This week the fellas discuss a critical aspect of a professional's mindset for success: Locus of Control. Are you in charge of your life's out comes? Or does life determine? Which context you live in is decisive.

Adam opens with a story about going full "let me talk to your manager". Then a chat about Dan's rehearsal plans gets us going all over again about in-ears. Then Dan yaps about his pre-order for a fancy new piece of guitar gear.

This week the lads reminisce about when the first heard Eddie and the impact he had on them.

Then a real good actual meaty conversation about band business stuff! How bout that! Everything you need to know about what you need to have in place to maximize your odds when selling yourself to a booking agency.

Whenever life gets you down, Mrs. Brown, and things seem hard or tough, along comes a CBC Distraction-Cast to put a bright shiny face on things!

This week the boys are joined by special guests Mike Schulte of The Pork Tornadoes and Amber Johnson of Members Only for a light hearted chat with only moments of grim seriousness. In this episode: What you watching? What you listening to? What you reading?

This is a particularly divisive and difficult moment of the world, and that's showing up in the musical community too. A couple recent events show people are ready to be nasty and difficult. So DON'T, people! Repeat after us: "Good for you; It's not for me."

You know, the people who support us and love us and come out for us no matter what. Even in times we can't go out, fans are everything. This week the lads discuss the art and science of meeting them, making them, creating them, and nurturing them.

Having been prompted to think about it by a fascinating YouTube video from Adam Neely (link below), the boys explore their thoughts about diversity, race, and music theory. How much does our own lived experience limit our song selection? How can we think more broadly to hit audiences of all types?

Please don't miss this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr3quGh7pJA&ab_channel=AdamNeely

The boyos catch up and debrief last week's interview, then discuss a conversation Dan has been having with new listener Dan McDermott, on the subject of: if you were going to start up a solo acoustic career from scratch, how would you do that? A question lots of us will probably be asking a few months from now, so it can't hurt to have a head start thinking about it!

This week's episode brought to you by Setlister.AI, apparently.

Please help us welcome our special guest Finn McKenty, marketing strategist, music commentator, writer and graphic designer who currently runs the YouTube channel The Punk Rock MBA and is director of marketing at the online education platform URM Academy.

During this "down" time, what can we do to stay present in the minds of our audiences? What new ideas can we come up with to engage with people, so when the time comes we're ready to come out the other end stronger? Finn brings us some great ideas and inspiration to think in new ways.

A general update from the gents--a quiet week for Adam, but prep for a Real Live Gig for Dan! News from the world of booking.

Then: A data breach exposes the band world to hacks. Keep yourself safe with https://haveibeenpwned.com.