Podcast Episodes

How Do You Scream?

Episode 244

Listen, sometimes running a band isn’t fun. Sometimes it requires thinking about accounting and managing people and employment law and all that. Today’s Gig Gab digs into some of that not-fun stuff, …

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Recording – and Managing – Your Band

Episode 243

Dave’s fresh out of the studio at The Noise Floor where he spent the weekend recording a new album with Bitter Pill. He’s got a lot of takeaways to share from that experience, and some new things to …

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Blues, Bits, and Bosses

Episode 242

Who’s your boss? Are you the boss? These questions are important to ask when discussing matters related to employment. The latest in this saga is unfolding in California right now with AB5, causing a…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Do You Want My Help?

Episode 241

Playing music together often creates a very tight bond between musicians involving trust and compassion. But even though that bond is strong, it’s usually not something that’s naturally all-encompass…

Published on 5 years, 10 months ago

Should We Play It Like The Record?

Episode 240

Two questions to start: How do you handle not-currently-in-use vocal mics? And when you setup on stage, do you make sure everyone can see each other without turning around?

That’s how this Gig Gab ep…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

Song Selection, Cowbells, & The Professor

Episode 239

It’s time to start off the new year by thinking about your song list. Paul and Dave have a lot to say about song selection, mostly because they’ve both made a ton of mistakes in this regard, both abo…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

In Search of Fair Money

Episode 238

How often do you go back and re-evaluate the way you play a song you’ve had in your repertoire for years? Those tunes that gain “autopilot” status are easy to ignore, but there can be value in dissec…

Published on 5 years, 11 months ago

The House Band Concept

Episode 237

Have you ever been a house band? If so, or if not, what does that concept mean to you? Listen as Paul and Dave talk through the whole idea of what a house band could be, and how different folks are i…

Published on 6 years ago

Band Psychology

Episode 236

Your band is filled with people, and that means there’s a psychological component to everything you do, including keeping your band together. How actively do you and your bandmates manage that? And i…

Published on 6 years ago

Just Sing It Straight

Episode 235

When the crowd is there to hear you, paying attention to every nuance, it’s a completely different world. Dave had the option to re-experience that recently, and talks through it all.

Then it’s time …

Published on 6 years ago