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The Unstarving Musician

The Unstarving Musician features interviews with independent musicians, songwriters, producers, and music industry professionals who share their experience and expertise on recording, touring, marketing, the business of music, and more. This is all intended to help you, the independent music artists create a sustainable and profitable music career.

247 Charlie Berry – Spotify Streaming, Songwriting, The Creative Process, Booking Shows, Productivity, Routine, Studio Production, Advice For Singers, And Surviving Nashville

44 mins; January 13, 2023

246 Dean Johanesen – Album Artwork, Song Reference Files, Record Release Mode, Balancing Creative Time, Arc Of A Thematic Album, Writing Press Releases, Release Campaign Framework, Heightened Creativity, Dripping Springs Songwriters Festival

47 mins; December 16, 2022

245 Marlee XX – Recent Releases, Serving The Voices Of Women As A DJ, Becoming A Producer, Self Expression Through Style, Life As A Solo Artist, Learning The Music Business, Sync Licensing, Stage Fright

36 mins; December 09, 2022

244 Fia Nyxx – PR, Marketing, Common Indie Artist Struggles, Video Collaboration, Release Strategy, Recording Studio Lessons, Confidence Through Repetition, And Theatrical Performance

41 mins; December 02, 2022

243 Shannon Curtis – House Concerts, Building Connections And Community, Release Strategy And Her 2018 Album "Both At The Same Time" (Rewind Episode)

