Cover Band Confidential's Podcast (Music Business, Gigging Tips & Making Money as a Musician)

Following a great week of gigs and sales, the boys are back with some revisited thoughts about how we present ourselves and our brands on the Socials. How much do you like hanging around with needy, demandy, take-y people? Not much, right? Versus people who are generous, interactive, fun, and social? Well what makes you think your social media presence is any different? Load your salad with marshmallows and engage your folks BETWEEN gig invitations for top social media win!

This slightly-delayed episode is brought to you by audio driver kernel panic!

After a big ol recap on our recent killer gigs, the opportunities afforded to us by snowballing success, the space left as competitors move up-market, and whether glasses are a good idea, the guys spitball an idea inspired by nitro cold brew coffee: What if musicians did a loyalty program? Interesting! Send us your thoughts at [email protected]!

Great listener question this week: How do we cut through all the confusion about product reviews, slice through the price issues, and come to the crystal clarity of in-ear monitoring?

Here are CBC Videos that mentioned in this week's show:
The Absolute Beginner's Guide to Backing Tracks: https://youtu.be/diUpzxDJAc4
IEMs For Your Entire Band For Less Than $750?: https://youtu.be/8JW4RlVYW5E
The Ultimate IEM?FOH Rig For Your Band In 2022: https://youtu.be/vil0xNAjarI
This One Piece of Gear Will Let You Use IEMs at Any Show!: https://youtu.be/vil0xNAjarI

Cheap but good KZ monitors: https://www.amazon.com/KZ-ZS10-Linsoul-Earphones-Detachable/dp/B07QKYTGH9/ref=asc_df_B07QKYTGH9/

Behringer PowerPlay stereo wired in-ear amp: https://www.amazon.com/Behringer-P1-B-BEHRINGER-POWERPLAY/dp/B00GRKXRMK/ref=sr_1_4

This week, in addition to general catch-up, we discuss a listener question: Whether tis nobler to copy the accent of the original vocalist. Perhaps unsurprisingly, it's a complicated answer, leading us into a whole range of interesting music-nerd philosophizing. 

Shortie but goodie this week! A Slack discussion about a song from Dan's youth leads us into a conversation about the most powerful thing to keep in mind when selecting songs: What memories you can tickle, what mental journeys you can send the audience on. In short, the details of weaponizing the audience's nostalgia for fun and profit!

The boys return to form after what seems like a whole summer apart! After a catch-up about gig details and some good gear gets, we address questions from listener Adam Bartlow: How come nobody's taking free merch, and what's the deal with being a band called to cover cancellations?

This week we talk with band leader (and top-tier patron) Creston Heltzel of Alt95 from Cleveland, Ohio about how he ended up in Australia building recording studios, how Nashville can suck for creatives, and how band coaching helped his new project get off the ground and onto the stage. 

How to Follow Creston:

Instagram- @crestonguitar, @alt95cleveland
https://www.alt95cleveland.com

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This week we dig into an offer Dan got for his brand new party band that comes to (gasp!) less than even $100 a head. Is it worth it? Where can additional value be found to make it worth it?

Also welcome to the new free merch contest! Share our stuff on socials and tag the show and the hosts. Every share is an entry to win a freebie out of our ever-expanding merch store!

We're back from vacation! Lots to catch up on, including anonymous Internet jerks, the next evolution of Playback, and how important it is to keep an eye out for growth opportunities wherever you're starting from.

Hope you enjoyed the last couple episodes of Band Coaching--we got great feedback about it, and we'll probably do more.

This week's #musicianmonday episode is about prepping for a worship guitar set.  

Original video is on our YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/LG_USQ7-PgQ

Thank you so much for tuning in!  If you want to help be sure to like, subscribe and share with your friends!  

Linktree: linktr.ee/coverbandconfidential
                linktr.ee/adampatrickjohnson

Follow us on Instagram!

@coverbandconfidential

@adampatrickjohnson
@danraymusician

If you have any questions please email at:

[email protected]

Consider supporting us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/coverbandconfidential

Or buy us a cup of coffee!

paypal.me/cbconfidential

And for more info check out 

www.coverbandconfidential.com