Funktastic Chats

Send us Fan Mail A renowned international trumpeter Michael Ray is a seasoned jazz-funk musician who has had stellar runs with Patti LaBelle, The Delfonics, The Stylistics, Kool and the Gang, Sun Ra Arkestra, and many other legendary bands.  How Michael Ray's Discography grew to 90+ album credits with Barenaked Ladies, Stanton Moore, Charles Neville, Kool & The Gang, Sun Ra, Jimmy Cliff,...

Send us Fan Mail Today it's all about Bandzoogle! Built by musicians for musicians, Bandzoogle is an all-in-one platform that makes it easy to build a beautiful website and EPK for your music. Bandzoogle's team has worked remotely for over 18 years and artists have just surpassed $ 75 million in commission-free sales through merch, music, and ticketed events. With Bandzoogle, your websit...

Send us Fan Mail After 10 years of being predominantly a studio project, The Big Ol' Nasty Getdown is finally taking it to the stage, pulling a rotating cast of musicians from their massive alumni. Each show is unique and takes the crowd and the band on an unexpected fun-filled musical journey. Since the band's inception, many legendary artists have been part of studio projects and live...

Send us Fan Mail Donnie Boivin is changing the game of business development. At the age of 22 right out of the Marine Corps, he struggled with what to do next. He landed his first straight commission sales job and has spent over 2 decades learning what it takes to be successful in sales, business & life. At the age of 40, he discovered he’d been living other people’s dreams and not chasing his...

Send us Fan Mail This isn't meant to be a hokey “just work hard and it will come to you” kind of thing. These are 7 pages of ACTIONABLE steps that I learned from 20+ hours of guest interviews over my last 13 podcast episodes. I hope that you will find some value from it too. DOWNLOAD MY NEW FREE GUIDE: 5 Steps to Monetize Your Passion Topics include: Task Management How to Never Let Your Emot...

Send us Fan Mail Purée Fantastico! is an award-winning design science and strategy company. Jenny's clients include Old Navy, Charles Schwabb, Walgreens, and more! What is brand architecture? Using anthropology and graphic design to help create a culture of people who believe in their dreams How to use social media to express yourself through your brand. Taking Fortune 500 businesses from 5M...

Send us Fan Mail SongShop is a website built to help independent songwriters advertise their song catalog and pitch to artists from all over the world. We're talking to the founder, Steve Gerein! It's also a place where independent artists & bands can go to find original songs to record as their own. SongShop gives artists an entire library of songs to search through and record becau...

Send us Fan Mail Where you see chaos in your business, Yvi sees systems and processes. We're talking about game-changing tools that will automate and bulletproof your business. Learn more about Ask Yvi Why you need a task management system The difference between a task management system & a CRM  How to use Clickup and Dubsado together How to repurpose one video into 25 pieces of content T...

Send us Fan Mail Alan Berg is the leading international expert on the business of weddings and events. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or brand new to the industry, you're going to learn actionable content that you as a wedding pro need to utilize NOW! Are you the "making it happen" or "the center of attention"? How to sell results before selling the service Why are...

Send us Fan Mail Alan Berg is the leading international expert on the business of weddings and events. Whether you're a seasoned veteran or brand new to the industry, you're going to learn actionable content that you as a wedding pro need to utilize NOW! The dichotomy of feeding your ego vs being the most profitable How to give a range of pricing that creates framing How Alan's love...

Send us Fan Mail With a booking agent and a wedding band leader for parents, this is Meghan’s journey from a Music Business major to the director of content & B2b education at The Knot Worldwide. We talk about what it means to be the face of a brand and planning out content, to marketing strategies you can utilize right now to make the most of 2021. Originally a Jazz major at Berklee College o...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're chatting with the CEO of SpotMyPhotos by CloudSpotter, Ryan Jacobs, which allows photographers to privately and automatically send attendees custom-branded versions of their photos either in real-time or at a scheduled future point in time. Ryan is also a founding member of the 10,000 Headshots Initiative, operating under the name The Headshot Booker. They provide...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking to the founder of The Female CEO , Tricia Scott . Tricia is a certified coach, visual content designer, and serial entrepreneur. Tricia is the founder and editor of Create, Evolve,  Overcome magazine, a digital support and education platform of entrepreneurs and small business owners coming together in support and empowerment worldwide. What originally sta...

Send us Fan Mail Are you fueled by money, or by purpose and personal growth? Today we're talking to the CEO & Founder of Free Lunch Coffee , Vin Singh. Growing up in India, he accomplished all of the goals and dreams instilled by his parents. A six-figure income, Vin had all of the luxuries he dreamed of growing up in India, but he still felt unfulfilled. Vin quit his job, sold everything...

Send us Fan Mail In today's episode, Jeff discusses how became spiritually imbued and alert to the mindfulness in life. Coming out of the Dark Night of the Soul with gratitude, joy, and happiness. How Jeff’s ego affected his playing and why this is the first time in over 60 years where jeff says he feels happy and wakes up every day in a great mood. How can coming out of a traumatic experienc...

Send us Fan Mail Dubsado is a customer relationship management software company, but in reality, it is so much more. From client management, automation of workflows, sending invoices, getting paid, scheduling appointments, accounting, and reporting, and so much more. It's a streamlined way of saving you time and growing your business. Today we're talking with Biz Johnston , the head of t...

Send us Fan Mail “The path to individuality is always based in screw-ups. Look at an early van Gogh, and then look what followed afterward”. Those are the words of world-renowned bassist and educator, Jeff Berlin when discussing learning musical content from a teacher versus something that should be explored and self-taught.  He discusses the clear path to becoming a successful musician and having...

Send us Fan Mail Today we have the vice president of Bandzoogle, Dave Cool.  Built by musicians for musicians, Bandzoogle is an all-in-one platform that makes it easy to build a beautiful website and EPK for your music. Bandzoogle members have earned $5 million since the start of the pandemic. We talk about making money and monetizing your music career and live stream ideas without over-saturating...

Send us Fan Mail Today we're talking to CEO, Julie Roth Novack, who spent 20 years in the digital agency world, where she planned over 50 large-scale galas and corporate events. In her mid-forties, Julie left her executive job to launch Partyslate, a website that inspires people planning events and connects them with the leading event professionals and venues across the country and the world....

Send us Fan Mail Funktastic Chats is a podcast designed for creative entrepreneurs. I'm a musician in the wedding industry, but we're focusing on everything creativity. Topics include task management and outsourcing ,  because if other people in your business can't do what you do, you created a job for yourself and not a company, and maybe not such a good paying one either. Silencin...