Your two weekend warriors are on the same coast, within miles of each other, so what do they do? Record a podcast remotely like they always do! After all, that’s what they’re comfortable doing, and the best performances come from a place of comfort.

Speaking of that, Paul and Dave spend some time talking about how oddly-comforting it feels being up on stage. That separation from the audience can be one of the safest feelings to a musician.

Before that, though, Dave had his first gig with Uptown Celebration, so that gets discussed. Paul discusses a gig at that club where the audience is a little too close to the “stage”, and your two self-absorbed podcasters discuss the pitfalls of interacting with self-absorbed fans.

All this and more… just press play and enjoy!

Chapters/Timestamps:

00:00:00 GigGab 118 – Monday, June 5, 2017

00:02:07 Lineup Changes

00:09:06 Dave’s first gig with Uptown Celebration

00:13:46 Having a dedicated sound engineer

00:17:32 Picking songs for the lead singer

00:19:56 Stage Ninja

forScore app

00:23:57 Managing

00:25:00 Audience members pitching themselves to your band

00:27:48 I can’t pretend a stranger is a long-awaited friend

00:32:58 Self-absorbed fans

00:33:50 Learning requests… for a fee

00:36:38 Learning requests… on the fly!

00:38:07 The magic of shared musical DNA

00:39:38 The safety of the stage

00:42:24 GG Outtro