The Unstarving Musician's Podcast: Recent Episodes
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The Unstarving Musician’s Podcast, hosted by Roberto R. Hernandez (aka Robonzo), features weekly interviews with musicians an industry professionals who share their experience and expertise on recording, touring, getting gigs, marketing, and much more. It’s the podcast intended to help indie artists to more of what they love–make music.
This best-of compilation episode features interview snippets from four previous episodes. Topics discussed include reputation marketing, the value of building a network, perseverance, focus, and how a back up plan can make all the difference. Featured conversations include musicians Chris Raspante, Paul Kent, Bill Lonero and Robert Berry. All four have achieved success by following straight forward sets of principles, all of which you can apply to your musician journey.
Austin based musician Ray Prim is happy about having a day job. He sites living with band mates and playing shows you don’t want to play as good reason to think about getting one. Surrounded by talent, he works almost exclusively with musicians who have day jobs. This all affords him more time to write songs. We chat about the pivotal moment that drove him to get a day job, he offers advice to musicians who struggle after a long career, and explains why he's such a fan of house concerts.
Hannah Holbrook is a solo artist and member of the sibling quartet SHEL. She and her sisters are considered virtuosos, and their collective tastes create an eclectic sound that the band calls alternative pop. This is a conversation about SHEL, their relationship with a noteworthy Nashville label, and why they went independent. Hannah also answers questions SHEL's self-produced music videos, their presence in Nashville, business, film projects, Hannah’s solo career, relationships, & songwriting.
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. Learn how his subbing for Carter McLean in The Lion King Orchestra came about, his Instagram setup & strategy, and how he finds opportunities as an independent musician. Mike is managing editor at Modern Drummer Magazine and co host of the Modern Drummer Podcast.
In her second appearance on the podcast, British singer songwriter Lynz Crichton shares the story behind a 90-day songwriting challenge that's producing the material for her forthcoming EP. She also shares a fantastic story on how collaboration with her fan base is contributing to song ideas and selection for the EP. As if that weren’t enough, we also get into lesser-known venues where musicians can pickup paid gigs. If procrastination impedes your songwriting. This inspiring episode is for you.
Lara Price is an Unstarving Musician’s Podcast alumni. It’s been about a year since my last interview with her, and at that time she had just made a big move from the SF Bay to Austin. She’s still searching for her sound and now for a new band she can call all her own. Lara’s an optimist, a survivor, and a networker. She already landed a gigs at the Red Gorilla Music Festival and Austin’s airport music stage. This conversation is a bit of a love letter to her SF Bay Area fans, who she misses great