How Musicians Make It

Use the material you already have to make more art, and make more money! Adam discusses 10 ways to repurpose your music, most of which he has done himself. Repurposing music can help keep you productive, help keep you motivated, make you more money, and open up opportunities for collaboration!

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Erik Jacobson has kept is band Mama Digdown's Brass Band together for 30 years. 30 years! Adam talks with Erik about how he formed the band, his experiences playing in New Orleans, and strategies for keeping his band together for decades. Erik is also the "King of the Side-Hustle" with an ebay businesses selling clothes he finds at thrift stores, and a BBQ business catering for parties around the Twin Cities. Erik discusses his side-hustle secrets, and what his income from those side-hustles has paid for.

Mama Digdown's: https://mamadigdown.com/

Mama Digdown's on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/2tyjfI1efzg3PyHlS6mW1d?si=TpKMYQDWSvOn4dB5jNAG6Q

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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Adam talks with keyboard p[ayer and arranger Adi Yeshaya about working with Whitney Houston. Prince, and arranging for The Voice. They discuss how Adi established himself on the scene, and his long journey from starting his own big band and teaching private lessons, to arranging for, and touring with Whitney Houston, and teaching at Berklee College of Music.

Adi's Website (find his seminar course there): https://www.adiyeshaya.com/

Playlist of Adi's string arrangements including Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, Prince, and more: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLR-p5Dt5HyButaGJTce32_o6XT74sL_rP

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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From host Adam Meckler:

"As BB King once sang, "the thrill is gone" - I know the feeling. In this episode, I discuss 6 things I do to keep the fire lit. Each career in music is as unique as each person in the field, but we will all experience highs and lows. The key is to stay in the game. I find myself saying this to students frequently: "Whoever stays in the game the longest wins." Like a kid harping "nah nah nah nah boo boo" in that minor third interval, whoever stays in the game the longest implies that there are winners and losers in this thing. And there are. But not in the sports kind of way. Staying in the game means you stay active on the scene, you continue to put out work, you continue to seek greatness through practice and self evaluation. Staying in the game allows your contemporaries time to build their own careers, providing you future opportunities for collaboration.

Staying in the game is the hard part. Practicing is fun when the fire is lit! So this begs the question: How do I keep the fire lit? How do I fall in love with music again?"

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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Adam talks with Brooklyn-based trumpeter/singer/songwriter Wayne Tucker (Taylor Swift, Brass Against, Eric Hutchinson) about how he has changed his approach to music making from a "me to you" experience into an "us" experience. His band started playing in Grand Army Plaza in Brooklyn during the Covid pandemic. With no permit and no plan, the band played regularly there, making enough money to sustain themselves during a global shut-down, and making an unexpected impact on their community in the process. Wayne now applies the lessons he learned from his experiences in Grand Army Plaza to his shows in clubs everywhere.

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Wayne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wayneeverest/?hl=en

Wayne on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7yx2PV5XJ94vQsNgQhHEBW?si=t-f2MhOlQSCVzbROeqlqyQ

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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Adam talks with award-winning saxophonist, vocalist, and composer Caroline Davis about how she approaches preparing to record new music, how she funds her albums, her history growing up in Singapore, gender in music, and more.

Caroline's Website: http://www.carolinedavis.org/

Caroline on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinedavismusic/?hl=en

Portals, Volume 1 on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2F3rueu7368euUhk79eAX3

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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Adam and Paul Taylor talk about Paul's upbringing in Memphis, the impact of the Memphis scene and sound on his own playing and music, his unique beginnings in music, the influence of his father and step father, both of whom were storied songwriters and recording engineers in Memphis, and ultimately playing with heroes like Kirk Whalum, Chuck Prophet, Eric Gales, and Ann Peebles.

Paul's Website: http://www.paulsnowflaketaylor.com/

Paul on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/20VWFuTbgbJt9iUtn6AZ9A?si=fu9xAhV4SvKjVQRXZD9CXA

Paul on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/newmemphiscolorways/?hl=en

Crosstown Arts:https://crosstownarts.org/

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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Host Adam Meckler talks with comic book artist and musician Dave Chisholm about combing his passions for comics and music in the form of the graphic novels Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker in California, and Enter the Blue, a fictional story of a young woman coming up as a jazz trumpeter in New York City that includes a wild conspiracy about Blue Notes Records. Dave highlights his interactions with Blue Note in the creation of Enter the Blue, explains why he has a strong aversion to "experts", and reveals his "The Four Es" of how to build a following on social media.

Dave's Website: https://www.davechisholmmusic.com/

Enter the Blue Graphic Novel: https://amzn.to/3DyhpKu

Chasin the Bird: https://amzn.to/3eZxhM1

Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedavechisholm/?hl=en

Dave on Twitter: https://twitter.com/chisholmdave?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor _____________________

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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No two music careers look alike. From day-jobbers to full-time pros, there are loads ways to make a meaningful career in music. Host Adam Meckler discusses 9 ways to make a career in music, and includes how each model works, and ways to succeed within each model.

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Bumper Music: Sunshine is Out by Adam Meckler https://open.spotify.com/track/1u12flYbzE4jxD1cwG5pGT?si=5228a5324e474da9

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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In the wake of Biden's announcement to forgive student debt, Host Adam Meckler's 130k in student loans, and his two music degrees have him wondering: is it irresponsible for institutions to be giving out music degrees? Adam asks Smooth Jazz sax master Steve Cole about his breakout late 90s album "Stay Awhile", his first record deal, how the major label game has changed, CDs vs Streaming and more. While being a world-class saxophonist with 10s of millions of streams on Spotify, Steve is also a music business professor at University of St Thomas in Minneapolis. He and Adam discuss what a responsible music would look like.

Steve Cole on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6rpOQ4XZKUz0ayWSMgvmWb

Steve's Website: https://stevecole.net/home

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Interested in hearing music made by our awesome guests? Check out this Spotify playlist, which includes music by all our music-making guests! https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63kUrVwtV5tYFsyqLJHO3a?si=7853ba778dff4654

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How to Make it in the New Music Business Book: https://amzn.to/3Pls5ix

Ari's Take Academy: https://aristakeacademy.teachable.com/?affcode=267075_yqqy4mcn - Use code "GIGBOSS" at checkout for 10% off