Sequencing Options Part 2
Back in the dark ages when one had to actually book time in a studio to make a real recording,...
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Category: The Solo Gigger
Sequencing Options – The Solo Gigger
A while back, I did a column on learning new material. This month, let’s tackle sequencing a new...
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Rap – The Solo Gigger
I am not a fan of rap. However, we should discuss what happens onstage when you aren’t playing....
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The “A” Word – The Solo Gigger
Let’s discuss the one thing that will guarantee your success or failure. One word that makes the...
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THE SOLO GIGGER- Doubles, Anyone?
It’s summertime and the gigging is easy. Well, maybe not every day or week, but if you’re...
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Gig Travel – The Solo Gigger
How do you get to your shows? Planes, trains, automobiles, boats, bikes or on foot? There are many...
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Live Entertainment Economics – THE SOLO GIGGER
I spoke with a client just last week who wanted to book me for a three hour private party. He had...
Read MoreThe Importance of Tunnel Vision
When I was in grade school, we lived in Lexington, KY. Beautiful country and thanks to the proliferation of race horses, “(horse) flies as big as Buicks,” to quote Emmylou Harris. I remember first going to Keeneland, the quarter...
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The Money Question
We’ve discussed money in bits and pieces during the course of this blog for almost two...
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The Ever Changing Business Model
One of my guitar students and his father came to see me at a restaurant gig a couple weeks ago....
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Gigmasters and Gig Salad
I moved to Los Angeles in March 1983 to attend the Guitar Institute of Technology, or GIT. It was...
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Learning Tunes
Unless you perform in a tribute band of artists no longer recording, chances are you’ll need...
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