Greetings, fellow gig musicians! HAPPY SATURDAY! Today's episode features a full-blown internet crusade by the #euphonium community and a work trip to a high-society wedding that was strictly "for the plot" where we happened to sail by the famous ..."island." We dish on the seeming reality of content creator culture and the chaotic gig math required to pay New York rent.

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Greetings one and all! We have a truly THRILLING episode for you today featuring an incredible fellow gagger, Broadway fixture and Ms. Rachel's star guitarist, Simon Kafka! Simon regales us with wild stories from touring 15 maximum-security prisons, soloing at an open casket funeral, playing five instruments in Aladdin on Broadway, and what it's really like becoming the subject of bizarre, viral Reddit conspiracies.

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Gaggers one and all! We have a truly THRILLING episode for you brought to you by an incredible fellow gagger and EUPHONIUM player. She regails us with stories from gigging at a TriBeCa s*x club, on George RR Martin's train experience and with a band of puppet rock stars. We start with some customary yapping. We end with a little philosophical send-off completely dismantling the myth of "loving the process," so thank you for listening and, as always, it was great playing with you! xoxoxoxo

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Happy Saturday! As always, we start with some yapping. And for that we are so grateful. We then move on to our beefy mailbag, extending immense gratitude to you, the listener, because this episode is inspired by YOU! In this mailbag episode, we address the questions and literal gold you sent us a couple of weeks ago. THIS ONE IS FOR YOU, GAGGERS! MEGA GAGGER APPRECIATION POD! We manage to sprinkle in tips on gigging and end with a little July 4th send off. Thanks, UNCLE SAM!

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Gaggers one and all! We have a truly THRILLING pod for you today as we welcome a guest from beyond the borders of New York City! The incredible virtuoso violinist, entrepreneur and influencer Sumina Studer stopped by Gag Economy headquarters to grace us for a little chat.

Sumina fills us in on her amazing life journey from Zurich to Berlin to Juilliard to London. She tells us what it was like navigating a Zoom graduation right into a total pandemic pivot, we dive deep into the cultural divide of the European and American classical music world and much much more. You absolutely do not want to miss this one! Thank you for listening and, as always, it was great playing with you! xoxoxoxo #violinist #juilliard #gag #gig #classicalmusic xoxoxo

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Greetings podience! We continue on with part 2 of our series, What Do Musicians Do? In this one, we talk about what happens when one decides (at an early age) to forge a musical path. Spoil alert: the hustle starts early. But before we get into it, enjoy a bizzare gig story from @cello_kat, a cellist who performs/records/creates all over the world.

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American Idol Fans! Jazz fans! Double Bass fans! Post Modern Jukebox fans! Fans of hair! Welcome fans of all kind to your perfect pod episode because today we have jazz bassist, American Idol contestant, member of Post Modern Jukebox, Youtube Sensation, Hair Muse heard round the world CASEY ABRAMS!!! We talk gag stories, scat solos, American Idol conspiracy theories, and of course, FMKs about Casey's tantalizing tresses. Don't forget to like this episode, subscribe, check us out on youtube, and share with your fellow Gaggers!!!!

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Babies and Gentlemen! Gaggers one and all! Welcome to this four part series answering the age old question - "so, you, like, do music for your job?" Well...why, yes, Mr. Bob, we do. And there are about 100,000 of us in the United States that do, too! This series starts with our musical origin stories as we answer questions, like: How did we pick our instruments? Did our instruments pick us? What kept us going? So strap in and share this with someone who's curious! Thank you for listening and, as always, it was great playing with you!

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Babies and Gentlemen! Podience! We have for you a sharp pivot—perhaps the sharpest so far. In this episode, we string players venture into a vast unknown land: the rhythm section, with the incomparable drummer and content creator @ZackGrooves ! Zack helps us discover the magical land of jazz fusion, paradiddles, and testosterone. We throw him some FMKs and he volleys back with gold and leaves with an important message to us all: "...just play cool sh*t!" Enjoy!

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In this episode, we dive deep into the high-stakes, high-stress, and bizarre world of Broadway because Caroline's making her Broadway debut at Schmigadoon! We start by plotting how to get our own show up there — the one where we put mediocre performers next to virtuosos so audiences can really appreciate the difference. Tune in as we explore the tension between the "prestige" of the Great White Way and the gritty reality of being a working musician in the pits.

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