The Gigging Musician Podcast

In this episode, Jared shares the only 2 reason he would EVER play for exposure. Musicians all over the world struggle with this concept, many of them play for exposure and then get frustrated and jaded with the music industry. Tune in to find the hidden consequences of playing for exposure.

In this episode, Jared shares the lessons he learned about using the concepts of pleasure and pain in marketing, and why every single decision to book you to play music in ANY scenario is made to either move someone away from pain, or towards pleasure.

In this episode, Jared shares his experience learning the marketing game for live music, and addresses the question of "If musicians should even have a website."

In this episode, Jared shares a local wedding pianist’s experience dealing with the unfortunate reality of scammers looking to take advantage of unsuspecting musicians.

In this episode, Jared shares his struggle with “shiny-object syndrome.” Hear how trying to do too many things nearly crippled his music career, and how he creatively solved that problem.

In this episode, Jared shares his excitement about the new Review Funnel the BookLive Pro team is building into the app. Up until now, he missed out on incredibly valuable testimonials from happy clients. Find out how the team just solved that.

In this episode, Jared shares a gig story where a client that hired his quartet was less-than-happy with the quartet. Hear how he handled it, and how musicians have handled threats of negative reviews.

In this episode, Jared tells how he learned the hardway that it’s not just about having a good online presence and getting the word out there. It’s also about the followup, and he shares how to set up a followup system that works for your band’s specific goals.

In this message, Jared shares a creative strategy one wedding band in Chicago uses to literally get hundreds of engaged couples to hear their music live and book them for their weddings.

In this episode, Jared shares his biggest epiphany he had when his groups really started to book consistent gigs.

In this episode, Jared shares the story of how he recently booked a wedding for September. He discusses the importance of really understanding the motivations behind someone booking your act for their event, and using stories to help them have the epiphany that they need to book you.

In this episode, Jared talks about one band on the west coast that was recently subject to a class-action lawsuit by its musicians. He discusses the value of what a bandleader provides, and tries to figure out what a bandleader should earn in addition to what they get paid to play the gig.

In this episode, Jared shares the surprising results of the experiment he ran to get more people to show up to a local guitarist’s show at a bar.

In this episode, Jared shares an experiment he’s running in partnership with a local bar to get people to show up to a local guitarist’s gig. Tune in to find out how it’s going!

In this episode, Jared gets vulnerable and shares one of the worst moments of his life AND music career. Listen in to hear what led to this fateful day that altered the course of his music career and BookLive Pro.

In this episode, Jared tackles the age-old question of who is responsible for the booking of the band? Bandleaders and bandmates tend to fight over this responsibility, and it has been the subject of a flamewar in the Cover Band Central Facebook group. Listen in to hear Jared’s perspective on this with his group that does over 150 gigs a year.

In this episode, Jared talks about how you can effectively sell gigs with your own story. Getting potential clients to be interested in live music, and check out your website or social media channels. Listen in to hear Jared’s perspective on this with his group that does over 150 gigs a year.

In this episode, Jared expands upon the strategy to drive traffic to music booking websites. Partnering with other industry partners is one of the biggest strategies to get bookings. Listen to this episode to find out how!

In this episode, gigging musician Jared shares his strategy to drive website to his booking website so that the right people visit it and book. This strategy will help you identify the various traffic sources (including a wedding expo!), and get them to your site.

In this episode, Jared talks about the journey he went on to discover how much to charge for each gig, and why most musicians are undercharging for their services.

In this episode, Jared talks about the struggles of managing the group members. Most members have no communication problem but there's always a time that it will occur and it will affect everything, especially you, the bandleader (and we made a solution!). Listen in as we dive into the topic of automated communication.

In this episode, Jared talks about the importance of a website for booking gigs. Most musicians have either no website, or a website that doesn’t help them get gigs (and possibly harms their chances!). Listen in as we dive into the topic of effective websites for musician.

In this episode, Jared shares his story about how he failed several auditions (including the one that represented the main reason he chose his college), persisted, and saw real success happen.

In this episode, violinist and gigging musician Jared describes his struggles making it as a gigging musician. Hear his journey of failing at auditions, joining a group from Craigslist, and starting his own group.