Middle Class Musician

This week, chatted with Annie Clements about playing for Sugarland, click track verses no click track while playing live, following the lead vocalist for "pocket", how to manage the relationship between the artist and the hired musician, her time at Berklee, how to know which artists to play for, time management and much more!

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This week we chatted with Amos Heller (bassist for Taylor Swift) about moving to Nashville, how Taylor Swift's 1989 tour differed from Swift's past tours, how to balance family and traveling, what he would do if he wasn't doing music, playing bass just for the fun of it, what it was like to learn new songs for Swift's nightly famous guest stars on the 1989 tour, his favorite performance moment and much more!

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It's Chit Chat Monday time once again. Check in with Bryce and Andrew and see what projects they are working on, what's paying the bills, what's working and what's not!

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Sat down with Ellery Bonham this week (EZA) to talk about staying motivated and busy as an artist, how to deal with trademark issues, her success on Spotify, recording a full length album vs. releasing singles, what life is like once you are Facebook verified and much more!

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Back in November, Andrew and Katie Basden went on a 1 month house show tour up the East Coast. For this episode, they chat all about what they learned from their experiences and how to plan a house show from start to finish

If you are an artist looking to plan a tour yourself, download the free eBook on planning, booking and playing a house show tour at www.mcmpodcast.com/houseshow

This week, Andrew and Bryce start a new bi-weekly segment that gives a deep dive into their current journey in the music business. What projects are they working on? How are they paying the bills? What's working and what's not? All that and more on the first ever Chit Chat Monday.

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This week I sat down with Jarrod Morris (worship pastor as Crosspoint Church) to talk about doing music in a church setting, time management in a pastoral position, saying things you'll regret in ten years, how to engage a congregation from a musical platform, what music he's into right now and much more!

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Sat down this week with Rich Redmond and chatted about playing for Jason Aldean, "The Three Kings", how to do more than just play shows and drink beer, how to stay busy, why old people don't like netflix, why he keeps a car in L.A., his "Crash Course for Success", how to manage the travel lifestyle and more!

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This week, chatted with Dane Schmidt (of Jamestown Story) about being an independent artist, his songwriting process, his pet pig, moving to Nashville knowing no one, how he got into TV/Film sync, how to stay motivated, his other entrepreneurial endeavors and more!

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This week sat down with singer/songwriter duo Jill and Kate and chatted about how they aren't actually twin sisters (or are they?), what singer/songwriters actually do during the day, harmonizing games for road trips, singing background vocals for Kelly Clarkson, balancing the artist/ business sides of music, how Science Mike is nicest guy ever, pros and cons of social media and more!

www.jillandkate.com

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