DO NOT skip this one! Our special guest this week is our numero uno amigo Mike Schulte of the Cedar Rapids, IA mega-band The Pork Tornadoes. 

One thing we've noticed about Pork T's event is, there always seems to be a little roster of corporations all lined up to give money or other goodies in return for promo. How do you hook that up? What's it worth? What can it provide you? Mike's the MAN to break all that down. Adam and Dan left this conversation with their ears ringing, and you will too!

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This week's #musicianmonday post is about what you should-and shouldn't do when getting together for band rehearsals.  

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Some episodes have a lot of meat. Others have a lot of meatballs!

Everything from Jamiroquai to duelling piano. From gilt-framed Elvii to relative minors to cat-6 cable. This week's episode is the DEFINITION of "a free-wheeling ramble"!

This week's #musicianmonday post is the audio from a Youtube video posted on October 15th, 2021.  In it Adam discusses how most people who say they want to pursue music professionally aren't willing to challenge their mindset enough to make things happen.  

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Today we deal with the main thing that matters in the entire universe--that, alarmingly, most people seem oddly unaware of: Dan's new band had its first gig.

Oh and also, we unpack a listener email what happens when about another band encroaches on your brand. What to do? How to respond? We deal with it all.

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Happy Musician Monday!

Enjoy this snippet from a conversation we had last year around how to get more requests at your gigs and how to stack those requests in your set to make them go as far as possible.

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A couple points of high Internet drama this week. First. a conversation kicked off by a comment about the potential relationship between original acts and their tributes. 

Second a followup/clarification on a comment of Adam's about being "the entertainment, not the help". Know your value, and learn to say no! Everybody wins, except the jerks who expect you to act like "the help". 

What do you do when that venue you've played at for years suddenly changes direction and you're OUT? How to move on gracefully (or, you know, NOT gracefully) to whatever's going to be next.

Lots of activity in ya-boys gigging lives this week... all overshadowed by a glorious Gig From Heck story. It comes from our buddy Martin of the band SmallTalk, all the way from Brighton, England. Ever find yourself playing a wedding... by surprise? Martin did!

SmallTalk: https://www.facebook.com/smalltalkcovers

While Adam was climbing stairs in Colorado, Dan was busy getting the new band ready for its first exposure to the world, including lots of things that are likely of interest for all the rest of us!