The one question I get over and over from struggling musicians is “How do I quit my day job and make enough money from my gigs to survive?” This podcast will answer some of those questions and point you in the right direction to make possibly the most meaningful career transition of your life.

Solo Entertainers Blueprint

How Do I Get to a Place Where I Can Quit My Day Job and Play Music Full-time

Success in today’s highly lucrative entertainment market depends on building the “Top Brand” in your market. This episode talks about what a client is expecting when they look to hire an entertainment professional for an event.

Becoming the Top Entertainment Provider In Your Market

According to a Gallup poll in 2017, the vast majority of working Americans hate their day job and would change careers if given the chance. This episode discusses a road map to starting a new career as an Entertainment Entrepreneur. The pictures referenced in this episode can be found on my website here: http://thegigcoach.com/ One...

When Should You Quit Your Day Job?

The market for live music entertainment has changed forever, and in this episode we examine what we can do to ‘Re-Invent’ our product (our act) to keep up with those changes. I heard from two talented veteran entertainers on the same day recently, and their thoughts and observations are probably in line with many others...

Is It Time to Re-Invent Live Music Performance?

The old saying that ‘the market is king and decides what it wants’ is true in the entertainment business, as well as any other. This episode explores the aspects of combining DJ music from your computer with your live music show.

Adding DJ Music to Your Live Show

If you’re not playing Residency gigs, you should be! This episode explains what Residency gigs are and how they can be a tremendous benefit to a working entertainer.

Residency Gigs - A Paid Weekly Infomercial for Private Party Gigs and Weddings

If you want to perform at the top level of any field, sports, business, entertainment, you must be able to Frequently Repeat Enthusiastic Excellence. This podcast takes you behind the curtain of one of the most stressful gigs any solo performer could have; a 24 day run playing 7 shows a day, 7 days a...

Frequently Repeating Enthusiastic Excellence

If you only listen to one of my podcasts, this is the one you don’t want to miss. This is the heartfelt story of my early life and how a lack of approval from the right people can set you up for failure.

All I Wanted to Do Was Play

One of the first questions other musicians ask me is “Where I get my Music Backing Tracks’? This episode will shed some light on that and provide you with some resources to get started building your own personal “Gold Mine”, also known as you Track Library.

Using Backing Tracks for Performance: Karaoke Tracks vs. Band In a Box Tracks

Who Are You Playing For; Other Musicians or the Audience?

Singers Musicians DJs and Entertainers Blueprint for Success

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