, where I decided to organize a happy hour / book signing event, since I very recently published a book. The [...]
In late October I had the pleasure of being featured on an episode of Gig Gab, The Working Musician’s Podcast. In that episode, co-host Paul Kent asked me what the number one limiting factor is that keeps musicians from getting more gigs. Listen to the Gig Gab episode My response [...]
Among the post-event questions I received after speaking at this month's Musicians Marketing Workshop event, was if I had any tips for getting gigs at wineries. I suppose I have a few tips to offer here, many of which apply for any gig. Get familiar with the wineries that are [...]
It occurred to me early this year that I was booked for gigs all the way through December of 2013, before the end of December 2012. That struck me as a pretty cool thing, and it got me thinking about what had transpired to make it happen. While I get [...]
