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Host and musician Melissa Lucciola talks with signed and DIY musicians from around the world about their lives behind the scenes. From maxing out credit cards, sleeping on floors, sharing beds and having the whole band get paid $250 to play Madison Square Garden, you will hear the in's and out's of life on and off the road and the real struggles of the modern day musician.
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English
United States
28 episodes
since Aug. 27, 2024
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This week I got updates from all the season one guests! We hear from 95 Bulls, Ghost Funk Orchestra, Thelma and the Sleaze, Death Tooth, SKORTS, BALACLAVA and Show Brain. After one year+ since they've been on the show, I wanted to hear how everything was going. They did not disappoint. Enjoy!
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This week I'm chatting about Live Nation & Ticketmaster being found to operate as illegal monopolies. This has been going on for a really long time and virtually zero venues or musicians should be surprised. This already resulted in a $280 million dollar settlement and after recording anot…
This week I am chatting with Kate "Babyshakes" Dillon of Full Flower Moon band. Full Flower Moon Band is an incredible rock band from Australia who started getting national attention in 2022 with their album "Diesel Forever." Recently they opened for the Foo Fighters, have done …
Welcome to the bonus "What It Takes..." series! For this bonus episode I will be sharing the nitty gritty breakdown of what it's going to cost me in total to release 100 12" vinyl records for an album I've been working on for my band Francie Moon. I started working on this …
This week I'm super excited to be chatting with Dan Barrechia of the band Shred Flintstone. Dan and I have been sharing bills with our bands since 2016 and our biggest common thread is that we are both NJ based bands who commute to NYC to play. We talked about that and how he books his own DIY…
Hello everyone! This is a bonus episode to share about where the heck I've been and what I've been up to. I also share about an incredible scene that has been born in Colorado and talk a little bit about music news.
I also forgot to mention Gustaf toured with LCD Soundsystem in April and…
Welcome to Season 3! This week I am chatting with Eugene Robinson of BUÑUEL (previously of OXBOW and Whipping Boy) about his life of touring and creating music since the 1980s. He's toured with Minor Threat and opened for countless bands such as The Melvins, Mr. Bungle, Lydia Lunch, A Perfect …
This week I am ranting in my van parked on a side street in NYC about the state of the music industry. I bring in recent news about Kate Nash starting an OF to finance her tours, and Caroline Rose leaking their own album on Bandcamp. I talk about the realities of the music industry currently and wh…
This week I'm chatting with Randy Ojeda, a music attorney and a long time music manager. Randy has also done A&R for Symphonic Distribution and has hosted his own podcast, Cigar City Radio, among a ton of other things within the music industry. We chat about how he ended up becoming a musi…
This week I'm chatting with Jenna Balfe and Dennis Fuller of Donzii, a "time-bending, post-punk vision: a unity of go-hard industrial bangers, darkly ambient balladry, [with] new takes on the funk traditions of No Wave" band. This band is super fun and they keep it weird in such a go…
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