Dan Barracuda: Inside A Musician's Mind

Discussing the big "Ask" of asking for monetary support. Some things to keep in mind!

Hey guys! I'm gonna be making some slight changes to the podcast. I'll be posting on Tuesdays & Thursdays, with slightly longer episodes and pack more value in them for you guys. More details, more background, more lessons learned - more value :D See you tomorrow!

So this drummer is a MONSTER! This is the 2nd time I've collaborated with him. I made this track especially for him after he reached out and asked to collab again. It's named after the final boss in Quest 64 :) Huge props if you remember that game! Let me know your thoughts on this guys!

Check out Tether y'all. Wrote this with the Spider Capo on the 6th fret, in Drop D. Layered over some drums, bass, and organ. I like the way it came out! Though the drums could've been made a little better. Great seed for a song! 

I took my Instagram friend Mike Vitale's song "Fool For You" and sort of produced it in a different way. Well, he sent me the isolated acoustic & vocal track of his song, and I added some drums, bass, slide guitar, and some synth. This was a blast, hope you dig it!

Happy V-Day yall! This here is the original recording I made on the Garageband app on my phone, 3 years ago when I woke up on Valentine's Day and suddenly got the urge to write this. Happy to say that my partner Erica absolutely loves :D I really dig the organ in it! Let me know your thoughts!

Giving you guys 2 snippets from the 2nd track off the new album. This one takes place in a desert, man! This is that special track I've mentioned before, with 4 guest musicians. 2 from India, 1 from France, and 1 from Brazil. Listen to that beautiful string sound. It's called a Sarangi. 

Think of each piece of content like arrows you shoot up at the sky. You never know where they're gonna end up! It's important to make each piece of content high quality, but it's almost as important to make it A LOT of content. Keep your followers updated on what you're working on. Engage with them, entertain them, inspire them, teach him. Put something on the table for people to talk about!

This collab was suuuuper fun guys. Ben Keightley is a guitarist friend I met on Instagram. He's a 16 yr metal guitar teacher from the UK. Super nice guy, and man does he have CHOPS. We're trading off solos here. I take the first one, he gets the next, and so on. So fun to solo over this loop from Metallica's "One"