46 mins; November 11, 2022

242 Choosing A Platform For Your Musician Website

23 mins; November 04, 2022

241 Choosing A Domain For Your Musician Website

19 mins; October 21, 2022

240 The Best Music Career Momentum Builder Is Also The Hardest Thing To Do – Jann Klose

41 mins; October 14, 2022

239 Free vs Paid Hosting For Musician Websites

11 mins; October 07, 2022

238 Making Maroon 5, Losing It All, and Finding Recovery – Ryan Dusick

36 mins; September 16, 2022

237 Why Do I Need A Musician Website?

14 mins; September 09, 2022

236 It's Really All About Networking–Musician Lara Price

48 mins; August 17, 2022

235 Lucky Beats Good Sometimes – Chris Raspante Rewind

41 mins; July 22, 2022

234 Dynamics, Creative Recording And Getting Gigs – Mike Dawson Rewind

45 mins; July 08, 2022

233 Creating a business around your music and artistic sides–Fabiana Claure

40 mins; June 10, 2022

232 Kevin Breuner On Small Town Poets, CD Baby, Music Distribution And DIY Musician Education

49 mins; May 20, 2022

231 The Mystery of The Flounder – Cozi Anda Flounder

85 hours 1 min; April 29, 2022

230 Stick To Your Guns And Your Vision–Harrison Marcello

38 mins; April 09, 2022

229 Showing Up Again And Again – Peter Wilson of Four Trips Ahead

37 mins; March 25, 2022

228 The Secret To Writing And Recording Songs To Completion – Marc Dold

35 mins; March 11, 2022

227 Creativity, Music, Entrepreneurship and Leadership – David Andrew Wiebe

30 mins; February 25, 2022

226 We Are All Musicians Now – Zack O'Malley Greenburg

44 mins; February 14, 2022

225 Being A Successful Gigging Musician – Jared Judge

37 mins; January 28, 2022

224 Building A Stock And Originals Music Library With Independent Musicians–Ori Winokur

31 mins; January 14, 2022

223 Success On TikTok Was Good Until It Wasn't–Seth King

37 mins; December 31, 2021

222 Translating Perfectionism And Passion Into Music–Michael Gilbride

40 mins; December 17, 2021

221 The Excitement Of Press Coverage And "Amelia"–Otto

31 mins; December 03, 2021

220 Writing Music With Preparedness In Mind–Bradford Loomis

34 mins; November 19, 2021

219 Amplifying Female Voices Over 50, Including Her Own – Brooksie Wells

48 mins; November 05, 2021

218 Exploring 60s Guitar Rock To Modern Hip Hop – Andrew Chris

46 mins; October 22, 2021

217 Making Music For Friendship And Legacy – Ryan Rosoff

39 mins; October 08, 2021

216 Recognizing And Defeating A Creative Rut – Amiena

41 mins; October 01, 2021

215 Lynz Crichton's Music Marketing Method

46 mins; September 17, 2021

214 JJ Lovegrove – Cracking the Codes of Cocial Media and Playlists

46 mins; September 10, 2021

213 Make Your Website Inviting to Music Supervisors, Talent Buyers, Bloggers And Podcasters With An EPK

19 mins; September 04, 2021

212 Lead Singer Songwriter Gabriel Sanchez of Hope Darling

35 mins; August 27, 2021

211 Pop Singer Songwriter Heidi Webster Is Bent On Positivity

36 mins; August 13, 2021

210 Writing, Recording And Self-Producing Music At Nineteen – Edwrds

38 mins; August 06, 2021

209 Meandering Through Music, Art And Life – Tanya Winch

62 hours 11 mins; July 23, 2021

208 Anna Larson Shares Her Passions For Music, Story Telling And Beauty

48 mins; July 16, 2021

207 Indian Classical Vocalist Crossover Artist – Roopa Mahadevan (Ep 207)

38 mins; July 09, 2021

206 Breaking Down History And Evolution of DJ Music Culture – Justin Paul

47 mins; July 02, 2021

205 New Gods Part 2 Co-Writer Peter Rand

37 mins; June 25, 2021

204 Artist Development And Struggles Of The Emerging Artists – Lars Deutsch

43 mins; June 18, 2021

203 Marketing and Staying Creative–Musician Producer David Franz

32 mins; June 11, 2021

202 Finding A Creative Outlet In Online Collaboration–Timothy Reid

47 mins; June 04, 2021

201 Songwriting With Conscious And Unconscious Awareness–Helene Jæger

26 mins; May 28, 2021

200 Studio Work, Teaching, Visual Arts and Drum Gear – Mike Dawson

35 mins; May 12, 2021

199 Create, Cultivate and Connect–Joy Ike

34 mins; May 07, 2021

198 Music As Therapy–Michael Gilbride

32 mins; April 30, 2021

197 From performing with a high energy rock band to live streaming as a solo artist – Brian Wolff

48 mins; April 23, 2021

196 From Folk To Rock To Harder Rock – Sylvia Rose Novak

48 mins; April 16, 2021

195 Performing Alongside Blues Icons–Reverend Raven

35 mins; April 09, 2021

194 Collaboration, Music Discovery and Trackd Music–Grant Tilbury-Jaiswal

40 mins; April 02, 2021

193 Committed To Recording And Performing – Abe Partridge

49 mins; March 19, 2021

192 Brian Wolff Responds To Unstarving Musician Survey

24 mins; March 05, 2021

191 Alyssa Trahan Responds To Unstarving Musician Survey

38 mins; February 19, 2021

190 A Songwriting Routine That Doesn't Resemble Work – Steven Keene

41 mins; February 05, 2021

189 Songwriter and virtuoso electric bass player Johnnie Gilmore

40 mins; January 21, 2021

188 On Top of The World–Lara Price Interviews Robonzo About Debut Single

44 mins; January 08, 2021

187 On Top Of The World – Ezra Vancil Interviews Robonzo About Debut Single

59 mins; December 18, 2020

186 Guitarist and Studio Engineer In Demand–Chris Raspante

69 hours 22 mins; December 11, 2020

185 The Many Ways Musicians Are Adapting To Change–Dave Cool

57 mins; December 04, 2020

184 Living And Writing About Life–Garret Laver

51 mins; November 19, 2020

183 Loss, Songwriting and the Blues–Brian Young

46 mins; November 13, 2020

182 Keeping Your Side of the Street Clean–Ezra Vancil

64 hours 21 mins; November 06, 2020

181 The Art of Collaboration

52 mins; October 30, 2020

180 The PR and Artist Working Relationship–Zoë Sonnenberg

48 mins; October 23, 2020

179 The Importance Of Streaming And The Related Scams To Avoid–Michael Sloan, Streaming Promotions

23 mins; October 16, 2020

An Upcoming Album And Eventual Tour–Rex Brown

63 hours 54 mins; October 09, 2020

178 Mike Dawson on Gigging, Studio Gear, Music Ed, Early Music Influences, Marketing, and YouTube

67 hours 25 mins; October 03, 2020

177 A Musician with Over 800 Collaborations on Kompoz–Peter Rand

45 mins; September 25, 2020

176 Record Anywhere With Great Results–Markus K

38 mins; September 18, 2020

175 Music Collaboration App Trackd Changed Her Life – Rachel Hearnden

34 mins; September 11, 2020

174 Emerging Collaboration Tools Could Bring Life to New Music Genres – Grant Tilbury, Trackd

37 mins; September 06, 2020

173 Online Collaboration And The Always-On Music Industry–SoundStorming

32 mins; August 28, 2020

172 A Debut Album, Self-Doubt and Preserving Tenderness Within–Evangeline Gentle

55 mins; August 21, 2020

171 The Evolution of Music Collaboration–Raf Fiol of Kompoz

32 mins; August 19, 2020

170 Supercharging The Musician Fan Base–Michael Walker

46 mins; August 14, 2020

The Problem With Music Distribution–Patrick Jaht & Agam Jamwal, Rewave

49 secs; August 05, 2020

168 Building Community–Shannon Curtis and Jamie Hill

73 hours 44 mins; July 24, 2020

167 Doing It All As An Artist—Caleb Lovely

64 hours 9 mins; July 17, 2020

166 Today's Indie Musician—Lara Price

48 mins; July 10, 2020

165 Today's Indie Musician—Mawk Phoenix

32 mins; July 03, 2020

164 Today's Indie Musician—Ariane Cap

32 mins; June 26, 2020

163 Unstarving Musician's Guide to Getting Paid Gigs—Chapter 9

21 mins; June 19, 2020

162 Re-Entering Live Music—Neil Schnell Part 2

65 hours 50 mins; June 17, 2020

161 Unstarving Musician's Guide to Getting Paid Gigs—Chapter 8

26 mins; June 12, 2020

160 A True Rock Band—Matt James

51 mins; June 10, 2020

159 Navigating Grief Through Music—Kate Schutt

68 hours 14 mins; June 05, 2020

158 Creating a Thriving Patreon Community—Rebecca Loebe

52 mins; June 03, 2020

157 Distinguishing Your Band To Venues—David De Carion

53 mins; May 29, 2020

156 Live Streamed Shows In Isolation —Dean Johanesen Part 2

61 hours 20 mins; May 27, 2020

155 Help is Not on the Way—Juno

58 mins; May 22, 2020

154 Release Strategy, Online Distribution and a Famous Duet—Kendal Conrad

60 hours 3 mins; May 20, 2020

153 Disrupting The Music Industry—Alicia Rius

56 mins; May 15, 2020

152 The Good That Can Come From Hard Times—Judy Rodman Part 3

51 mins; May 13, 2020

151 Teaching Music Production Online—Liz Cirelli Part 2

67 hours 2 mins; May 08, 2020

150 Making It Happen For Yourself—Camellia Akhamie Kies

60 hours 55 mins; May 06, 2020

149 How Creators Can Become Owners—Zack O'Malley Greenburg

43 mins; May 01, 2020

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